May 15, 2025 - Culture

AAPI Restaurants Week kicks off with taste

Monica Eng

Mmmm mochi doughnuts at 2d. Photo: Monica Eng/Axios

What started as a way to help ailing Asian restaurants in the middle of the pandemic in 2021 has become a yearly celebration of Asian food culture known as Chicago's AAPI Restaurants Week.

State of play: The event runs May 16-25 with 58 participating restaurants, many offering specials on Asian food from Filipino pancit to Taiwanese mochi doughnuts.

Dig in: Here are some deals that caught our eyes:

2d restaurant in Wrigleyville has a $27 set meal featuring a choice of Vietnamese coffee, boba tea or lemonade, a salad with Wafu dressing, Taiwanese fried chicken and a mochi doughnut.
Bombay Eats, with locations in the city and Naperville, is offering 25% off all salad bowls using the code "AAPI."
Hon Kee BBQ and Seafood in Uptown is offering a three-course Beijing duck dinner featuring roast duck with buns, duck stir fry and soup for $54.
Parachute Hi-Fi in Avondale presents a Parachute burger, frosty Budweiser and a soju shot from 5-7pm each night of the AAPI week for $25.
Pinoy Grill in Arlington Heights has three-course meals with meat skewers, pancit and turon for $16.95.

Check out all participating restaurants here.

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