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Benjyehuda

Don't worry, you don't have to be able to spell Benjyehuda to eat there. But if you'd like to try—say, for the purpose of e-mailing a pal the name of your lunchtime meeting spot—it helps to understand the origins of the name.

It's actually pretty simple: The owner's name is Benji Rosen, and the inspiration to open up a street food-focused spot in Chicago came to him while he was while eating on Ben Yehuda Street, a pedestrian mall in Jerusalem filled with vendors and tasty street eats. Put it all together, and what do you have? A tough to spell (and pronounce-it's ben-jay-HOO-duh, for the record) but satisfying new Loop lunch option specializing in street food favorites such as falafel, cheese fries and churros.

Benjyehuda, which Rosen operates with his wife, Stacey, caters to Loop workers and hungry traders from the nearby Chicago Board of Trade, opening at 11 a.m. for lunch and shuttering in the late afternoon.