After cooking for several years traditional Oaxacan food, the team behind Kie-Gol-Lanee decided to move from their hometown Santa Maria Quiegolani (Kie-Gol-Lanee), Oaxaca to Chicago in 2004. Their culinary experience was enriched when they started cooking contemporary Italian cuisine at an Andersonville restaurant. They learned the inside out of the kitchen and serving for over 100 guests daily. It was a few years later when they decided to open a restaurant that could offer ingredients and flavors from their native state of Oaxaca in September 2016. Since 2020, they have been listed as the MICHELIN Guide Bib Gourmand Winners for the their excellence in food and service at moderate prices.

At Kie-Gol-Lanee, you will find original flavors from the highlands of Oaxaca and the pacific coast including tlayudas, ceviches, tamales oaxaqueños, chapulines (grasshoppers), cornish hen, just to name a few. Our selection of aguas frescas include the famous horchata and tamarindo, as well as a unique squash cooler called chilacayota that you do not want to miss!