Stango Cuisine, 500 North Walnut Street, Champaign, Illinois, was the first Zambian restaurant in the United States to offer authentic Zambian cuisine.
Stango Cuisine is a Zambian and African restaurant in Champaign, Illinois. The two owners are migrants from Zambia who want to share their native Zambian cuisine with their communities.
The two owners are Zambian natives. They want to offer their country’s cuisine to the community and plan to expand their business.
The owners love traveling to places they have never been to and learning about the local culture. They discovered that what brings us together as people is excellent food cooked in a certain way with ordinary ingredients. We all love great food regardless of nationality, creed, religion, or race. They decided to share their life experiences by opening Stango Cuisine, the first and only Zambian restaurant in North America—good food cooked with love (this paragraph was modified from content on their website).
10% of Stango Cuisine’s sales are donated to One Dream Foundation, which will use the money to help build a hospital in Zambia.
Based on customer-published reviews, the online ratings are above average, and special attention should be given to the Yelp rating of 4.7 Stars. It is highly unusual for any restaurant to have a 4.5 rating or higher on Yelp. Yelp platform is typically the lowest ratings of all online review sites.
Co-owner Betty Phiri-Chibwe also owns part of Jenny’s Diner at 45 Forum Shopping Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. She is involved in these ventures and plans to expand further.
Stango Cuisine online ratings are as follows as of August 18, 2024, at 2:20 pm:
- Google – 4.6 Stars with 140 online customer reviews
- Facebook – 4.5 Stars with 54 votes – 1.9k likes – 2.1k followers – 90% recommend this restaurant
- Yelp – 4.7 Stars with 52 online customer reviews – an exceptional Yelp rating
- TripAdvisor – 5 Bubbles with one online customer review
- DoorDash – 4.7 Stars with 200+ online customer reviews
PLEASE NOTE: The ratings are based on consumer-published reviews and are subject to change without notice as new reviews are published.
Business hours:
- Sunday – CLOSED
- Monday – CLOSED
- Tuesday – 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Wednesday – 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Thursday – 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Friday – 11:00 am – 7:45 pm
- Saturday – 11:00 am – 7:45 pm
PLEASE NOTE: Business hours are subject to change without notice. Verify critical information with the restaurant.
Address and phone:
500 North Walnut Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: +1 217-369-3566
Owner (s): Mubango Chanda – Co-owner & Head Chef
Owner (s): Betty Phiri-Chibwe – Co-owner