E Wok opened recently. Neighborhood Japanese for eat-in or take out. Pretty darn good at great prices.

E Wok Cafe Hibachi & Sushi Grill
5056 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago IL
(773) 205-8335

Here's their December 2011 menu:

http://i.imgur.com/HQ8r7.jpg

Anyone care to start a pool for how long it'll be until the C&D from Lucasfilm?

kenji wrote:E Wok opened recently. Neighborhood Japanese for eat-in or take out. Pretty darn good at great prices.

E Wok Cafe Hibachi & Sushi Grill
5056 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago IL
(773) 205-8335

Here's their December 2011 menu:

http://i.imgur.com/HQ8r7.jpg

Hibachi & sushi places are opening up all over Chicago. Here's two more.

Fuji Hibachi & Sushi Inc
5645 W. Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL
(773) 836-8811

Fuji Sushi Buffet
3026 N. Ashland
Chicago, IL
(773) 327-7000

Pie Lady wrote:I can't be sure, but I think Phil's Pizza D'Oro at 5800 N. Milwaukee may be gone. They haven't posted to Facebook since February and no one is answering their phone.

I wondered about that place. I have never been but I just happened to drive past that place on Saturday afternoon and wondered why it would be closed in the middle of the day.

KajmacJohnson wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:I can't be sure, but I think Phil's Pizza D'Oro at 5800 N. Milwaukee may be gone. They haven't posted to Facebook since February and no one is answering their phone.

I wondered about that place. I have never been but I just happened to drive past that place on Saturday afternoon and wondered why it would be closed in the middle of the day.

Confirmed to still be open. Hours start at 4 p.m. most days, probably since there's no big lunch business to be had in that neighborhood.

http://www.philspizzadoro.com/

Eater Chicago says the always-controversial Bleeding Heart Bakery is moving eastward on Belmont, to the former Paper Boy location (across from Uncle Fun) at 1351 W. Belmont.

je_suis_ici wrote:Now that Manzo's is leaving, that corner of Kedzie and Irving is going to be even more of an eye sore than it already is ... that liquor store has been abandoned for how long now?

Looks like you will not have to worry about the eyesore. Drove past on my way to my parents on Saturday and noticed what I had not seen on my way to work earlier in the week: a temporary fence surrounding that entire stretch including Manzo's. Looks like it may end up all being torn down.

For years I always said I was going to dine at Manzo's and snap some photos of the old school interior. I never got around to it. Now when I get a brand new and much better camera they move away and the structure is about to be knocked down. Just great.

Noted that the former J.P. McCarthy's in Winnetka now displays a sign saying that it is now the 'Trifecta Grill.' Further investigation shows that the site will be the 3rd current Winnetka restaurant owned and run by Patrick O'Neil (the other two being O'Neil's in the Hubbard Woods area, and Little Ricky's, on the east side of downtown). No opening date or menu available yet, but here's a bit more info.


Trifecta Grill
401 Chestnut St.
Winnetka

Looks like San Chae Dol Sot restaurant (3737 W Lawrence) is closed. Dark inside for the past week and now a For Rent sign in the window. Since Kang Nam doesn't seem to ever have had its "Grand Reopening" It's getting harder and harder to find bibimbap in what used to be called Koreatown.

Ivy, a hot dog/burger/fry joint, will be opening at 5425 W. Devon "soon". That's just steps away from the Edgebrook metra; I hope they get a lot of business on this side of the forest preserve, what with Superdawg on the other side.

Pie Lady wrote:Ivy, a hot dog/burger/fry joint, will be opening at 5425 W. Devon "soon". That's just steps away from the Edgebrook metra; I hope they get a lot of business on this side of the forest preserve, what with Superdawg on the other side.

If they have natural casing dogs and decent fries, they will. That's right in my neighborhood, and right now the closest acceptable dog is in Skokie.

What about Papa Chris?

Looks like Fonda del Mar is no-mo.
Papered windows is always a dead giveaway.


3749 W. Fullerton
Chicago,Il
773.489.3748

Diora, the Uzbeki place in Buffalo Grove, seems to have closed. I tried to use my Groupon for the place last night and their phone number has been disconnected and the place was dark when I went by.

Caffe Italia reopened in December in their new building. I bumped the old thread with some details.

Caffe Italia
2625 N. Harlem Ave.
Chicago, IL 60707
Tel 773-889-0455

Hombre de Acero wrote:Looks like Fonda del Mar is no-mo.
Papered windows is always a dead giveaway.


3749 W. Fullerton
Chicago,Il
773.489.3748

Oh, no. It was SO good. Can't imagine why it would close.

Hi all,

We've closed this thread and started up a new one for the first quarter of 2012. The new thread can be found here:

Openings, Closings, Comings & Goings - January - March 2012

Thanks,

=R=
for the moderators