The Money Shot

Could there be a worst new restaurant name? (Don't recommend googling that term)

Anyone heard anything about it?
http://www.themoneyshotchicago.com/

I'm not ordering this:

The Money Shot Menu wrote:Mac & Cheese 10
Macaroni, house-made cheese cream

Kennyz wrote:I'm not ordering this:

The Money Shot Menu wrote:Mac & Cheese 10
Macaroni, house-made cheese cream

What about this, Moneyshot Sandwich and Fries

West Rogers Park!!?? Really?? I was expecting like Weed Street or something. This place is gonna be a hit with the cab drivers, Jewish grannies and south-eastern Europeans. Ridiculous.

The combo of "upscale restaurant and trendy lounge" (to quote the website) seems to describe what Cuna is going for, too. Not sure how well that's working out for them. But maybe it's the coming thing.*

*For all I know it's been a trend in Chicago the last fifteen years and I haven't heard about it.

Habibi wrote:West Rogers Park!!?? Really?? I was expecting like Weed Street or something. This place is gonna be a hit with the cab drivers, Jewish grannies and south-eastern Europeans. Ridiculous.

I don't consider 5695 N. Lincoln to be in West Rogers Park, whatever Wikipedia says. Nothing on the web site inspires confidence, from the name, to the menu, to its proclaimed location. Too bad, I'd love to have a new, good restaurant in the 'hood.

riddlemay wrote:But maybe it's the coming thing.

I see what you did there.

Is this place owned by the same people who opened Brown Trout? If so, they have a knack...

From the menu:
Cob Salad 9 - side 6
Mixed greens, ham, turkey, blue cheese, tomato, egg, bacon

How can you even take them seriously if someone who hates salad knows better than this...

Incorperating this slang language into the name of a RESTAURANT? THATS F****ED UP !!!!!

I , for one, would not go near this place!!

I don't get it; I must be out of touch. The name of this place offends me to the point where I don't even care how good or bad the food is. I'd just avoid it. I get the feeling that a bunch of mindless frat boys run this place.

~GS

Greasy Spoon wrote:I don't get it; I must be out of touch. The name of this place offends me to the point where I don't even care how good or bad the food is. I'd just avoid it. I get the feeling that a bunch of mindless frat boys run this place.

~GS

I think your post indicates that you get it just fine.

I ate there last night and the food was amazing. I had the fried chicken & a slice of cheese cake, which was heavenly. The owner is new to the restaurant scene in terms of owners. He's worked at 160 blue & Goose Island. He's anything but a frat boy - sat down and talked to me - extremely friendly and down to earth. He is young, but seems to know what he's doing.

I'll be back again to check out the night life and some more items off the menu.

In my opinion it's just a name - It's the food and atmosphere that really matters to me. You could have a place with some amazing creative french name and have over priced crappy food - this the money shot is not.

Honestly - I thought y'all had posted the April 1st theme early.

There's a new place near Belmont Harbor....Motorboats!

icebluechicago wrote:I ate there last night and the food was amazing. I had the fried chicken & a slice of cheese cake, which was heavenly. The owner is new to the restaurant scene in terms of owners. He's worked at 160 blue & Goose Island. He's anything but a frat boy - sat down and talked to me - extremely friendly and down to earth. He is young, but seems to know what he's doing.

I'll be back again to check out the night life and some more items off the menu.

In my opinion it's just a name - It's the food and atmosphere that really matters to me. You could have a place with some amazing creative french name and have over priced crappy food - this the money shot is not.

iceblue –

You ought to learn to cover your tracks a little better.

From Twitter: icebluechicago = Dawn Belter

From Facebook:

Contact Info
Email:
themoneyshotchicago@hotmail.com
Website:
http://www.themoneyshotchicago.com
Office:
Dawn Belter
Location:
5695 n Lincoln
Chicago, IL, 60659

Rene G wrote:

icebluechicago wrote:I ate there last night and the food was amazing. I had the fried chicken & a slice of cheese cake, which was heavenly. The owner is new to the restaurant scene in terms of owners. He's worked at 160 blue & Goose Island. He's anything but a frat boy - sat down and talked to me - extremely friendly and down to earth. He is young, but seems to know what he's doing.

I'll be back again to check out the night life and some more items off the menu.

In my opinion it's just a name - It's the food and atmosphere that really matters to me. You could have a place with some amazing creative french name and have over priced crappy food - this the money shot is not.

iceblue –

You ought to learn to cover your tracks a little better.

From Twitter: icebluechicago = Dawn Belter

From Facebook:

Contact Info
Email:
themoneyshotchicago@hotmail.com
Website:
http://www.themoneyshotchicago.com
Office:
Dawn Belter
Location:
5695 n Lincoln
Chicago, IL, 60659

Good work Inspector Clouseau!

Rene G wrote:
You ought to learn to cover your tracks a little better.

From Twitter: icebluechicago = Dawn Belter

Ironic that this is the one and only Tweet from that account:

icebluechicago

1. being lazy.
11:40 AM Apr 4th, 2009 from web

A Lissy Peace doppelganger?

Rene G wrote:

icebluechicago wrote:I ate there last night and the food was amazing. I had the fried chicken & a slice of cheese cake, which was heavenly. The owner is new to the restaurant scene in terms of owners. He's worked at 160 blue & Goose Island. He's anything but a frat boy - sat down and talked to me - extremely friendly and down to earth. He is young, but seems to know what he's doing.

I'll be back again to check out the night life and some more items off the menu.

In my opinion it's just a name - It's the food and atmosphere that really matters to me. You could have a place with some amazing creative french name and have over priced crappy food - this the money shot is not.

iceblue –

From Facebook:

Contact Info
Email:
themoneyshotchicago@hotmail.com
Website:
http://www.themoneyshotchicago.com
Office:
Dawn Belter
Location:
5695 n Lincoln
Chicago, IL, 60659

pretty pathetic posting a bogus review...

Dawn has the same last name as the chef/owner Anthony Belter.

You mean the woman who seemed to enjoy the money shot was faking it?

Kenny, sweetie, for your sake I hope you have a boy...I think...

LOL!!! This thread is hilarious.

Whatcha wanna bet icebluechicago's post count never gets higher than 1?

I saw Dawn's Facebook page - She's very smartly dressed in a Chanel suit and pearl necklace...

And why doesn't LTH have a real names policy?

I'm waiting for them to add the LTH review to their reviews page on their site....

in reading the yelp reviews and the urbansoon.com review I find it interesting that
both of the GLOWING reviews are from first time reviewers......

Kennyz wrote:You mean the woman who seemed to enjoy the money shot was faking it?

You win the thread.

scanz wrote:From the menu:
Cob Salad 9 - side 6
Mixed greens, ham, turkey, blue cheese, tomato, egg, bacon

How can you even take them seriously if someone who hates salad knows better than this...

Well...better than Tossed Salad

EvA wrote:I don't consider 5695 N. Lincoln to be in West Rogers Park, whatever Wikipedia says.

That's not what Wikipedia says. That Wikipedia description of the West Ridge community area includes a map showing that the restaurant is located in a neighborhood called Rosehill, not West Rogers Park, which is further north. If that's correct, you can blame the Money Shot website for misidentifying its location, not Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is also a good reference to help understand the comments about this restaurant's name.

Beauner wrote:I saw Dawn's Facebook page - She's very smartly dressed in a Chanel suit and pearl necklace...

You almost owed me a new keyboard...reading your post almost made me spit my tea all over it.

So...who's gonna take one for the team?

gp60004 wrote:So...who's gonna take one for the team?

I think at this point you need to be VERY CLEAR about what you're asking us to do.