Since we first heard a new restaurant was coming, we have been watching activity at 1046 W. Argyle, the former Gusto's space, with interest. We have been in contact with the owner for a little while now, and signs up on the windows revealed the news: starting today, the space will be home to a new Indonesian restaurant, Garuda Street Food.
Per the Instagram page, Garuda will offer something in short supply in Chicago, food from the Indonesian archipelago. Garuda's owner writes:
"We are very excited to bring Garuda to the Uptown community. Garuda will be an Indonesian restaurant focused on authentic Indonesian street food and flavors."
Garuda will join Rendang Republic, which opened in 2025, as the only two Indonesian restaurants in the city.
The owners had a soft opening yesterday and are fully open today. Per the owners, expect menu offerings that are a bit more diverse than Rendang, which offers Indonesian foods with an American spin. Garuda's owner promises nasi goreng, mie goreng, rendang, satay, bakso, soto ayam, ayam penyet, and a variety of Indonesian sambals and street food favorites. Menus are below.
With food ranging from Turkish doner to Venezuelan arepas to Mexican (Oaxacan) cornish hens to Vietnamese pho to Nigerian jollof rice in a 300 foot stretch of the city, Garuda will add even more flavor to an already diverse restaurant landscape on Argyle (and more to come, shhh).
The Argyle and Broadway restaurant row is pretty exciting these days, and it's of course so close to the rehabbed Argyle Red Line stop, Timeline Theatre and the Aragon and Riviera.
We are excited!
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