ok back to restaurants.

My boss loves the Japanese restaurant "katsu" on N. Lincoln Ave in Chicago.

Check out Sal & Carvao. Its the best steakhouse, IMO. Well, Brazillian steakhouse that is.

 

thanks for the links.

 

fugg!!!

I actually contributed to that post!#$@#$!$

i was at Katsu again 2 wks ago. $70/pp omakase. i felt ripped off. and hungry afterwards. of course we did have $8 piece of chu-toro so ..

again, i'm going thru my list of current faves:
Mundial Cocina Mestiza. riding on a hot new wave of haute mexican. cheap, BYOB, awesome environment, open kitchen, great great food.
1640 W. 18th St.
Chicago

in the same token as Mundial Cocina Mestiza:
Fonda del Mar
3749 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago

Sol de Mexico
3018 N Cicero
Chicago

fancy restaurant hotel joint:
Aria
200 N. Columbus Drive
312-444-9494
this place is TRULY hit-n-miss. fortunately, we had the prix-fixe pre-theatre menu and it was "off the chain". skip ALL things Asian infused, skip all sushi/sashimi. ask for the naan UNCUT and you'll get this effing basketball sized plate:

the 4 flavor sorbet is friggin OUT OF THIS WORLD

under the radar Japanese:
East (cocoro)
most "authentic" Japanese - izakaya style - restaurant in River North, and possibly 2nd most authentic in the downtown area.

Ginza
19 E. Ohio St.
Chicago
(you too , can feel like a yakuza)

thai restaurants (ask for the thai translated menus):
TAC Quick
3930 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago

Aroy Thai
4656 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago

french bistro:
la sardine / le bouchon / cafe matou / bistro campagne (pick your poison). avoid kiki's and that other one in old town (o i can't remember the name right now)

seafood:
Scylla
1952 N. Damen Ave.
773-227-2995
the Filipina french trained? chef does things with seafood you have never seen before.

panty dropper:
Hot Chocolate
1747 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago
$5 50/50 hot chocolate guarantees you instead lay, dessert as food house. excellent room, mindy segal is the red headed crazy looking chef

brunch:
Sweets and Savories sunday prix fixe brunch. best value in the city
1534 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago