LTH ChanuKwanzaChristadan Festivus: Manny’s,12/15/07

LTH ChanuKwanzaChristadan Festivus: Manny’s, 12/15/07


Photo courtesy of stevez

When the Great Gods of Chow gaze down upon Manny’s (1141 S. Jefferson), they see the sacred spot where, lo so many years before, the legendary around-the-clock Chow-a-Thon began, and they see, too, the spot that will become even more incredibly damn sacred when it hosts our third annual holiday party, the 2007 LTH ChanuKwanzaChristadan Festivus.

On December 15, at 6:00 PM, we will, as in years past, gather together to raise our voices in praise and our mouths to slurp seemingly endless platters of exquisite grub. Manny’s will set forth the full and limitless line of time-honored comestibles: corned beef, pastrami, baked salmon, skirt steak, short ribs, knish, and sides – everything you can eat from the lunch and dinner menus – plus all the beer, wine and other beverages you can quaff. And free wi-fi. They’re even throwing in an LTH cake! Does this not rule?!

For more about Manny’s -- an LTH-recognized Great Neighborhood Restaurant -- go here: http://www.mannysdeli.com/ or to one of many LTH love poems to this remarkable establishment:

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 5eb48bdbc8

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=401

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3722

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 14f627d64d

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 956dfe48a8

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 417189eb2e

Price is $50. You can pay one of two ways:

• Pay with a credit card at Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/23186
• Make a check out to David Hammond and send it to me at 205 S. Scoville, Oak Park, IL, 60302

Want a spot? Please sign up now (if possible, please indicate screen name on payments).

Raffle will take place after dinner; bring a raffle gift (an approximately $10 value), and get a ticket to win a prize. If you don’t want to be in the raffle, that is totally cool – it’s all voluntary – you can still watch (from a respectful distance). To give you an idea of what you might bring, here’s a very partial list of some of the gifts from last year:

• Home-cured bacon from MikeG
• Machine that turns a hot dog into an octopus from Josephine
• Local preserves and sorghum from Vital Information
• Chocolate sour-cream bundt from Eat Chicago and Petit Pois
• Some amazing BBQ device from stevez
• Leaf lard from Bruce
• Chili oil and BBQ rub from GWiv

We are fortunate to have secured the musical services of the Northside Southpaws, purveyors of “Archaic country and obsolete ragtime, performed on left-handed resonator instruments.”
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The boys – who appear regularly at Friday night hoe-downs at Honky Tonk BBQ in Pilsen -- will be playing two sets and joining us for dinner. Yee-ha!!

Vital Information will be collecting for the Oak Park Food Pantry; those who would like to do so are encouraged to bring items such as rice, cereal, and canned meat,

If you plan to come, please post to this thread so people know you’re coming; if you want to announce the raffle item you're bringing, that'd be cool, too (though by no means required); then pay at Brown Paper Tickets or send a check.

Hope to see you there.

Note: We’ll be wrapping up at 9:30PM, but we can of course retire – as is our tradition -- to the nearby Skylark (2149 S Halsted St), where we can await the dawn and the Maxwell Street Market, which opens a mere 9.5 hours hence.

Registered guests as of 12.13.07

1. Cathy2
2. David Hammond
3. Carolyn Berg
4. Germuska
5. Giovanna
6. JiLS
7. Mrs. JiLS
8. NR706
9. Guest of NR706
10. Jyoti Achiria
11. edc
12. Stevez
13. Chow Poodle
14. Ronnie Suburban
15. Julie Suburban
16. Josephine
17. Paul SL
18. Paul SL SO
19. Seth Zurer
20. Kerensa
21. GAF
22. justjoan
23. Bruce Cook
24. Mary Cook
25. eatchicago
26. Cookie (Ms. eatchicago)
27. Evil Ronnie
28. The Lovely Donna
29. El Panzone
30. aschie30
31. threadkiller
32. Cinny’s Mom
33. Tim Berthiaume
34. Kayen
35. mhl
36. Cookie Monster
37. Jlawrence
38. Mrs. Jlawrence
39. Jimthebeerguy
40. Saint Pizza
41. Gwiv
42. Ms. Wiv
43. helen
44. Alex M.
45. Jennifer M.
46. Gypsy Boy
47. Lovely Dining Companion
48. dickson
49. Marie Dickson
50. Ellen Fiocchi
51. pdaane
52. The GP
53. Mr. X
54. jazzfood
55. Guest of jazzfood
56. cynthia
57. hellodali
58. Abigail Berg-Hammond
59. Leek
60. Mr. Leek
61. Mike G
62. Robin Kaplan
63. Antonius
64. Amata
65. Jean Blanchard
66. Keith Blanchard
67. ReneG
68. Vital Information
69. Aaron Deacon
70. GP60004
71. ccrush
72. Taylor Host
73. tarte tatin
74. Kuhdo
75. Phyllis
76. Astrozombie
77. Molly
78. Nick (the BF)
79. JSM
80. Suzanne (Mrs. JSM)
81. skip landt
82. winegirl1973

I shall be pleased to attend.

