Mart Anthony?
Mart Anthony?
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Mart Anthony?
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Post #1 - July 7th, 2011, 10:10 amWas watching a cable access station last night, and saw some kind of food show featuring a large dopey bearded guy who seemed half in the bag.....pretty bad, but he was featuring a place called on the west side called Mart Anthony.....which looked pretty amazing, at least in terms of old school atmosphere....and the food did look pretty damn good in that Sabatino's type way.....anyone been?
Did a search here, and looks like it used to be on Randolph....
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Post #2 - July 7th, 2011, 10:22 amThis guy?
David Lissner is his name - and he definitely fits the "...a large dopey bearded guy who seemed half in the bag" profile. Long-time Chicago resto reviewer/shill.
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Post #3 - July 7th, 2011, 2:16 pmThat's him....chefs he interviewed seemed to just be tolerating him.....barely...
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Post #4 - July 7th, 2011, 2:37 pmWho wouldn't trust the recommendations of a show that's main advertiser is Chicago Fur Mart?
There's a great episode where he's at the Green Tie Ball where he's drunker than usual that is comedic gold.
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Post #5 - July 7th, 2011, 4:42 pm"Back in the day" Mart Anthony was a frequent lunch haunt for my friends and me - very friendly owner/staff and pretty good food in a neat atmosphere. It was a great place to have a lingering lunch and then retire to the bar to continue conversation. We typically just ordered something one of the daily specials off the chalkboard.
I haven't been to their new location - until I saw this post I didn't even realize they'd reopened.Objects in mirror appear to be losing.
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Post #6 - July 7th, 2011, 5:06 pmsundevilpeg wrote:Long-time Chicago resto reviewer/shill.
yikes. That is an atrocious website.
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Post #7 - July 7th, 2011, 6:18 pmincite wrote:sundevilpeg wrote:Long-time Chicago resto reviewer/shill.
yikes. That is an atrocious website.
I love that he still has Blago on the main page!
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Post #8 - July 7th, 2011, 7:58 pmI remember he was on NBC fired for doing an ad for a local restaurant while being an 'independent' reviewer of restaurants: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1483269.html
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Post #9 - July 8th, 2011, 11:45 amParkLaBrea wrote:Was watching a cable access station last night, and saw some kind of food show featuring a large dopey bearded guy who seemed half in the bag.....pretty bad, but he was featuring a place called on the west side called Mart Anthony.....which looked pretty amazing, at least in terms of old school atmosphere....and the food did look pretty damn good in that Sabatino's type way.....anyone been?...
You've piqued my interest--can you remember the name of the show?
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Post #10 - July 8th, 2011, 11:50 ambean wrote:ParkLaBrea wrote:Was watching a cable access station last night, and saw some kind of food show featuring a large dopey bearded guy who seemed half in the bag.....pretty bad, but he was featuring a place called on the west side called Mart Anthony.....which looked pretty amazing, at least in terms of old school atmosphere....and the food did look pretty damn good in that Sabatino's type way.....anyone been?...
You've piqued my interest--can you remember the name of the show?
It's in the links above: "Dining Chicago" on cable access:
http://DiningChicago.com
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Post #11 - July 8th, 2011, 2:14 pmThat is the show.....
FYI.....this is some great channel! The half hour ad that followed for "The Clubhouse" might be the most hysterical thing I've seen on TV for years.....
