Kasama Chicago: How to Book the Dinner Tasting (OpenTable + Daytime Walk-Ins)

Kasama Chicago is Tim Flores and Genie Kwon’s modern Filipino restaurant at 1001 N. Winchester Avenue in Ukrainian Village — two Michelin stars, a daytime bakery and counter, and a reservation-only dinner tasting. The access split is the whole story for readers: dinner inventory lives on OpenTable with a 6-week rolling release at 12:00 p.m. Central, while daytime service is walk-in / counter only Wednesday through Sunday. This is a booking utility ahead of the late-September dinner window — not a soft-open announcement and not a personal visit diary.

What is Kasama Chicago?

Kasama Chicago is a Ukrainian Village Filipino restaurant with two public products under one roof. By day it runs as a bakery and casual counter. By night (Thursday through Sunday) it flips to a fine-dining tasting menu that the house prices at $325 per person, with an optional beverage pairing at $195 and a non-alcoholic pairing at $95. Michelin lists the cuisine as Filipino / Contemporary and the guide page confirms two stars for the Winchester Avenue room.

Chefs Tim Flores and Genie Kwon are the public faces of the kitchen and pastry programs. The restaurant’s own site frames dinner as a modern Filipino tasting and daytime as counter service — two different clocks, two different ways in. Official channels to keep open: kasamachicago.com, reservations copy at /reservations, Instagram @kasamachicago, and phone (773) 697-3790.

How do Kasama Chicago dinner reservations work?

Book dinner on OpenTable. The live restaurant page is opentable.com/r/kasama-chicago (OpenTable restaurant id 1094179). The house reservations page is explicit: dinner reservations are available through OpenTable; parties of up to six release on a six-week rolling calendar at 12 p.m. CST.

That noon Central drop is the civilian lottery. Treat it like any scarce Chicago tasting clock: be logged into OpenTable before noon, party size set (2–6), and ready to grab the Thursday–Sunday date you actually want. ChiVibe checks of party-of-two inventory for September 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 returned no open slots — read that as sold out or outside a useful open window, not as guessed times on a blank grid. If the calendar is blank for your night, skip Instagram DMs as a booker; watch cancellations on OpenTable and the next noon release for dates still inside the six-week horizon.

Dinner service itself is Thursday through Sunday, reservation only. The tasting is $325; optional wine pairing $195; optional non-alcoholic pairing $95; corkage is listed at $50 per bottle up to 750 ml with a two-bottle maximum (larger formats cost more). Prices are subject to change on the house page — confirm on OpenTable and kasamachicago.com/reservations when you book.

When does Kasama Chicago release OpenTable inventory?

Per the restaurant: six weeks out, at 12:00 p.m. Central, for parties of up to six. There is no separate “secret” consumer booker on the official dinner path. If you are aiming at a late-September Thursday–Sunday dinner, work backward from that six-week noon rule and assume prime times disappear quickly after the drop — empty OpenTable results for already-released dates usually mean the seating is gone, not that the restaurant moved platforms overnight.

Older third-party notes sometimes pointed diners at Resy for Kasama. Live verification in September 2026 does not support Resy as the dinner booker: the house sends you to OpenTable, and OpenTable serves restaurant id 1094179 for Kasama at the Winchester address. Use the official reservations page as the tie-breaker when platforms disagree.

Can you walk into Kasama Chicago during the day?

Yes — and only that way for daytime. The house says reservations are not available during daytime service, which is casual counter service. On the current site clock: daytime bakery and service run Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with the kitchen and dining room open until 2:00 p.m. or capacity. Expect a line on busy weekend mornings; that is the product, not a failed dinner reservation.

Daytime is the practical relief valve when dinner OpenTable is empty. You will not get the $325 tasting at brunch, and you should not treat a pastry ticket as a workaround for a Saturday night four-top. You will get the bakery and counter menu the room is famous for without fighting the six-week dinner drop.

What does the Kasama Chicago dinner tasting cost?

