Lincoln Square Lunch Group - Fri 5/31 at Rainbow Thai

Lincoln Square - encompassing Bud Long Woods and Andersonville, and adjacent to Albany Park - is a bit of a culinary crossroads. Although it got its start in pickles, now it's home to board favorites like Da Rae Jung, Jimmy's Pizza, Monti's and Nhu Lan. So I'd like to propose an occasional Friday lunch group, for those of us lucky to be in the area.

Lincoln Square - not just for pickles anymore!

First lunch, Friday, May 31st at noon

Rainbow Thai
4825 N Western Ave
(773) 754-7660

1. lemoneater
2. bean
3. Santander
4. Cabbagehead
5. FrankP
6. Vinny

Waitlist

6/1 is a Saturday. Did you mean 5/31?

Whoops, yes! 5/31.

Pencil me in for this. The end of the month is often a difficult time for me, but I'd love to try Rainbow Thai and this seems to be a prime opportunity.

I work from home and live in East Lakeview, so I'd love to see a northside weekday lunch group gain traction. (It's always nice to have an excuse to get out of the house during the day...) I already have plans to go to Rainbow the first week in June and the last week in May is hectic, so I may sit this one out but would definitely be interested in other lunches. I'll update in ~ a week if I'm able to attend.

I should have a flexible Friday and would be happy to help with the ordering power. Count me in, and I'll update next week if things change (or if a bunch of locals are knocking on the waitlist, in which case I'll step aside).

I'd like to come.

It's Friday, and I bet you wish you had lunch plans with interesting pals that like to share delicious food. Well, plan ahead for next week. There are still 2 spots left for this event at Rainbow Thai!

Count me in. I had lunch there today and I need to go back.

Mark me down. Thanks for putting this together!

Just wanted to confirm that I cannot make it tomorrow, but I would welcome the chance to participate in further north side lunch events.

chgoeditor wrote:Just wanted to confirm that I cannot make it tomorrow, but I would welcome the chance to participate in further north side lunch events.

Noted!

Reservation for 6 made for tomorrow at 12 noon.

reservation??

Love it--wish I could join you--stuck on the south side all day tomorrow. Be sure to get a mushroom salad!!

Thanks to lemoneater for organizing the friendly meal today. That tiny passthrough space really does remind me of the original Katy's in a positive way. More comments to come in the main thread, but the dried beef, shrimp salad, and fried chicken were as good as I've ever had those dishes across many spots in a few states.

Santander wrote:Thanks to lemoneater for organizing the friendly meal today. That tiny passthrough space really does remind me of the original Katy's in a positive way. More comments to come in the main thread, but the dried beef, shrimp salad, and fried chicken were as good as I've ever had those dishes across many spots in a few states.

That's great to hear that I'm not the only fan of the dried beef. I think i mentioned it in the main thread, that it's not so much a "beef jerky" but more like a tender marinated steak, although looking at a cross section you can see the dried edges. I loved it and thought it would make a great bar food.

laikom wrote:

Santander wrote:Thanks to lemoneater for organizing the friendly meal today. That tiny passthrough space really does remind me of the original Katy's in a positive way. More comments to come in the main thread, but the dried beef, shrimp salad, and fried chicken were as good as I've ever had those dishes across many spots in a few states.

That's great to hear that I'm not the only fan of the dried beef. I think i mentioned it in the main thread, that it's not so much a "beef jerky" but more like a tender marinated steak, although looking at a cross section you can see the dried edges. I loved it and thought it would make a great bar food.

They used to serve a similar sounding dish at the long-since-gone Siam Square in Evanston, and it was awesome. I'll definitely have to try this out next time I'm at Rainbow.

=R=

There's a recipe for that in David Thomson's book that sounds delicious but I haven't had a chance to try.

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Thanks again to Marcella for organizing this event. The food and company were stellar! The folks at Rainbow were so warm and welcoming I will not hesitate to return. I think this group is a great idea. My only regret is that I can't make the next meeting. I'm working now on the design for the cards.

Thanks again, folks.

bean