Good news, pizza and pasta lovers.The always amiable Marie's Liquors & Pizza, whose notable features include old-fashioned cracker crust, super-friendly staff and an attached liquor store that will send retail-price bottles right to your table with only a small corkage fee attached, is celebrating its annual Customer Appreciation Days this week. Today, all in-house diners get half-price pizza; tomorrow, it's half-price spaghetti and ravioli.
Recently in Albany Park Category
Here are some recent restaurant/bar openings and closings.
Hot Woks Cool Sushi
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Hot Woks Cool Sushi – The Pulaski location of this popular sushi spot has been jumping since it opened last year, so here comes a Loop incarnation. Hey, when something works, you might as well double up. Too much of a good thing? We’ll see.
90 Miles Cuban – Ditto here; just sub “Cuban” for “sushi” and “Logan Square” for “Loop.”
Bucktown Soup Café – As much as we like soup (dig the bread bowls at Soupbox) and as good as some of these sound (chipotle chicken tortilla, pot roast & vegetables, spicy jumping bean & vegetables) we just cannot get on board with soup being an entire meal. It just seems so … not right.
Continue reading Open and closed: Hot Woks Cool Sushi, 90 Miles Cuban, Fogo 2 Go, etc..
Highlights from Centerstage Chicago's latest Crumb newsletter:
Just opened: Zebda
Mediterranean take-out eats in Albany Park.
Off the Beaten Path: Buona
Famed Italian beef stand reopens its original spot in Berwyn.
Weekly Treat: Make a Cheap Date at Rumba
Get 2-for-1 dinners and half-priced bottles of wine on Tuesday nights.
Man We're Crazy About: Chicago’s Dog House
Grab a gourmet dog in Lincoln Park.
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Highlights from Centerstage Chicago's latest Crumb newsletter:
Just opened: Birchwood Kitchen
Sandwich shop adds a touch of class and a lot of taste to Wicker Park.
Off the Beaten Path: Wok Cuisine
Quality Chinese fare in Albany Park.
Weekly Treat: Pass the Buck at Atmosphere
Well drinks and Bud Light drafts are only $1 on Tuesdays at this Andersonville spot.
Man We're Crazy About: Simone’s Bar
Northside and Danny’s owners combine powers in Pilsen.
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Highlights from Centerstage Chicago's latest Crumb newsletter:
Just opened: Taste of Brasil
Exotic snack food rules this Oak Park cafe.
Off the Beaten Path: Zahrat al Madaa'en
Low-key Albany Park spot for Middle Eastern grub and bellydance jams.
Weekly Treat: Stay Classy at Black Beetle
Dewars drinks are just $3 on Tuesday nights.
Man We're Crazy About: Jive Turkey
South Side BBQ joint keeps it healthy – and that’s no jive.
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1. Eating foods from around the world (the 60625 zip code is the third most ethnically diverse in the nation), whether at Restaurant Sarajevo (Bosnian), Cho Sun Ok (Korean), Tre Kronor (Scandinavian), Pupuseria Restaurant Cuscatleco (Salvadoran), or Jaafer Sweets (Middle Eastern). It's like Epcot, only authentic!
2. Drinking Gatorade and pretending that pool counts as cardio at Marie's Golden Cue.
3. Knowing that experimental music venue Brown Rice takes its name from the 1975 album by trumpeter Don Cherry and feeling oh-so cool for it.
