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Halal restaurants in Chicago

66 places HMS lists as certified in Chicago: 45 restaurants and takeaways, 21 stores and meat markets. On a map with addresses, what HMS checks and how to confirm a certificate.

These are the places HMS lists as certified with Chicago in their address, as of its list on 3 November 2026. HMS certifies the outlet itself, not the street or the brand, and each entry links to HMS's own page for it. A place missing from this list is not necessarily not Halal; HMS simply has not certified it.

Certified places in Chicago

Restaurant or takeaway 45

Store or meat market 21

What HMS certification means

HMS is a non-profit Halal monitoring organisation run by the Shariah Board of America (Rahmat-e-Alam Foundation), certifying since 2005. It says it certifies and monitors only hand-slaughtered Zabiha meat and checks that it is not mixed with uncertified meat anywhere in the supply chain.

  • Each animal is hand slaughtered by a Muslim, with Bismillah said on each one.
  • Inspectors make frequent random, unannounced visits.
  • Premises, invoices, stock, sales records and fridges are checked for any mixing with non-Halal meat.
  • The ingredients and processes of every product or menu item are inspected, and the whole supply chain is monitored from the slaughterhouse on.

How to check before you order

  1. Find the place on HMS's certified listing before you go; places drop off when certification ends.
  2. Ask to see the current HMS certificate on the premises.
  3. Ask which items it covers: a certified kitchen can still sell drinks or products HMS did not inspect.

Also on the map

So do places OpenStreetMap contributors have tagged Halal, labelled as community tags we have not checked.

Sources

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