Bosanski Okusi left a remembrance on Chicago Brauhaus:
🌹 How the chairs and the bar and the dinner trays fit together with absolute precision. How wonderfully cooked the sausages and how delicious the beer. And THAT guy playing waltzes and the waitresses yelling at the bartender for eis. You felt like a rich tourist in your own neighborhood
Bosanski Okusi left a remembrance on Chef Luciano:
🌹 When the Velvet Lounge (rip) reopened on Cermak, the Chef himself brought in a variety of finger food, and it was good and I planned to go sometime, before a concert maybe, but never went. Maybe it was all those somewhat scary stories, too iffy to truly believe, too under the radar to be called legends.
Bosanski Okusi left a remembrance on Cafe Iberico:
🌹 It was our conception of fancy at that time. No matter what that says about me, the bottom line is that the food was excellent.
Bosanski Okusi left a remembrance on Cafe Con Leche:
🌹 Maybe they just moved. Maybe its the same place that's at 2714 N Milwaukee.
Bosanski Okusi left a remembrance on Baba Palace:
🌹 A place from a time when driving a taxi was an actual profession, and a good number of Chicago cabbies were Indian or Pakistani, and they needed food at all hours of the day. The place moved from under the L at Wells and Hubbard to this much nicer spot, and in a few years, a blink of an eye, it was gone. The food was good, really some of the best of its genre. Late enough at night, you could feel the pulse of the city, ensconced in this peaceful corner of River North. Finding a cab to take you home was somehow always easy.
Klara left a remembrance on Rangoon Burmese Restaurant:
🌹 My favorite restaurant in Chinatown. Their thousand layer bread with vatana dip was amazing; I'm a fan of delicious flatbreads of all sorts but this one was in a league of its own.
Karen left a remembrance on Cardamom Hill:
🌹 So good. I wish it had lasted longer, only got to go once!
Phil left a remembrance on Phoenix Garden:
🌹 We used to go here when it was still down in Chinatown. The chinese langauge only menus on the wall inspired me to study Chinese, and in effect set the course of my life for the next 30+ years. GOAT Salt and Pepper Shrimp.
Karen left a remembrance on Everybody's Pizza:
🌹 The Lola Rosa (sp?) pizza salad! Soooo good
Alexis left a remembrance on An Choi:
🌹 My (now) husband and I had our 2nd date here in 2011
Alexis left a remembrance on Blue Bayou:
🌹 Blue Bayou rises again: https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/25/last-call-tavern-group-reviving-blue-bayou-on-southport-corridor/
Matt left a remembrance on Bamiyan Restaurant:
🌹 This place ruled! I lived nearby on 26th street and would get a pomegranate chicken dish I think? I loved it.
Titus N. Owl left a remembrance on Feast:
🌹 Never forget the chicken onion
May Kasahara left a remembrance on Ginger's:
🌹 Fantastic cheap lunches. This place was always busy on weekdays, for good reason.
May Kasahara left a remembrance on Charlie Mom's Kitchen:
🌹 The place that introduced me to scallion pancakes. Probably my all-time favorite NYC Chinese restaurant. Miss them dearly.
Garbanzo left a remembrance on Blue Danube:
🌹 Moussaka! All purpose brown sauce!
phooky left a remembrance on Jolie Bistro:
🌹 Oui! ¿Por que no? I think the same folks run Big Tiny down the street. They gave their glasses to their neighbors, so for a while you'd get water in a Jolie Cantina glass at Karazishi Botan.
Christopher J. Michel left a remembrance on Blue Danube:
🌹 I never ordered the grilled cheese and Dom Perignon, but I always wanted to.
Russ left a remembrance on Calexico Cart:
🌹 I miss the burritos!
Josh left a remembrance on Luz:
🌹 I never met so transcendent an arepa de queso like yours before you, and I’ve never meant one since. Miss you, Luz. If anyone knows where to find another like this, please holler.