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Home » roti

Tag: roti

Posted inMonday Night Foodball

Dawn Lewis wants you to “try meh hand” at the next Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula July 7, 2022July 8, 2022

Update: an earlier version of this post included an incorrect email address for ordering. The correct email is: Deesrotichicago@dsroti.com Most days the freshest, flakiest, most diaphanous Trinidadian roti in the city must be consumed al trunko on the 2500 block of South Wabash with your blinkers on (it’s the only spot for roti, in fact). […]

Dawn Lewis of D's Roti & Trini Cuisine with delicious dishes of “buss up shut,” Chinese chicken, doubles, and dhalpuri
Posted inRestaurant Review

Dawn Lewis of D’s Roti & Trini Cuisine has a sweet hand

by Mike Sula May 11, 2022May 12, 2022

​Nobody just wakes up and says, “I’m gonna make roti today.” Not for the first time, anyway, and not without preparation. So says Dawn Lewis, who over the last four years earned the title of “the Roti Lady” among Trinidadian expats exiting frenetic soca fetes at the South Loop club Bassline, who grew dependent on […]

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