BITE is Empty Bottle's culinary off-shoot, featuring delicious, healthy, and cheap food served until the wee hours. In addition to the yum below, the Bite master chefs offer daily specials to die for, and a weekend brunch menu that's equally as murderous.

We open bright and early at 8 am every day, and stay open late.

Bite Café
1039 N. Western Avenue
773-395-BITE
 

Bowl of Soup with a hunk of bread $4.00
Eggplant Involtini Marinated and grilled eggplant stuffed with goat cheese and topped with tomatoes, capers, fresh herbs and balsamic dressing. $6.50
Artichoke Fritters Five fritters with a wedge of lemon and rosemary aioli. $6.50
Spanish Style Empanada Stuffed with bacon, leeks and Gruyere cheese. Served with escabeche. $6.50
Baba Ganouj Warm eggplant dip with pita, garnished with roasted red peppers and caramelized butternut squash. $6.00
Arepas con Queso Sweet and savory South American corn cakes with queso fresco and pickled red onions. $5.50
Buffalo Tofu with rosemary aioli dipping sauce and blue cheese crumbles. Served with yankee slaw. $6.00
Nachos Corn chips made to order topped with pinto beans, salsa negra, pico de gallo, Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream and tomatillo guacamole. $6.50
Add chicken, chorizo, or chorizo seitan...$2.25

 
   

 
Add grilled chicken, fried tofu, or peppered seitan...$2.25
Add bread or fresh mozzarella...$1.50
House Salad Baby lettuces, tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions. Choice of balsamic vinaigrette, yogurt tahini dressing, creamy rosemary aioli, or tangy lemon Aleppo pepper dressing. $4.50
The Bite Sautéed apples, raisins, caramelized onions, butternut squash, roasted red peppers, pine nuts and goat cheese atop balsamic dressed spinach salad. $7.50
Middle Eastern Salad with Falafel Romaine and baby lettuces topped with yogurt tahini dressing, tomatoes, cucumber, pickled onions, sumac, and house-made falafel. Served with pita, warm baba ghanouj, feta cheese, and kalamata olives. $8.00
 
   

 
Served with your choice of French fries, sweet potato fries, or yankee slaw.

Open-Face BBQ Pulled Pork On griddled corn cakes or country biscuits with sliced pickle. Garnished with yankee slaw. $7.75
Basque Chicken or Basque Peppered Seitan Marinated chicken breast or peppered seitan, with rustic tomato sauce, spinach and goat cheese on a baguette. $7.75
Bite Reuben or Proxy Reuben House-made corned beef or pastrami style seitan on marbled rye with melted Gruyere, roasted red pepper, rosemary aioli and yankee slaw. $8.00
La Carnita Braised pork, salsa negra, pinto beans, tomatillo guacamole, shredded lettuce and Monterey Jack cheese on baguette. $7.75
Veggie Double Cheeseburger With cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard and pickles. $7.75
Grilled Cheese With cheddar and Gruyere and garnished with griddled sliced tomato. $5.50
Add ham or peppered seitan...$2.00
Bite Burger On a kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, and onion. $6.75
Black Bean Burger With Monterey jack cheese, caramelized butternut squash and salsa negra. $6.50

Sandwich extras:
Cheddar, Gruyere, Monterey Jack, goat cheese, Parmesan, sour cream, rosemary aioli, jalapeño, or side of habanero 'Death Sauce' $.75 each
Bacon, ham, chorizo, goat cheese, tomatillo guacamole, sautéed spinach, roasted red pepper, poblano pepper $1.75 each
 
   
 
PASTAS
Add spicy Italian sausage, braised pork, chicken, tofu, chorizo seitan, pork chorizo, or apple and smoked gouda chicken sausage...$2.25
Spicy Spaghetti Arrabiata Spicy tomato sauce with wine, kalamata olives, herbs and Allepo peppers. $8.00
Orchiette Broccoli, raisins, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese. $9.00
Add anchovies...$1.50
Red Mac and Cheese Cheddar, goat, Monterey Jack, Parmesan cheeses with a splash of tomato. $8.00
Coq Paulette Marinated chicken, creamed spinach, artichoke hearts, Gruyere cheese and penne pasta. $9.50

OTHER ENTREES
Thai Green Curry With spinach, broccoli, zucchini, basil and peas. Served with jasmine rice. Choice of chicken or tofu. $8.75
Sautéed Vegetable Burrito Stuffed with spinach, bell pepper, zucchini, broccoli, pinto beans, rice and Monterey Jack cheese. Sides of pico de gallo, tomatillo guacamole and sour cream. $7.75
Add tofu, braised pork, chicken, chorizo, seitan chorizo...$2.25
Blackened Catfish Tacos with pinto beans, pico de gallo salsa, salsa negra, feta cheese and lettuce on corn tortillas. $8.75
Chicken and Biscuits Potato, leek, carrot, celery and pea, stewed with wine, served with yeast-leavened country biscuits. $9.00
 
   

 

Sautéed broccoli $2.50
French fries $2.50
Sweet potato fries $2.50
Yankee slaw $2.00
Hunk of bread $1.50
½ Red Mac and Cheese $5.00
Chips and pico de gallo $2.50, with tomatillo guacamole $5.50

Desserts $4.75

 
   
 
Coke, Diet Coke $1.00
Premium Sodas $1.50
Coffee $1.50
Hot Tea $1.50
Espresso $2.00
Cappuccino $2.50
Fresh-squeezed orange juice
   Sm. $1.50
   Lg. $3.00
Cranberry juice $2.25
 
   
 
Come back for brunch! Bring your sorry-ass hangovers in on the weekends for a special kind of treatment.

Saturday and Sunday,
8am to 3pm
 
   
 

Sorry, we do not accept personal checks.
Reservations are accepted for parties of six or more.

Our regular hours are:
Sun.   8:00 am - 10:30 pm
Mon.8:00 am - 10:30 pm
Tue.8:00 am - 10:30 pm
Wed.8:00 am - 11:30 pm
Thu.8:00 am - 11:30 pm
Fri.8:00 am - 11:30 pm
Sat.8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Just so you know: the menu & hours are subject to change.