[To be edited later, once I decide upon a raffle item.]

Update: It will be variations on a theme of "lavender" from San Francisco's Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market--you might remember it as the one Mr. Slow Food allegedly dissed earlier this year as being composed of effete California yuppie foo-foo slackers. Well these lavender lovelies came from that same den of iniquities--oh, boy!

Gypsy Boy and the Lovely Dining Companion anticipate participating, early and often.

SaintPizza and I will be there!

mhl wrote:[To be edited later, once I decide upon a raffle item.]

Are we posting the raffle prizes we'll be bringing? I already know what I'm gonna bring and my lovely wife also has a good idea but I didn't know if it should be a surprise or if a list of potential goodies will serve as incentive to get people to sign up.

vvv Well then, I will be offering up a 750ml bottle of my homebrewed mead as a raffle prize.

JimTheBeerGuy wrote:SaintPizza and I will be there!

mhl wrote:[To be edited later, once I decide upon a raffle item.]

Are we posting the raffle prizes we'll be bringing? I already know what I'm gonna bring and my lovely wife also has a good idea but I didn't know if it should be a surprise or if a list of potential goodies will serve as incentive to get people to sign up.

If you want to announce the raffle item you're bringing, that'd be cool, (though by no means required).

I definitely plan to attend. Can't wait!

Jyoti

I'm really looking forward to this. Count me in.

Hellodali wrote:I'm really looking forward to this. Count me in.

Hope you're ready to do the Vanna White thing again during the raffle.

David Hammond wrote:If you want to announce the raffle item you're bringing, that'd be cool, (though by no means required).

I'll be bringing a little something or two from Mexico for the raffle.

I'll have bacon-- which I just smoked today-- and also an LTHForum 2008 Food Porn Calendar.

A what, you ask? Stay tuned...

It's the free wi-fi that is really driving this home for the holidays for me. I'll be in the corner with my laptop.

I'll be there, as well.

The 'Traditional Holiday Corned Beef Sandwich' will take a place in my heart right next to the 'Traditional Thanksgiving Lasagne' I used to enjoy when Grandma Jenny was still alive and cookin'.

but...

David Hammond wrote:Hope you're ready to do the Vanna White thing again during the raffle.

I thought that was MY gig?!?

GioVanna

I plan on attending.

threadkiller wrote:I plan on attending.

Great. Please make sure you pay through BPT or mail in a check.

As they say, 'the check's in the mail.'

I too, will be contributing some (still undetermined) foodstuffs to the raffle.

We're really looking forward to it.

=R=

Mrs. JiLS and I will be there. I think I will make a plum pudding for the raffle (although it's easy to say that now).

So people know when their payments have been recieved, I've started a listed of registered guests at the very end of the original post; I will continuously update this list.

I now have a concert on the 15th, so can be removed for the time being. If I can work everything out, I'll reply and send payment in November.

Santander wrote:I now have a concert on the 15th, so can be removed for the time being. If I can work everything out, I'll reply and send payment in November.

Is cool. We have considerable capacity for this event. Hope you can make it.

Giovanna wrote:

but...David Hammond wrote:

Hope you're ready to do the Vanna White thing again during the raffle.


I thought that was MY gig?!?

Giovanna - you can be Vanna White and I'll be Carol Merrill (now if that doesn't date me.....)

Hellodali wrote:Giovanna wrote:

but...David Hammond wrote:

Hope you're ready to do the Vanna White thing again during the raffle.


I thought that was MY gig?!?

Giovanna - you can be Vanna White and I'll be Carol Merrill (now if that doesn't date me.....)

Conflict avoided. Thanks, Carol.

the check will be in the mail monday -i'm coming. justjoan

Kerensa and I will be there!

Seth

Please add The Lovely Donna and Evil Ronnie.

Please add me to the list. Cinny's Mom is coming too.

Checks are in the mail.

The Panther will be on the prowl with the missus.



Sounds great! I can't wait!

HI,

Gentle reminder! Please send in your money asap to lock in your reservation. Please consult the original post for information on payment via check directly to David Hammond or by credit card via Brown Paper Tickets.

Thanks!

Regards,

i'm wondering if one of the organizers of the holiday party could, or already has, asked manny's to open up the lot for self-parkers during our party, since their evening policy now seems to be only valet parking. with 50 plus people arriving around the same time, it would be much easier to park our own cars. just asking......

Just signed up. The raffle item I will be bringing is a marzipan filled stollen.

Sign me up for two people. I will post the check tomorrow.