There will be roasted lamb and falafel, there will be pita and of course there will be hummus.
There will be familiar facets from the Uptown restaurant Saba at the next restaurant from Emily and Alon Shaya and their Pomegranate Hospitality company. But this new concept, now taking shape in Lakeview, has a different approach and is aiming to open many different access points.
Safta’s Table will be a more casual restaurant, an all-day café, or as the chef Alon Shaya puts it “neighborhood Mediterranean.”
Safta’s Table will be at 129 Allen Toussaint Blvd., near the lakefront, in a new mix-used building that’s part of the West Lake Shore Shopping Center. It’s slated to open in the fall.
An all-day cafe
It will serve from breakfast through dinner, with weekend brunch, so people could come by for morning coffee, a quick lunch, or fill a table with shared dishes, wine and cocktails…