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Does anyone know about Crib off the coast of Oak Street Beach? there's an atricle in today's reader.

Nothing to report, sorry, but I have to admit that it if wasn't for your familiar posting name, I would have thought this thread was spam. This "Crib" place, is the name of a restaurant? Is it supposed to invoke babies' beds, or '70s cheese, such as "hey, baby, wanna go see my crib?"

Either way, I'm not sure I'd want to eat at this place. I'll listen to arguments, though.*

*End of befuddled diatribe.

Crib is what the water inlet stations are called out in the lake. Apparently some a-hole (read the article and you'll know what I mean) is opening some type of place there.

April Fools are the best sort of fools. (Re-read the headline in the article).

Ah! OK I'm a douche!

Don't be so hard on yourself. Who ever heard of an April Fool's Joke on March 27th.

DMChicago wrote:Don't be so hard on yourself. Who ever heard of an April Fool's Joke on March 27th.

yeah, jeez, that is weak. it got me though.

It got me too, initially. But the "Trump buys Time Out Chicago" article was a bit harder to swallow...

My favorite line of the article:

"That guy who was serving sushi on a naked girl? I did that first—with pasta.”

or wait, maybe it's:

D’Angelo dropped out amid wild speculation—some said his operation had been infiltrated by the health department, others that he was being blackmailed by jealous chefs, still others that he’d lost his teeth to meth mouth.

Is it wrong that I wish this article were true?

Yeah i fell for it ... not a bad prank at all, though it certainly made me suspicious (just not enough.)

However, when i went to put a comment on the Omnivorous blog, pointing out how close it was to April 1st, that post was removed.

I call foul on that.

Damn. I really like the idea of being picked up for dinner in a speed boat.

The bong with corked Petrus '82 as the filter tipped me off.

geli wrote:My favorite line of the article:

"That guy who was serving sushi on a naked girl? I did that first—with pasta.”

Even better is the comment left by CW who apparently took it seriously.

CW at 8:55 PM on 3/27/2008

Sushi on a naked girl, his? They've been doing that for a hundred years in Osaka. What a loser.

anyone know anything about chef albert d'angelo and his restaurant opening out in the crib off of oak street beach? it seems it is fully booked for two months starting april 1st. when i read this article in the reader it seemed like an early april fools joke. how did he get permission for such a thing? sorry if this has already been discussed.

abolt wrote:anyone know anything about chef albert d'angelo and his restaurant opening out in the crib off of oak street beach? it seems it is fully booked for two months starting april 1st. when i read this article in the reader it seemed like an early april fools joke. how did he get permission for such a thing? sorry if this has already been discussed.

ummm...did you happen to read everything above prior to posting, or just type it up blind?

wino66 wrote:ummm...did you happen to read everything above prior to posting, or just type it up blind?

He didn't notice this topic, and had created a new one. The moderators then merged his post into this topic. So no, he didn't read the other posts above, but at the time they were in a separate topic from his.

thanks for defending me nxstasy.

ah, well that makes sense then! abolt, my apologies. those crazy moderators and there funky merging business...keeps us on our toes, no?

wino66 wrote:ah, well that makes sense then! abolt, my apologies. those crazy moderators and there funky merging business...keeps us on our toes, no?

Still...

There's an article about The Crib on http://www.TheAngryWaiter.com.

It reveals a lot of the references and inside jokes made in the Reader article.

I admit it , it got me too and I was furious at first then I reread the article and decided that perhaps it was a joke and I came here looking for clarification.

I'm glad its a joke.

CG wrote:Ah! OK I'm a douche!

Me too!
I went so far as to email Pie Dude and tell him what a douche this chef was and to never ever take me to his douchey restaurant.

This is a long way from 'your shoes are untied'.

If CG got so much flak just for asking about this restaurant on this thread...I can only imagine what I'll get.

Bring it on because I was bought it hook, line, and sinker!

I went so far as to call the parks district, and the water commission (being that they have domain over the intake cribs) and see if it was true or not.

Excuse me for thinking it was a neat idea - and excusing the chef's douche persona and all the "no way" thoughts that I let drift by on my way to embarassing myself.

Let the fun making begin! -- Do you think they'll type a big 'ol "Ha Ha" in the reader to clue in anyone that was interested, but didn't make a farce out of it?

“Ducks and geese aren’t the only animals that you can force-feed for big livers.”
This has to be my favorite quote. I was not fooled at all. I started laughing right out the gate. I mean...what serious pot smoker would use wine in a bong??? Let alone wine that costs more than the pot.
I do love how he stated he bribed his way through Chicago alderman for zoning. Hilarious jab at politics here.

For starters, I'll have the weed salad.

Then I'll have the nude model pasta.

No dessert please. Just coffee and a snifter of bong juice.

davecamaro1994 wrote:“Ducks and geese aren’t the only animals that you can force-feed for big livers.”
This has to be my favorite quote. I was not fooled at all. I started laughing right out the gate. I mean...what serious pot smoker would use wine in a bong??? Let alone wine that costs more than the pot.
I do love how he stated he bribed his way through Chicago alderman for zoning. Hilarious jab at politics here.

Well:

a. It was "corked"

and

b. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it

Uptown 73, I'm mystified how your post came to be deleted--no one here seems to have done it. Please feel free to post again if you care to at this point.--Kate Schmidt, Chicago Reader

kates wrote:Uptown 73, I'm mystified how your post came to be deleted--no one here seems to have done it. Please feel free to post again if you care to at this point.--Kate Schmidt, Chicago Reader

Kate,

What may have happened, and has happened to me, is forgetting to click the

I am: A Living Being With a Valid Comment at the bottom of the comments section.

If that is not checked the comment is not posted.

Kudos to Mike for brightening all our April Fools.

Enjoy,
Gary

chifudE5 wrote:If CG got so much flak just for asking about this restaurant on this thread...I can only imagine what I'll get.

To what flak are you referring? Just to be sure, I re-read the thread. CG called him/herself a "douche" for getting reeled in by the joke. That post follows my (I thought) quite mild, good-humored reference to April Fools being the best sort of fools, from one frequent April fool to another. The only "flak" I see being suffered by CG was self-inflicted. I point all this out because I think a common mis-impression of LTH is apparent in your post. Specifically, you are a first time poster and you assumed you'd be ridiculed by others for posting here. Others before have complained that LTH can be hostile to new posters. Though largely false (as any regular, long-term poster or attentive "lurker" would know), there also is a grain of truth to that complaint (especially the shrill reaction sometimes given to suspected "shills"), but I just don't see this thread as an example of poor behavior by any of the participants. Perhaps this part of the discussion should move to another board, but I thought it appropriate to start it here, in context. (And, welcome to LTHForum, chifudE5!)

davecamaro1994 wrote:“Ducks and geese aren’t the only animals that you can force-feed for big livers.”
This has to be my favorite quote. I was not fooled at all. I started laughing right out the gate. I mean...what serious pot smoker would use wine in a bong??? Let alone wine that costs more than the pot.
I do love how he stated he bribed his way through Chicago alderman for zoning. Hilarious jab at politics here.

As Bobby Bacala said to Uncle Jr., "I'm in awr of you"

ps: do you really have a 94 Camaro?