Dinner at Elizabeth: New Gatherers Cuisine
Dinner at Elizabeth: New Gatherers Cuisine
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Dinner at Elizabeth: New Gatherers Cuisine
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Post #1 - September 16th, 2012, 1:45 pmIn the next week Iliana Regan's new restaurant Elizabeth will open (it is now softly opening with friends and family dinners). Iliana was the force behind One Sister Underground restaurant, which received much positive notice on this board (http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f= ... One+Sister). I attended last night and was impressed (the first review on LTH was positive: http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f= ... er#p427269). (I myself have some photos, but I won't post until its real opening - incite was present last night and he is one of our star photographers, so if he posts, you win). Elizabeth is the first "New Nordic" or, more properly New Gatherers Cuisine restaurant in Chicago, with an emphasis on found or gathered ingredients (crab apples, huckleberries, Queen Anne's lace, wild rice, chanterelle, spruce shoots, black walnut). (Elizabeth is not Noma, but has something of the same inspiration).
I thought that it might be fun to gather a group of LTHers together to share a meal at Elizabeth. They have a table for eight that we can get. I am thinking of their shorter Owl menu - 8-10 courses, priced between 65-95 dollars (not including alcohol, tax, tip) and I am thinking of a Thursday night at 7 pm, tentatively October 18. Is there any interest in such a dinner. If so, I will make arrangements (I don't want to book a table until I know that there will be interest). The table seats eight.
And following our iconic Moto dinner (http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f= ... to+Raccoon) perhaps Cathy2 can bring along some roadkill (raccoon, not actually roadkill), and what could be more gathered than that.
If there is interest for a Thursday evening at Elizabeth, post or pm.Last edited by GAF on September 19th, 2012, 7:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #2 - September 16th, 2012, 1:54 pmSounds great, Gary. Thanks, for offering to put this together. I'll be heading over there later this month so I'm not going to take a spot at this dinner but it sounds like a really fun night and if I weren't already going, I'd jump in for sure.
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There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
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Post #3 - September 17th, 2012, 6:55 pmGAF, I was on the fence until you mentioned the now near-mythical Moto dinner. All in -- meaning, The Wife and me. Two.
Elizabeth is one of the most fascinating places I've heard about in a long, long time. When I saw Gebert's video, I was sold: the way Iliana got teary when she talked about how much she wanted to encounter a tea party in the forest, a la Alice. Heart energy is there. Also, she seems out of her mind in the best way, the Joan of Arc way, totally committed, intuitive, visionary, sure of herself, a wild and wonderful spirit. I'll be a little jet-lagged (coming off two weeks of eating in India), but, you know, that looseness might make it better. Maybe I'll bring some treats from the subcontinent...and it'd be cool if C2 opts in with coon."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #4 - September 19th, 2012, 6:33 pmEcstatic to have tickets for both the Owl and Deer menus in October, so I think I'm out for the LTH gathering, but am eagerly awaiting the posting of your photos!
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Post #5 - September 19th, 2012, 7:03 pmSo far:
GAF
Happy Stomach +1
Boudreaulicious
David Hammond +1
Fropones
Petite Gourmande
We have our minyan (well, no, not really, but if a minyan was eight and not ten, we would).
Now we start a waitlist.Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #6 - September 24th, 2012, 2:02 pmI do have raccoon up my sleeve. (not roadkill)
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Post #7 - September 24th, 2012, 2:09 pmilianaregan wrote:I do have raccoon up my sleeve. (not roadkill)
Awesome. Very excited for this.
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Post #8 - October 16th, 2012, 9:35 amA spot opened up if anyone is interested for Thursday's dinner. Please reply here and either Gary or I will contact you.“Nothing is more agreeable to look at than a gourmande in full battle dress.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
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Post #9 - October 16th, 2012, 9:46 ampetite_gourmande wrote:A spot opened up if anyone is interested for Thursday's dinner. Please reply here and either Gary or I will contact you.
What the hell - sure
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Post #10 - October 16th, 2012, 9:52 amFabulous!
I am not sure if Jen paid for this yet or not, but we can make the necessary arrangement.“Nothing is more agreeable to look at than a gourmande in full battle dress.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
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Post #11 - October 16th, 2012, 9:55 ampetite_gourmande wrote:Fabulous!
I am not sure if Jen paid for this yet or not, but we can make the necessary arrangement.
Oh, even better if she has! (Just kidding Jen)
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Post #12 - October 16th, 2012, 10:22 amBR wrote:petite_gourmande wrote:Fabulous!
I am not sure if Jen paid for this yet or not, but we can make the necessary arrangement.
Oh, even better if she has! (Just kidding Jen)
Miss Gourmande forgot that she paid for me
"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
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Post #13 - October 16th, 2012, 10:56 amboudreaulicious wrote:BR wrote:petite_gourmande wrote:Fabulous!
I am not sure if Jen paid for this yet or not, but we can make the necessary arrangement.
Oh, even better if she has! (Just kidding Jen)
Miss Gourmande forgot that she paid for me
Oh yeah, I did! Great, we'll settle up at dinner then!
“Nothing is more agreeable to look at than a gourmande in full battle dress.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
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Post #14 - October 16th, 2012, 2:52 pmI am glad that this is working out. See you Brad on Thursday, See you later Jen.Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #15 - October 17th, 2012, 3:24 pmDinner is at 7pm?“Nothing is more agreeable to look at than a gourmande in full battle dress.”
Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
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Post #16 - October 17th, 2012, 3:29 pmYes, 7 p.m. Thursday (tomorrow).Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #17 - October 29th, 2012, 4:25 pmNo reports from anyone? I look forward to hearing how this was, if anyone has the time to post.
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Post #18 - October 29th, 2012, 4:30 pmThe comments are on the main Elizabeth site: http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=35638Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #19 - October 29th, 2012, 4:45 pmThank you, it sure looks like an evening to remember. Hope to get there soon.
