Berenjak Chicago: Persian Kebab House at Soho House Fulton Market

Berenjak Chicago is the Persian kebab house heading to Soho House at 113–125 N Green Street in Fulton Market: chef-founder Kian Samyani, charcoal-grilled skewers and large-format stews meant to be shared, and a late September 2026 opening window that finally puts London’s grill-and-table Iranian cooking on Chicago’s Green Street map. It is a public restaurant. You do not need a Soho House membership to eat there. People are already talking about Berenjak Chicago because Fulton Market rarely gets this exact slot: design-forward Iranian charcoal, late-night adjacent, built for a four-top that might have started downstairs at The Allis.

Why Berenjak Chicago is worth watching

Fulton Market does not need another pretty room. It needs a reason to make a reservation that is not steak, pasta, or a members’ club you already belong to. Berenjak is interesting because it is three things at once: a London-born Iranian restaurant with a real chef-founder, a JKS Restaurants partnership that signals serious London hospitality, and a Soho House address that is already a nightlife waypoint, but with a public door, the same way The Allis and Fox Bar already work on the ground floor.

The cooking is grill-and-table Persian: skewers off coals, khoresht in the middle of the table, bread you use as a utensil. Samyani opened the first Berenjak in London in 2018 as a nod to the kebab houses he grew up with in Tehran, per Eater Chicago. London Berenjak picked up a Michelin Bib Gourmand, the guide’s nod to great value, in its first year.

Berenjak restaurant interior bar and booth seating — Berenjak interior with bar and booth seating. Photo published on berenjak.com.

The food: charcoal, stew, mezze, bread

Expect the London staples. Eater Chicago lists charcoal-grilled meat skewers, lamb khoresht, spiced mezze, and baskets of crispy bread. That is the heart of the restaurant: grill, stew, dip, bread. The Los Angeles menu gives a delicious preview: koobideh (minced lamb shoulder), jujeh chicken in saffron-yogurt-lemon-tomato, tikkeh masti beef, chenjeh lamb, and prawn meygoo, all with sangak, per Eater LA. Chicago’s skewer list is still to come; count on charcoal, sharing, and bread.

The Chicago-only thrill is the bar. Eater Chicago says the Fulton Market room will carry an extended wine list and cocktails that had been UK-only, including a savory olive-leaf martini and a sparkling watermelon cocktail. If you already have a favorite Persian restaurant in the city, this is the part that is actually new: a London wine-and-cocktail program sitting on top of a kebab house, inside a building people already use after dark.

Berenjak dining room with patterned banquettes and set tables — Berenjak dining room. Photo published on berenjak.com.

Chicago does not lack Iranian cooking. It lacks Iranian cooking in this exact slot: Fulton Market, design-forward, late-night adjacent. Noon-O-Kabab, Kabobi, and the north-side and suburban rooms that actually feed Iranian families are a different job. Berenjak is not trying to replace them. It is trying to put charcoal Persian on the same map as the neighborhood’s steak and Italian reservations.

The room: Soho House, public door

Address: 113–125 N Green Street, Chicago, IL 60607, inside Soho House Chicago in Fulton Market. Membership is not required. Eater Chicago is explicit that Berenjak Chicago will be open to the public the same way The Allis and Fox Bar already are on the ground floor. Soho House itself is still a private club. The fifth-floor House dining room is still members. Berenjak is not that room.

This is the part of the story most likely to get garbled in group chats. Dumbo House in New York (2024) ran a members-only residency. Soho Warehouse in Los Angeles (opened September 24, 2025) ran a public, garden-level restaurant: the first publicly accessible Berenjak in the United States, per Eater LA. Chicago is following the Los Angeles model, not the Dumbo one. You can walk in as a non-member. You still may not be able to walk in without a reservation once it is busy. Those are different problems.

Plated dishes at Berenjak — Plates from Berenjak. Photo published on berenjak.com.

Kian Samyani, JKS, and Soho House

Kian Samyani is the chef-founder. He opened Berenjak in London in 2018 after time in the JKS orbit. This is his restaurant, through and through. JKS Restaurants is the London group behind two-Michelin-starred Gymkhana plus a cluster of Indian and Asian rooms. Soho House supplies the address and the door, and Berenjak is open to the public.

Late September 2026 is the window Eater Chicago reported on August 28, 2026, citing the restaurant’s own announcement. No calendar day has been published. Soho House is already hiring a Berenjak host and F&B managers for the Chicago house, a good sign the opening is close.

How to book

Reservations are not live yet. berenjak.com is the official site. Watch it for the first reservations, and book early: a table for two at prime dinner time will go fast. Then come for Samyani’s charcoal Persian, the sharing-table energy, and a Green Street night that does not require a membership card.

Who Berenjak Chicago is for

This is for diners who want Iranian grill cooking in a Fulton Market setting: dates, four-tops, people who will share skewers and khoresht and still want a serious cocktail list. It is for locals who already use Soho House’s public ground-floor rooms and want a new reason to stay for dinner. Berenjak asks for a little calendar patience until the booker goes live. In return, you get charcoal Persian on the neighborhood’s reservation map.

A few practical notes

Address: 113–125 N Green St., Chicago, IL 60607 (Soho House Chicago, Fulton Market).
Open: late September 2026 window (no exact day published as of the announcement).
Access: public, no Soho House membership required (same stack as The Allis / Fox Bar).
Book: not live yet. Watch berenjak.com and ChiVibe for the platform.
House: chef Kian Samyani · JKS Restaurants · Soho House partnership.

Berenjak Chicago FAQ

What is Berenjak Chicago?

A London-born Iranian restaurant from chef Kian Samyani, opening inside Soho House in Fulton Market: charcoal kebabs, stews, mezze, and bread meant for sharing.

When is Berenjak Chicago opening?

Late September 2026, per Eater Chicago citing the restaurant’s announcement. No exact calendar day has been published.

Do I need a Soho House membership?

No. Berenjak Chicago is public, like The Allis and Fox Bar on the ground floor. The fifth-floor House dining room remains members-only.

How do I make a reservation?

Not yet. No OpenTable, Resy, or Tock link has been published. Watch berenjak.com for the live booker.

Does Berenjak Chicago have a Michelin star?

The London original holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand; the Chicago room opens this fall.

Berenjak Chicago is the Fulton Market opening that puts charcoal Persian on Green Street without a membership wall: Samyani’s grill, sharing plates, a London cocktail program, and a late-September watch that will turn into a real night once the booker lights up. When a date opens, take it. The rest is just logistics.

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