Made from scratch, served with soul
Aban Kitchen brought authentic Middle Eastern cooking to Carbondale, Illinois — clay oven bread, scratch-made everything, and a chai that people drive two hours for.
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A kitchen Carbondale was missing
Authentic Middle Eastern food was nearly impossible to find in Southern Illinois — so Aban Kitchen opened and filled that gap with heritage cooking and real ingredients.
The bread that starts everything
Every day starts at the clay oven — flatbread baked fresh until the crust blisters and the inside stays pillowy and warm. Guests call it a must-order.
Nothing from a can
Every hummus batch, spice blend, and sauce is made in-house from scratch — no shortcuts, no bags, no compromises.
The chai that gives it away
The chai alone tells you everything — guests call it the best they've ever had, and it's the kind of detail only a kitchen that truly cares gets right.
Your table is waiting
SIU students have claimed us as their own, and out-of-towners plan whole trips around a meal here — come on in, pull up a chair and stay a while.
