Axios Chicago reports: Student-staffed Sikia serves up a great deal

March 21, 2025

Englewood's only fine dining restaurant, Sikia, reopened in January after a five-year hiatus, serving three-course meals for $15. It's arguably the best dining deal in...

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Sikia at Kennedy-King College, Englewood’s Premier White Tablecloth Restaurant, Now Open to the Public for Lunch by Reservation

January 31, 2025

The restaurant is a living classroom and training ground for Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute students  CHICAGO — (January 30, 2025) – City Colleges of...

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Sikia, Englewood’s Only Fine-Dining Restaurant, Reopens, Preparing Students For Culinary Careers

January 31, 2025

Leaders at Kennedy-King College and community partners celebrated its reopening after a five-year wait with a three-course meal prepared by Washburne culinary students.   Asiaha...

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Englewood fine-dining restaurant that doubles as classroom, Sikia, reopens after 5 years

January 30, 2025

An Englewood restaurant that has been closed for five years has reopened. Sikia not only offers fine dining, but teaches City Colleges students about all...

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Sikia returns, bringing upscale dining and culinary training to Englewood

January 30, 2025

The Chicago restaurant, which serves as both a dining destination and a training ground for future chefs, has reopened at Kennedy-King College’s Washburne Culinary and...

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Fine-dining restaurant reopens at Kennedy-King College in Englewood

January 30, 2025

Fine dining is back at Kennedy-King College. The Sikia restaurant reopened Thursday in Englewood after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant is...

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Sikia, Englewood's only fine-dining restaurant, reopens for the first time in 5 years

January 30, 2025

The student-run restaurant inside Kennedy-King College’s Washburne Culinary and Hospitality Institute closed its doors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fine-dining establishment officially reopened Thursday with...

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Sikia returns to the Englewood neighborhood after closing during COVID

January 30, 2025

The ribbon cut, a grand reopening for Sikia. It opened first in 2008 and closed in 2020 at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The...

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Sikia, Englewood’s Only Fine-Dining Restaurant, Will Reopen Thursday After 5 Years

January 29, 2025

The student-run restaurant at Kennedy-King College closed in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Leaders have spent the past year redesigning it for Thursday’s...

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Kennedy-King College Celebrates Chicago’s Soul Food Legacy

February 27, 2024

Students, instructors and community members came together at Kennedy-King College in Englewood on Monday to celebrate Chicago’s soul food scene as part of Black History...

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Kennedy-King College Celebrates the History of Soul Food in Chicago

February 27, 2024

At an event Monday afternoon at Kennedy-King College, there was only one thing on the menu: soul food. Immediately upon entering the Great Hall, guests...

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Englewood’s Sikia Restaurant Prepares For Refresh With Community Input

November 16, 2023

More than three years after closing its doors, one of Englewood’s only sit-down restaurants reopened briefly Wednesday, giving neighbors, staff and students a glimpse of...

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Englewood’s only fine dining restaurant is getting a refresh

November 13, 2023

It’s been many years, but Golden Moore remembers her “beautiful” meal at Sikia clearly. Moore, a patron and former culinary student at Washburne Culinary &...

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Englewood restaurant to reopen, hope to continue tradition of teaching Kennedy King students

September 28, 2023

A favorite neighborhood eatery offering fine dining, while teaching students all aspects of operating a restaurant is coming back to Englewood. After being closed in...

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Step right up: Workers in Lincoln Square’s new gelato shop perform circus acts as they serve up vegan scoops

June 14, 2023

Red and white pinstripes line the walls, as multicolored balloons hover above the group of magicians, contortionists and jugglers hard at work. Sticky fingers and...

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