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Post by TheBo on Oct 30, 2012 13:11:49 GMT -5
nuwildcats, I am sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you will be on the mend soon. Thanks for that update.
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Post by nuwildcats on Nov 17, 2012 19:18:39 GMT -5
The Bo,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry for not responding until now. (I'm going on my 4th return of my 10-month-old HP PC. Life with no laptop is strange--how did I ever manage before they were mass-produced? But, looks like I'll be getting a brand-new PC so at least there's a payoff for my recent headaches.)
Spent my recuperating time this summer watching Birth of the Rich on dramafever, and it was just what the dr. ordered. Instead of the dreary, convoluted kdrama I'm used to, I was entertained almost to the end.
I hope members who visit the San Soo Gab San, Niles restaurant post their impressions.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Nov 17, 2012 22:32:52 GMT -5
nuwildcats, thanks for telling us about the new San Soo branch restaurant! I hope to try it soon.
Hope you're feeling better!
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Post by nuwildcats on Nov 18, 2012 18:48:02 GMT -5
Thanks, ginnycat,
and let us know the condition of your clothes after you leave there! I was across the street from the Western Ave. restaurant and the outdoor air was filled with the restaurant's grilling!
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Post by TheBo on Nov 20, 2012 11:42:51 GMT -5
LOL. Love to bring home the scent of barbeque...
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Post by nuwildcats on Nov 25, 2012 18:29:29 GMT -5
Bo,
It's not even the smell of barbecued meats...just heavy smoke. The one and only time I went to the Western Ave. site for info on hours, etc., the air was so thick with smoke, I thought I'd need a gas mask to eat in. So I never went back to eat in. Unbelievably t-h-i-c-k smoke plus no ventilation = not good for dining in.
Returning my laptop for its replacement tomorrow after 4 failed attempts to fix it. So I hope to be online more regularly within a couple of weeks.
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Post by TheBo on Nov 28, 2012 15:48:56 GMT -5
We look forward to seeing you.
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Post by nuwildcats on Dec 4, 2012 16:05:26 GMT -5
Thanks, ginnycat.
Updated 12-21-12: I saw the new San Soo while travelling east on Golf Rd. From that Korean man's description ("much larger than the original"), I imagined a stand-alone on a sprawling lot like you see driving toward Golf Mill. Instead, it's a corner storefront next to an Aldi's in a large strip mall, and not a terribly wide storefront at that. What caught my eye was the bright red signage as I drove past.
ps: If anyone visits that odd Korean breakfast diner on Chicago Ave in south Evanston, I'd love to hear what that experience is like. Set in a 1940's diner setting, eating (probably cheap) Korean food for breakfast would have to be an interesting dining experience. I always go past it after its 3:00pm closing time, so my curiousity has yet to be satisfied!
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Post by nuwildcats on Mar 14, 2013 17:55:28 GMT -5
ajk: Ok, your sister's kids are a year older now. But thought I'd fill in the blanks on Evanston's Korean restaurant, the Evanston Grill, 1047 Chicago Avenue. Does your sister live in NW or South Evanston? Because she might already know about this place and taken a pass on going in. I've eaten there several times now. Located next door to the Book Den, a cool, used bookstore. Down the street from the newly-opened library branch, catering exclusively to kids and youth. Across the street from Whole Foods and a scheduled-for-summer-opening, Trader Joe's, this early-closing diner offers 3 Korean dishes ($7.45 each) as well as American breakfast specials ($5.45 till 11:00am) and generic American food.
True kitsch feel to it--1940's diner with 1960's panelling--four booths only with uncomfortable counter stools. It attracts surprisingly affluent customers along with a few retirees and construction workers, depending on the time of day you go. The 70ish Korean owners eat the same dishes they serve their customers: their bibimbop is an ideal dish for kids who can share the large bowl with an extra egg thrown in for each of them. Made with julienned fresh veggies and marinated beef it's kid-friendly and yummy as all get out. The Duk Man Du Kuk (dumpling soup) uses Korean sausage and might not be a taste kids would expect and like.
