Ramadan 2024: A look at Al Bawadi’s iftar buffet, plus 20 other Chicagoland restaurants with specials, late hours

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Ramadan 2024: A look at Al Bawadi’s iftar buffet, plus 20 other Chicagoland restaurants with specials, late hours

As the sun sets each night during Ramadan, the call to prayer sounds on cellphones, in mosques — and, of course, in restaurants across Chicagoland. At many Muslim-owned establishments, diners and kitchen employees who have been fasting since dawn are offered a complimentary date, water and appetizers to break their fast. Then after maghrib, the sunset prayer, the feasting begins. There isn’t one specific culinary fast-breaking tradition — beyond…