Share small platesunder the moon
Cold and hot tapas made for passing, Spanish wines by the glass, and a candlelit room that keeps the night unhurried — in downtown DeKalb.
What sets us apart
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Plates Made for Sharing
Every tapa arrives ready to pass around — the table is the point.
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Spanish Wines by the Glass
Rioja, Albariño and sherry poured to keep pace with every plate.
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Seasonal Ingredients
Simple Spanish recipes built on whatever is best right now.
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Candlelit & Unhurried
A warm, moonlit room where no one rushes your evening.
A playful name, a serious love of tapas — the moon is always on the menu.
Tapa La Luna is a candlelit tapas and wine bistro on East Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb. The name is a wink — 'tapa the moon' — and the idea is just as simple: small Spanish plates meant for sharing, wines poured by the glass, and evenings that stretch as slowly as moonlight across the table.
Come with someone worth lingering with — perhaps before or after a show at the 1929 Egyptian Theatre, just around the corner on North Second Street. Order a few plates, then a few more, and let the table fill up the way a good night does — one small, delicious thing at a time.
Moonlit Moments
The plates, the pours and the candlelit corners of the room.
Visit Us
Address
226 East Lincoln Highway
DeKalb, IL 60115
We're at 226 East Lincoln Highway in the heart of downtown DeKalb, just around the corner from the historic 1929 Egyptian Theatre on North Second Street.
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday – Thursday
- 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Friday – Saturday
- 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday
- 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Request a Table
Send your details and we will confirm your table by email.