If your sister is in NW Evanston maybe she can do a triple-header this summer. Breakfast at Evanston Grill, shopping at Trader Joe's if opened, and head over to Evanston's Ethnic Art Festival on the lakefront before going home. I volunteer the fest every summer and the funnest thing for kids is building teepees. City of Evanston provides fallen trees and branches they've collected and the Noyes Cultural Arts Center provides all the craft add-ons to use for teepee building. Your sister's kids are the perfect age for it!
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Post by TheBo on Mar 15, 2013 12:04:30 GMT -5
...the Evanston Grill.... Located next door to the Book Den, a cool, used bookstore.... Okay, so one hopes a bookstore would be used. LOL. How would you write that? Usedbookstore? Used_book_store? You've distracted me. That sounds like a really great place NWC. I wish I lived closer to Evanston, except then I wouldn't live in Hyde Park, which I love. Tradeoffs. I'll tuck this away in my "summer city travels" folder. Thanks NWC!
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Post by ajk on Mar 16, 2013 22:08:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, nu--coincidentally my sister has been after me to head out there one of these weekends for Korean food. So apparently she has a place in mind. I'll let her surprise me. (She's way up at the northern border.) And I'll ask her if she knows about the Grill.
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Post by nuwildcats on Mar 17, 2013 14:36:58 GMT -5
Sounds like your sister found a winner, maybe closer to home. (Assuming she's around Ryan Stadium) with grocery chains right down the street, there's no excuse to travel south for Korean. Evanston Grill on the other hand is a 4-booth diner faculty and professionals are comfortable leisurely eating while visiting with cohorts, or just reading the copious newspapers at the counter. (But hardly like the meeting with friends at Hyde Park's Medici, Bo.)
What South Evanston does offer though is an abundance of kid-friendly spaces. The Open Studio Project is close to the Evanston Grill and offers oodles of cool experiences in developing kids' creativity. I was supposed to sign on as a volunteer last fall and had to delay it one year. But it's on my must-do list.
I haven't been back since its closing to see what happened to Bookman's Alley, a venerable bookstore sprawled in an alley in downtown Evanston. It's a place kids of all ages went and fell in love with books, nailing rare books or 'artifacts' brought in from estate sales of old Evanstonians' collections. There was talk of some devotee or other buying it out, but it could have been turned into a museum for all I know. Or just lying fallow, then what a waste. Hyde Park grad students I've sent there fell instantly in love. Now that would have been worth your travelling to Evanston to experience!
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Post by ajk on Mar 19, 2013 1:43:01 GMT -5
Yeah, she's not far from Ryan. The other side of Green Bay Road. They definitely have found enough kid-friendly stuff for them in town. I'll have to ask her about the things you're mentioning.
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Post by ajk on Apr 8, 2013 12:03:57 GMT -5
So my sister had a Groupon for a place called Solga, just across the city line in Chicago. Went there over the weekend (without telling me, grrrr). She said the food was real good and the kids enjoyed it. So I'll get her to try some closer places (or come out to places by me) now that we know the kids will eat the stuff. And I'll see if I can get them over to that grill the next time I'm by them. That's a little more my style anyway.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Apr 8, 2013 21:01:44 GMT -5
So my sister had a Groupon for a place called Solga, just across the city line in Chicago. Went there over the weekend (without telling me, grrrr). She said the food was real good and the kids enjoyed it. So I'll get her to try some closer places (or come out to places by me) now that we know the kids will eat the stuff. And I'll see if I can get them over to that grill the next time I'm by them. That's a little more my style anyway. If you Google "Chicago restaurant Solga" you might get a Groupon coupon. It says One Day Only, up to 56% off, on my Google search page right now. Reviews on Yelp were mixed. Did your sister like it?
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