BienMeSabe is the first Venezuelan Arepa Bar located right in the heart of the City, in Downtown Chicago. A flavorful grab-and-go option that serves customized arepas: customers can build their own arepa, bowl or salad with a variety of tasty gourmet and latin fillings.
Experience for yourself just how versatile arepas sure to delight newcomers and longtime fans of Venezuelan cuisine alike.
Unassuming eatery featuring traditional Venezuelan grub, including empanadas, arepas & plantains. Based on 608 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
29 E Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 285-2911
Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–5 PM
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 10:30 AM–7 PM |
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Reviews
James McCallum
Stopped here because it looked interesting, came away a big fan. Massive arepas (like my 220 lb self couldn’t finish one), and friendly service. Beef was flavorful, cheese awesome. Get the tostones, too…
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Biology Nerd
Delicious food, friendly staff, good location. Like everything in Chicago, pricey, but more reasonable than most. We tried 1, 2 & 3 with some drinks, tres leches cake, and everything was so good! Highly recommend!
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Pablo Pernia
My girlfriend recently visited this place to try some Venezuelan food, and we were impressed by the Tequeños and chicha.
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Megan Ng
I pass by BienMeSabe all the time and finally decided to give it a try. The service was friendly and the food came out relatively quickly. Sadly, I felt like the food fell a little flat. Especially having had pabellón criollo at Bolivar and Lincoln, this pabellón criollo arepa couldn’t really compare. The meat was a bit tough and chewy and the overall flavor was quite bland. I also wished that the ratios in the arepa were a bit more even. There was overwhelming amounts of cheese in the beginning bites and then strictly bites of dry meat in the last few bites. Perhaps it was because I went later at night and quality/ available ingredients near closing may not have been the best.
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Rafael Torres
Arepas were amazing! Location is small but the workers are amiable. They have various options for less calories and more protien focus (bowls). Food is worth the trip and the empanadas are a must, traveled from Wisconsin to try. I was not here during the rush hour, when I arrived, we were 1 or 2 customers.
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Sean A. Fisher Sr.
This place has really good customer service, great atmosphere and really good food.
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Faraday Sage (Faraday)
Drove here from Milwaukee to try. Pretty decent food! I believe it is slightly expensive for what you get, but considering this is Chicago, it is excused. I hate eating in the city, $7/hr to park four blocks away, again the mismanaged city’s fault. We got arepas ($11-13) and a side of plantains w/cheese ($5?), and chicken soup ($5.95 large) and two bowls, #11 Pabellón ($13.95) and #12 (Reina Pepiada, $13.95) The appearance was surprising to me, avocado chicken salad bowl being green, like a sauce. it wasnt bad! Everything tasted fresh. I had never tasted papelón (Lemonade, $4) before, wow it was strong and VERY pleasant, I can imagine this being so much more refreshing on a hot day (was 50F and rainy today). Went here 5:30PM Saturday, was only 2 people here. Started to get busy at 6PM, many carryout orders but our wait was reasonable. One worker stopped and cleaned up after some messy people, I assume she cleaned before also because nearly everything was spotless when we arrived. I appreciate this, so many places downtown are filthy, and this is nice and clean. We will be back! Just not as often because of high taxes and high street parking fees. I will not subtract stars for this, it is the city’s fault.
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Samantha K
Delicious food that is prepared quickly and served by the kindest people!
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Mohamad Sultan
This is by far my favorite Venezuelan spot in Chicago. I absolutely love love love their arepas. So many great flavors and so filling!! The shredded beef and cheese is my favorite for sure. I found this little spot by chance when I was using the MealPal app and I kept going every week!
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Stephen Wilke
This hot little stop in the Loop has pretty fantastic Venezuelan food, but the staff seem uninterested in serving customers. I understand why, the conditions they’re working in border on abusive. When we went in, it was about 90 inside with the doors open to the fumes of the loop
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