Another banh mi shop in Lakeview! According to a post on Everyblock, it's at 3141 N Broadway & called Banh Mi & Co.
http://chicago.everyblock.com/announcem ... y-4494537/

KajmacJohnson wrote:
Now that Manzo's is leaving

Old Skool Italiano in the neighborhood is now left up to Sabatino's.

Several new places that have opened recently in my area:

Smoke-N-Q
2942 W 95th St
Evergreen Park, IL
They have been there for a few months but I have not had the chance to check it out yet.

Zacataco
northwest corner of 95th and Kedzie

Calabria Imports-2nd location
3500 block of W 95th St
Evergreen Park, Il.
According to my local newspaper this was supposed to be located at the new Walgeens' development at 111th and Kedzie back in July. They are sill working on the build out there so I suppose they could not wait.

Moon Burger
3600 block of W 95th st
Evergreen Park, IL

There is also a new sandwich shop opened up by a couple of Chicago fireman called Cafe One11 located on the 3700 block of W 111th St. In Mt Greenwood.

Lola's Diner has opened in the former Chickie's space in Park Ridge. I had a decent, if not groundbreaing, breakfast there today. Lola's is owned by the same people as the Sunrise Grill in Des Plaines and the Sunrise Restaurant in Mt. Prospect

Lola's Diner
920 Busse Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Culver's opens in Morton Grove.

Not gourmet but a good burger joint with a great attitude. Culver's FINALLY opened in Morton Grove after a 2 year wait. In the shopping center with Kappy's restaurant on Dempster just west of Harlem.


Ribbon cutting ceremony covered by MGTV

Jacky's on Prairie will be. . . reconcepting?

A new Vietnamese restaurant will be open this Saturday 12/3/2011 in Hoffman Estates:

House Of Pho
1004 W. Golf Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
847-885-8698
http://HouseofPhoMenu.com

Casa Azteca is under construction at Wolf & Central in Des Plaines (sort of kitty-corner from Giacomo's)
The greater neighborhood has a couple decent Mex places: Mi Restaurante at Wolf & Kensington (which has turned over names three times since I've lived here) and Monica's a little further away at Milwaukee & Palatine, plus I'm sure a couple others.

I'll try it... but I keep going back to Monica's for their table salsa and pastor, and to Mi Rest. for their Carne en su Jugo.

There is a new Smash Burger in Elmurst right off 83 and St. Charles.

It is a stone's throw from Portillos.

I'll have to check it out to see whether it compares.

The folks from Noble Square's Kai Sushi are opening an outpost at the Chicago French Market. They expect to be up and running next week and it will be nice to have another lunch option at the FM.

Although Yelpers seem to think Kai's original location is awesome, I wasn't able to find any LTHForum coverage of the place. Anybody been?

--Rich

milz50 wrote:

nsxtasy wrote:

John Danza wrote:Has anyone seen any updates about the opening of Goosefoot, the new restuarant by Chris Nugent (ex-Les Nomades)? I haven't been able to find a website or an opening date.

Their website is (or, will be) here, although they don't yet have a menu posted and it doesn't say anything about an opening date.

Earlier this month I made a reservation for 12/23 on Opentable. Currently, however, the restaurant is not accepting Opentable reservations. Weird.

Goosefoot is set to open next week, December 11th. Reservations have just opened

RAB wrote:Although Yelpers seem to think Kai's original location is awesome

I don't know if I trust Yelp Rab, it can't be a coincidence that the two most recent Yelp posts are from ladies named "Nycole" and "Mironda" - sure sounds made up to me. Who's next - Hobibi?

Chicago Tribune is reporting that Show-Me's in Naperville is closing after only being open since February of this year.

http://triblocal.com/naperville/2011/12 ... how-mes-s/

Habibi wrote:

RAB wrote:Although Yelpers seem to think Kai's original location is awesome

I don't know if I trust Yelp Rab, it can't be a coincidence that the two most recent Yelp posts are from ladies named "Nycole" and "Mironda" - sure sounds made up to me. Who's next - Hobibi?

