Passover at restaurants??

Anyone know of restaurants doing Passover meals? I know the obvious, Max's and Max and Benny's. Are there any others out there? Thanks!

Carlos' does a seder. We've gone the last couple of years and it's been really nice.

Carlos' Restaurant
http://www.carlos-restaurant.com
429 Temple Ave
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 432-0770

Phoenicia Mediterranean
http://www.phoeniciacuisine.com
1910 1st St
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 266-9990

I've never been to the seder. However, I'm a regular diner.

Close to you in Northbrook, there's Di Pescara. a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant. There's a Passover buffet at the East Bank Club restaurant. I know nothing about the quality of the food there. The Bagel at Old Orchard is also doing a Passover meal. I don't understand the love for this place--I have found their food to be consistently sub par, so I wouldn't recommend them. You might check What's Cooking? in Lincoln Village because I suspect they will serve a Passover dinner as well: 773-583-3050. Food is decent but nothing special there.

I think the food at the East Bank Club is pretty good, although I've never had the Passover buffet.

I used to work in Deerfield, and had a few adventures eating out during Passover. I went to Max's most years at least once, always to be amazed at how minority a preference unleavened was even there and then. They offered a fried matzo, not really a matzo brei as I know it.

When I first was up there, late eighties-early nineties, before the shopping center at Deerfield and Waukegan was completely reconstructed, there was a restaurant right by the entrance, partly on Waukegan. One time I was there, didn't see anything on the menu, and asked if they had anything. They fixed up a fried matzo similar to the one at Max's, making me glad I asked. One other time I asked at the deli on Dundee, west of the Somme Woods, railroad tracks and Post Office, nearly to Pfingsten. Like at Max's, most customers utterly indifferent to Passover. The old guy in charge said "take a seat, I'll fix you something" I'm sure I'd already specified Tuna salad, and he brought it out on a plate with lettuce and sliced hard-boiled egg. Almost a miniature Seder plate, now that I think of it. Plenty of matzo on another plate. Crumby--but not crummy--I enjoyed it as much as any of the meals I had in restaurants at Passover, again because of the attention.

Grabbed a flyer at What's Cooking? that lists its Passover meals to be served both April 8 and April 9. Dine-in, to go, or delivery available. Seven course meal with choice of main for $25.50/adult and $12.95/kid. Also the restaurant has "homemade" matzah balls, chicken broth, gefilte fish, chopped liver, and brisket for carryout.

What's Cooking?
6181 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago 60659
773-583-3050

We are not having a seder at home this year for Passover. We live in the north suburbs and would like to eat out both Passover seder nights. Are there good restaurants out there with Passover food that would be worth making visits to those nights?

Ralphie

Carlos' usually does a seder and the food is excellent. You probably need to call for details (and to find out if they're still doing it).

Carlos' Restaurant
429 Temple Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035-1428
(847) 432-0770

A quick google just showed that Happ Inn, Northfield will be having Passover foods that week. Not sure if that includes a seder at all, or what that food might include.

http://www.phoeniciacuisine.com/ is doing first night seder led by a Rabbi.
1910 First St.
Highland Park
847-266-9990

Carlos 4/19 6:30PM, about $70/person.-Dick

George's What's Cooking in Deerfield usually does a Passover/Seder meal, serves matzah during Passover, and they have Matzah Brie on the menu year-round.

George's What's Cooking
350 S Waukegan Rd
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 412-9360

Mon Ami Gabi has a Passover meal on April 18 and 19th:

http://www.monamigabi.com/chicago/events/
http://www.leye.com/files/Menus/MAG.Sed ... 3.7.11.pdf

We had our second-night dinner at the Omega in Niles. It was $19.95 for matzo-ball soup; choice of gefilte fish or chopped liver; entree choice of chicken, whitefish or brisket, served with tzimmes, kishke and a potato latke; dessert of macaroons or honey cake; and coffee or tea.

The food was much better than I expected. I always like Omega's soups. The chopped liver came with a pickled-vegetable garnish that made me think Mexican more than Jewish, but it set off the liver very well; I prefer a mix higher in egg and onion than this, but it was fine. The brisket was tender and flavorful. I could easily have eaten several more of the fritter-like latkes, which were small, but nice and crisp, and the tzimmes was the tastiest I've had in a while. The kishke had no casing and could have benefited from being braised with the beef, but was otherwise quite flavorful.

Both desserts were excellent; the cake was not a traditional dark honey cake but a kind of struesel-laced sponge cake studded with apples, and the crisp, coconut macaroons were 4-inches across, two to a serving and dipped in chocolate.

In terms of food, I enjoyed this meal much more than that at the seder I attended the previous night, which was a catered dinner at the Renaissance North Shore.