2025 AAPI Restaurants Week

Congratulations to Julia Momosé, mixologist, chef and owner of Kumiko, , , , 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week participating restaurant, for winning the award for Outstanding Bar at the 2025 James Beard Awards

Here Is the Full List of James Beard Awards 2025 Winners Congratulations to all the chef and restaurant winners.

Goodbye to and and Happy !

How time flies!

It seems it was just yesterday that we started working on the details for 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week , and it is over for another year.

As it will be the 5th(!) next year, we hope we can far exceed our record of 58 participating restaurants. Please tell your AAPI restaurateur friends of this annual celebratory event. As always, there is no cost to participate. The only criterion is that at least one of the owners is of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander descent. We are not specifically looking for restaurants of AAPI cuisines but to support AAPI-owned restaurants, so *ALL CUISINES ARE WELCOME!*

There is no obligation to offer anything special for , but we do strongly encourage restaurants to consider donating a portion of the proceeds, which many of the participating restaurants have done, to support AAPI-serving nonprofits.

Since our inaugural , some participating restaurants have permanently closed, while newly opened restaurants have joined us. We had quite a lot of returning plus new participating restaurants this year. Modeled after Black Restaurant Week (which just celebrated their 10th season this year), which celebrates Black-owned restaurants regardless of the food offered, we are not as well-known as Black Restaurant Week or Latino Restaurant Week, but we hope our little annual culinary event that focuses on celebrating AAPI restaurant owners will continue for years to come.

We look forward to 2026 AAPI Restaurants Week 2026 AAPI Restaurants Week , which has been scheduled for May 15-24, 2026, during which we will also highlight . See you all then!

may be over but we can continue to support these participating restaurants!

2d Restaurant
A Taste of the Philippines
Aloha Eats
Aloha Wagon
Amber Agave
AO Hawaiian Hideout
BITES Asian Kitchen + Bar
Bombay Wraps
Bombay Wraps
Café Flamingo
Chicago Curry House Nepalese restaurant
Chicago Lunchbox
Chicago Test Kitchen
Chocolat Uzma
Da local boy
Felix: Modern American Dining
Fry N’ Wings
HelloJasmine
Hon Kee Restaurant BBQ -n- Seafood
Immm Rice & Beyond
Joy's Noodles & Rice
Kapitan
Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining
Kubo Chicago
Kumiko
Laos To Your House
Maa Maa Dei
Miki's Park
Minyoli 民有里
MORA Asian Kitchen
MORA Oak Park
Nepal House - Taste of Himalayan
Nepal House
Noodles In The Pot
Panlasa
Parachute Restaurant
Paulie Gee's Logan Square
Pinoy Grill Filipino Street Foods
Rendang Republic
Saigon Sisters
Sanctuary
Savory Crust
Sugar Bliss
Sunda
Tandoor Char House
TenGoku Aburiya
Thattu
Tropicake Chicago
VietFive Coffee

2025 AAPI Restaurants Week may be over, but don’t forget to support AAPI-owned restaurants as much as possible throughout the year. See you next year!

Lunch at 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week participating restaurant Paulie Gee's Logan Square: specials during

Come to AO Hawaiian Hideout during 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week for some amazing Hawaiian food, comp appetizer, HUGE portions, and friendly service. Buy a tiki mug, too!

Lunch at Thattu for 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week

2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week participating restaurant Rendang Republic, the only Indonesian restaurant in Chicago, was live on Fox 32 Chicago 👏👏👏

Rendang Republic serves up mouthwatering Indonesian food in Lake View Rendang Republic is open for business in Lake View and has a stacked menu highlighting Indonesian fare.

Check out the menu at Da local boy, one of our 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week 2025 AAPI Restaurants Week participating restaurants, for authentic Hawaiian food