To be sure, there are a ton of people trying to artificially inflate or deflate ratings on Yelp. But 99% of them seem to be new members with just one or two reviews. To be fair to "Nycole" and "Mironda," they have 143 and 22 reviews, respectively. Probably not scammers.

Hippies, I think.

If I were to spam, I'd go by the name Young Cheesy.

New Middle Eastern cuisine in Jefferson Park. Seems to be Yemini. Been open for a week now.

Aden Restaurant 5914 W. Lawrence, Chicago, 60630
773-481-6690

10am - 2am

Big Fish Grille in The Geneva Commons closed this week. Instead of flat out blaming the economy, the owner cited that they just weren't doing enough business. They were a full service sit down restaurant with a pricey menu. Plus the Mall is peppered with many other eating options They were about 100 feet from Houlihan's, across the drive from Potbelly,around the corner from 5 Guys and Tom and Eddie and more. We only went once and not only was the food so so but the service was poor. We never had an inclination to go back.

http://www.kcchronicle.com/2011/12/02/b ... s/aadq3xq/

kenji wrote:New Middle Eastern cuisine in Jefferson Park. Seems to be Yemini. Been open for a week now.

I wonder how the 'Lunch & dinner for a whole month' works.

Matthias Merges opened Yusho this past Saturday. The (mostly) skewered meats (small plates) were all really good. We particularly enjoyed the twice fried chicken, as well as the hazelnut grilled mochi dessert. The food came out in a seemingly mostly random order that we attributed to opening night.

They were BYOB this past weekend, our waiter indicated they were hoping to get their liquor license this week.

We live about two blocks away and are happy they've joined the neighborhood (Avondale / Logan Square).

Yusho
2853 N Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618

-jbn

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BrendanR wrote:

kenji wrote:New Middle Eastern cuisine in Jefferson Park. Seems to be Yemini. Been open for a week now.

I wonder how the 'Lunch & dinner for a whole month' works.

It sounds like a package deal for the cab-driver crowd. Even if they're halal, who else would eat there for 30 straight days? It's not _that_ far from Albany Park's concentration of Arabic restaurants.

sdrucker wrote:

BrendanR wrote:

kenji wrote:New Middle Eastern cuisine in Jefferson Park. Seems to be Yemini. Been open for a week now.

I wonder how the 'Lunch & dinner for a whole month' works.

It sounds like a package deal for the cab-driver crowd. Even if they're halal, who else would eat there for 30 straight days? It's not _that_ far from Albany Park's concentration of Arabic restaurants.

Aden has what none of the Albany Park places has. 15 free parking private spots at 10pm out in front. It's in a mini mall kind of setup, literally two minutes off the Kennedy from Austin Ave. at 10pm.

O'Vie Bar & Grill, which includes a sit-down restaurant, bar and deli, is set to open next May in the MetraMarket retail development in the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/a ... own-eatery

Billy Goat is open at Randhurst Village.
According to the local paper, it's the only one that serves salads.
...and they have fries (and chips). What's up with that?

According to the Naperville Sun today, Paula Deen is going to open a restaurant at the Harrah's Casino in Joliet. There will be a buffet and ala carte menus. And a retail section! Paula herself will be there at the grand opening in April 2012.

tcdup wrote:According to the Naperville Sun today, Paula Deen is going to open a restaurant at the Harrah's Casino in Joliet. There will be a buffet and ala carte menus. And a retail section! Paula herself will be there at the grand opening in April 2012.

It's like she's staring into my soul, preparing to slather it with butter.

Manzos is no more. A sign on the door said something about a new concept and location coming.

Terrifying. She looks like the heavily-armed den mother of the Oompa Loompas.

chgoeditor wrote:Another banh mi shop in Lakeview! According to a post on Everyblock, it's at 3141 N Broadway & called Banh Mi & Co.
http://chicago.everyblock.com/announcem ... y-4494537/

And....another! Nhu Lan to open a Lakeview outpost in the former Cloud 9 space at 609 W. Belmont. I'm doing a happy dance right now!