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Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! is a Lettuce Entertain You Spanish tapas restaurant on Halsted Street in Lincoln Park, built around shareable hot and cold tapas, paellas, and sangria. Its published menus carry a legend that marks gluten-free items, so a gluten-free diner can scan the same menu as the rest of the table, and the restaurant also publishes a dedicated gluten-free menu with several paellas and gluten-free beer options. The menu footer asks guests to alert their server about food allergies or intolerances, which is the order-flagging step the restaurant itself documents. The format suits groups: most of the menu is small plates meant for sharing.
Contact & location
- Address
- 2024 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 Lincoln Park
- Finding it
- ZIP code from open place data; restaurant site does not publish the ZIP.
- Website
- www.cafebabareeba.com
No phone number is published in this listing's sources — use the website or the key link above to contact the business.
Decision snapshot
- Evidence tier
- Allergen menu documented
- Allergen menu
- Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented
- Gluten
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.
The protocol, in full: Allergen documentation
| Gluten | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
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| Milk | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Egg | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Peanut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Tree nut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Fish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Shellfish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Soy | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Wheat | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Sesame | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: Kitchen protocol
| Allergen menu | The restaurant's menus use a legend marking gluten-free items across the tapas, paella, and happy hour menus. Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
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| Order flagging | The menu footer instructs: "Please alert your server if you have special dietary restrictions due to a food allergy or intolerance." Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated facility | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated fryer | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated prep | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Staff training | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
| Cross-contact statement | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: The visit
| Price band | Not published in the sources checked (not documented) Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · 2026-10-28 |
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Good to know before you book
- The restaurant's menus use a legend marking gluten-free items across the tapas, paella, and happy hour menus. — Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, 2026-10-28
- The menu footer instructs: "Please alert your server if you have special dietary restrictions due to a food allergy or intolerance." — Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, 2026-10-28
- ZIP code from open place data; restaurant site does not publish the ZIP. — Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, 2026-10-28
Questions diners ask about this place
Does Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! publish an allergen menu?
Yes. Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! publishes an allergen menu that marks dishes item by item, linked from this page. We last checked it on 2026-10-28. A published menu documents ingredients as the restaurant states them — it is not a guarantee, and menus change, so confirm when you order.
Which allergens does Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! document?
Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!'s own published material documents: Gluten. The allergens we track that it does not document are: Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame. Undocumented means we found no published information — not that the allergen is absent.
Does Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! document a dedicated fryer or prep area?
Not in the published material we checked on 2026-10-28. The protocol table on this page shows exactly what is and is not documented, and the visit-prep card lists the questions to ask instead.
How current is the information on this page?
Every fact here comes from Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! and was last checked on 2026-10-28. Kitchens change staff, suppliers and menus without notice — always tell the restaurant about your allergy and confirm current practice before ordering.
Is this your listing?
Claim this listing free to correct anything here, add photos, and complete the details the public record leaves blank — 15 items are currently marked "not documented" on this page. Claiming never buys a higher evidence tier: tiers are earned by documentation, checked the same way for everyone.
Source & freshness
Source: Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! · Last checked: 2026-10-28
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Change log
- 2026-10-28 — Listing published from the restaurant's own published allergen material (datasets v1 + expansion pass 2, merged Oct 28, 2026).
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Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! — visit-prep card
Allergen menu documented · Last checked 2026-10-28 · Source: Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
- Address
- 2024 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
- Allergen menu
- https://www.cafebabareeba.com/menus/?menu=happyhour
Key facts
- Allergen menu: Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented: Gluten
Questions to ask before you order
- Is the fryer shared with breaded or battered items, and what else is cooked in that oil?
- Is there a separate prep area, boards and utensils for allergy orders?
- How are staff trained on food allergies, and how often is that training refreshed?
- What do you do to prevent cross-contact during prep, cooking and plating?
- Which parts of the kitchen, if any, are kept free of my allergen?
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.