Kapitan is Victor Low’s second restaurant. Few are traveling during the pandemic, and in many ways international food can provide a substitute, a little escape.

Dishin’ on the Dish: Ramly Burger from Kapitan An abandoned nightclub in Lincoln Park has been transformed into Kapitan, Chicago’s only Peranakan restaurant, which opened in mid-December.

Kapitan Restaurant owner and founder Abdul Wahab Mohamed Hanifah said only the butchery and catering section bearing the same name, located a few doors away, were ordered closed for two weeks.