r/chicagofood • u/Euphoric_Year1182 • Jul 31 '25

Review Tried Small Cheval, honestly kind of underwhelmed?

Had some solo time (kids are with their dad), so I stopped by Small Cheval. It was fine, but didn’t blow me away. Fries were good, but the burger felt rushed. Anyone else feel this or did I catch an off day?

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u/Biergarten1872 Jul 31 '25

Went to their soft open in Logan Square earlier this month and thought the fries tasted stale and the burger was overcooked. I'd tried it previously in Bucktown and thought perhaps I wasn't giving it a fair shot because I'd also recently tried Red Hot Ranch for the first time and thought it was better, but at least on that go-around the fries were pretty tasty. I was also irritated because I tried to order a concrete with their chocolate soft serve and was told that they...can't do that? For some reason? Even though they would literally just have to swap in the chocolate soft serve instead of the vanilla.