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    Post #1 - September 17th, 2007, 7:02 pm
    Post #1 - September 17th, 2007, 7:02 pm Post #1 - September 17th, 2007, 7:02 pm
    I need some help.

    Ever since the "Come Back Inn" closed in Melrose Park, I've been looking for a good/best dining experience with a fireplace, good food, and the atmosphere to go with it - someplace I can take my wife and some good friends to enjoy the evening. With the cooler evenings approaching, I think we need a 'Fireplace Dining List' in the Chicago area to complement the 'Outdoor/Patio Dining List' we enjoyed recently.

    Thanks!
  • Post #2 - September 17th, 2007, 10:11 pm
    Post #2 - September 17th, 2007, 10:11 pm Post #2 - September 17th, 2007, 10:11 pm
    La Mora has a fireplace:

    2132 West Roscoe
    Chicago, IL 60618
    773.404.4555

    http://www.la-mora.com/
    "Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
  • Post #3 - September 18th, 2007, 7:46 am
    Post #3 - September 18th, 2007, 7:46 am Post #3 - September 18th, 2007, 7:46 am
    And who could forget the fireplace at Klas? Although it's upstairs in the banquet room.
    JiLS
  • Post #4 - September 18th, 2007, 7:52 am
    Post #4 - September 18th, 2007, 7:52 am Post #4 - September 18th, 2007, 7:52 am
    Hopleaf also has a fireplace in the dining room. It might be a bit of a wait if you want a table near it.

    Best,
    Michael
  • Post #5 - September 18th, 2007, 7:54 am
    Post #5 - September 18th, 2007, 7:54 am Post #5 - September 18th, 2007, 7:54 am
    Fireside has a wood burning fireplace. Haven't eaten there in quite a while, but I recall the food being fine if one stuck to straight ahead preparations. Chicago style ribs are of the fall off the bone variety, bar is open late and they have a solid bloody mary bar with the Sunday brunch.

    Enjoy,
    Gary

    Fireside Restaurant
    5739 N. Ravenswood Ave.
    Chicago, Il
    773-561-7433
    One minute to Wapner.
    Raymond Babbitt

    Low & Slow
  • Post #6 - September 18th, 2007, 8:08 am
    Post #6 - September 18th, 2007, 8:08 am Post #6 - September 18th, 2007, 8:08 am
    FIreplace Inn has the same awful meat jello ribs as Fireside/Twin Anchors, etc., but the burgers are good.

    Fireplace Inn
    1448 N Wells St
    Chicago, IL
    312-943-7427
    Steve Z.

    “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
    ― Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Post #7 - September 18th, 2007, 8:11 am
    Post #7 - September 18th, 2007, 8:11 am Post #7 - September 18th, 2007, 8:11 am
    Cheif O'Neill's has a fireplace in the pub. Food is pretty hit or miss. Nice atmosphere unless they have added a bunch of flat screens since my last visit.


    Chief O'Neill's
    3471 N. Elston, Chicago, IL 60618
    (773) IRE-LAND (773) 583-3066
  • Post #8 - September 18th, 2007, 9:37 am
    Post #8 - September 18th, 2007, 9:37 am Post #8 - September 18th, 2007, 9:37 am
    JimInLoganSquare wrote:And who could forget the fireplace at Klas? Although it's upstairs in the banquet room.


    Certainly the most baronial, Citizen-Kane-like, so-big-you-could-just-walk-in-for-hassle-free-auto-da-fe option...but you need to rent the banquet room to use it.
    "Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
  • Post #9 - September 18th, 2007, 9:38 am
    Post #9 - September 18th, 2007, 9:38 am Post #9 - September 18th, 2007, 9:38 am
    You'll get two of your four criteria met if you go to Fireplace Inn:

    good/best dining experience (Nope) with a fireplace (Yep), good food (Yuk!), and the atmosphere (Very Nice).

    You can look up my post on this place - it's among less than a handful of front-runners for "Bster's Worst Dining Experience of 2007".

    Bster
  • Post #10 - September 18th, 2007, 9:56 am
    Post #10 - September 18th, 2007, 9:56 am Post #10 - September 18th, 2007, 9:56 am
    Santorini in Greektown.
  • Post #11 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am
    Post #11 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am Post #11 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am
    The Half Shell
    676 W Diversey Pkwy
    Chicago, IL
    773-549-1773

    Get the crab legs. It will be tough to get a seat near either of the small fireplaces, but it's worth a try.
    Steve Z.

    “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
    ― Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Post #12 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am
    Post #12 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am Post #12 - September 18th, 2007, 9:59 am
    An option that is also on the Outdoor/Patio Dining list is Moody's pub. I know some are more reluctant to dine inside at Moody's -- it is really dark in there! -- but I like their burgers.

    Moody's Pub
    5910 N. Broadway
    Chicago
    (773) 275-2696
  • Post #13 - September 18th, 2007, 12:11 pm
    Post #13 - September 18th, 2007, 12:11 pm Post #13 - September 18th, 2007, 12:11 pm
    Les Nomades has a fireplace in their upstairs dining room, and a good deal of Old World elegance to go along with it.

    Les Nomades
    222 E. Ontario St.
    Chicago, IL 60611 312-649-9010
    "The fork with two prongs is in use in northern Europe. In England, they’re armed with a steel trident, a fork with three prongs. In France we have a fork with four prongs; it’s the height of civilization." Eugene Briffault (1846)

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