Published house figures for dinner: $325 tasting menu per person; $195 optional beverage pairing; $95 optional non-alcoholic pairing; $50 corkage per bottle up to 750 ml (two-bottle max; larger bottles cost more). Allergy and diet notes belong in the OpenTable reservation at least 48 hours ahead — the restaurant lists several restrictions it cannot accommodate (including soy, egg, allium, vegan, corn, no refined sugar, keto, and paleo). Questions go to reservations@kasamachicago.com.

Cancellation policy on the house page: cancellations inside 48 hours incur $325 per guest; dropping a guest count inside 48 hours also bills $325 per guest on the final check. Read that as real money, not fine print theater.

Who is behind Kasama Chicago?

Tim Flores and Genie Kwon lead the restaurant. Michelin’s write-up frames Flores’s Filipino background and Kwon’s pastry training as the pair that rebuilt homestyle ideas into tasting-menu form. Awards color that is already public: two Michelin stars, prior James Beard recognition for the team, and a North America’s 50 Best listing the restaurant itself surfaces on its site seals. ChiVibe is not re-scoring the food here — the booking problem is hard enough without pretending this is an unknown room.

Where is Kasama Chicago, and what are the hours?

1001 N. Winchester Ave., Chicago, IL 60622, Ukrainian Village. Phone: (773) 697-3790.

Hours to prefer from the live site:

• Daytime bakery / counter: Wednesday–Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (kitchen and dining room until 2:00 p.m. or capacity). No daytime reservations.
• Dinner tasting: Thursday–Sunday, reservation only via OpenTable.

If an older guide page shows daytime hours without spelling out dinner nights, trust kasamachicago.com and the reservations page for the dinner Thursday–Sunday rule.

How scarce is Kasama Chicago dinner right now?

Scarce in the ordinary Chicago tasting sense: a six-week noon OpenTable release, party cap at six on that grid, and blank party-of-two results on sample late-September and late-October dates when ChiVibe looked. That pattern matches a room that sells its released window rather than a room that forgot to turn the booker on. Daytime walk-ins remain the open door; dinner remains a calendar problem.

Compared with pure ticketed Tock counters, Kasama Chicago is still a public OpenTable product — you do not need a separate ticket account — but the noon drop and 48-hour cancel fee keep it firmly in “plan it” territory. Compared with a casual Ukrainian Village dinner, it is not a same-week impulse booking for Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

Kasama Chicago FAQ

What is Kasama Chicago?

A modern Filipino restaurant from Tim Flores and Genie Kwon at 1001 N. Winchester Avenue in Ukrainian Village. Two Michelin stars. Daytime bakery and counter; Thursday–Sunday dinner tasting.

How do I book Kasama Chicago dinner?

OpenTable: opentable.com/r/kasama-chicago. Parties up to six release on a six-week rolling calendar at 12:00 p.m. Central, per the restaurant.

Does Kasama Chicago take Resy for dinner?

Not as the live house path in September 2026. The official reservations page sends dinner to OpenTable. Use that over older Resy pointers.

Can I reserve Kasama Chicago brunch?

No. Daytime is counter service without reservations, Wednesday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (kitchen until 2:00 p.m. or capacity).

How much is the Kasama Chicago tasting menu?

$325 per person. Optional beverage pairing $195; optional non-alcoholic pairing $95. Confirm on the house reservations page when you book.

What is the Kasama Chicago cancellation policy?

Inside 48 hours: $325 per guest for cancels or guest-count drops, per kasamachicago.com/reservations.

When should I try to book for late September?

Work the six-week noon Central OpenTable release and expect popular Thursday–Sunday times to disappear after the drop. Empty calendars on already-released dates usually mean sold out — watch cancellations rather than hunting a second consumer booker.

Kasama Chicago is two restaurants in one address: a daytime walk-in bakery and a Thursday–Sunday OpenTable tasting that releases six weeks out at noon Central. For late-September dinner plans, set the OpenTable alert to that clock, keep party size at six or under, and use Wednesday–Sunday daytime when you want the room without winning the tasting lottery. Start at OpenTable — Kasama and verify prices and allergies on kasamachicago.com/reservations before you pay the 48-hour fee the hard way.