Just updating this thread for 2011:

St. Basil's Taste of Serbia is this Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4, from 12 noon to 11 pm.

http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/

http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/wp-content ... 11menu.pdf

As Cathy noted above and at yesterday's LTH North lunch, the live music goes until 6 pm--after that, a DJ steps in.

This event is always on Labor Day weekend: Saturday and Sunday at

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077
http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/

Noon – 11:00 P.M., Sat. & Sun., Sept. 1st and 2nd, Sunday Liturgy – 10:00 A.M.

I just saw these stats from 2010 event:

Last year our Champion Team of Volunteers:
•Used over 2400 lbs. of charcoal
•Served over 2000 guests
•BBQ’d 43 pigs and lambs, over 1800 lbs
•Served over 1000 bottles of Niksic pivos beers
•Parked over 650 cars per day
•Grilled over 700 lbs of cevap
•Rolled over 600 sarmas
•Set up over 520 chairs
•And special thanks to Jelica Kostov our Head Chef
•And then we cleaned it all up!

Taste of Serbia

Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, Aug. 30 & Sunday, Aug. 31
Rain or Shine

Festival Hours:
Saturday & Sunday, Noon to 11:00 pm
Sunday liturgy at 9:30 am

Non stop music from:
Sumadija
Prazna Flasa
Jedinstvo
DJ Spaz

Kolo dancing & lessons
Indoor & outdoor seating
Kiddie play area
Face painting
Classic car display
We can hardly wait to host you!
Welcome to our home!

Directions to St. Basil
Exit I-294 (94) at Route 60 West (Townline Road)
Turn North (right) on Riverwoods (HINT: if you turn left, you go to Costco, instead)
Continue North on Bradley Road
Church is at corner of Bradley and Old School Road

Hi,

I will be at Taste of Serbia sometime on Saturday afternoon. I may get back there on Sunday, too.

It's been a few years since I could make it. I hope it is as good as I recall.

Regards,
Cathy2

Time for the wonderful Taste of Serbia. Saturday-Sunday September 1-2, 2018 at:

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077

GAF wrote:Time for the wonderful Taste of Serbia. Saturday-Sunday September 1-2, 2018 at:

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077

There is a bridge out along this route. I don't if it affects access to this church via Rt 60 or Rt 176.

Bradley Road where it crosses the tollroad is closed for bridge repair. This does not affect people coming via route 60. If you arrive via 176, then you may want to go south on St. Mary's and east on W. Old School Road until it reaches Bradley.

Regards,
Cathy2

Hi,

More often than not, I am in South Dakota for the Labor Day weekend. I took a respite this year, because there are annual activities at home I like to do.

My Dad and I attended Taste of Serbia on Sunday evening. We ordered one pound of roasted lamb ($16) and a lamb dinner ($14) consisting of half-pound lamb, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad and two pieces of bread. When you collected your order, there were green onions or chopped onions available to eat with your food.

Since our joy is their lamb, we will dispense with the lamb dinner next time and simply begin with two pounds of lamb plus some Lepinje Serb bread.

For dessert, I bought Krempita ($4), whipped cream folded into custard between two thin layers of filo. For my Dad, I picked up a Palacinke ($3) crepe filled with chopped walnuts and rolled. For breakfast today, I made all the Palacinke we could eat filled with either cinnamon sugar or apricot jam. I happen to like these with rosehip jam, but didn't have any at home.

Before leaving, I bought another pound of roasted lamb.

We talked to some of the people there to learn their favorite Serbian restaurant is Skardalya in Brookfield. The only mention on LTH is from Panther in the Den.

I then shared with them my favorite at Gary, Indiana's Grant Avenue exit on 94 at the truck stop south of the interstate. It is a modest place in a retired truck trailer painted pale yellow. When I told it was the meeting ground of every Serb cross-country driver, they seemed surprised at my enthusiasm.

It will probably be a few more years before I get back to Taste of Serbia. Cannot wait!

Regards,
Cathy2

St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,
...
We talked to some of the people there to learn their favorite Serbian restaurant is Skardalya in Brookfield. The only mention on LTH is from Panther in the Den.
...
Regards,
Cathy2

Skadarliya
9237 W Ogden Ave, Brookfield

It is the nicest Serbian restaurant of the half dozen in the area. Big menu but not all items are always available.

I think the Oak Park Boys did a mini crawl years ago?

Always worth the visit.

Panther in the Den wrote:
St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

They were better at responding this year and just in time!

Hi John and Linda,

Our festival is next Saturday, 9/15, 10:00-2:00.

We really hope you can make it this year - please introduce yourselves to us - ask for Milan and Sue Popovic.

We look forward to meeting you!

Good evening and Have a blessed week!

Panther in the Den wrote:St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

’Til 10 today

Taste of Serbia in Lake Forest is this weekend, August 31/September 1, 2019 at St. Basil's. Details upline.

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077
https://www.stbasilchurch.org/taste_of_serbia

Directions to St. Basil
Exit I-294 (94) at Route 60 West (Townline Road)
Turn North (right) on Riverwoods (HINT: if you turn left, you go to Costco, instead)
Continue North on Bradley Road
Church is at corner of Bradley and Old School Road

I am missing it this year. My parents will go, because we really enjoy the food and atmosphere.

Don't let the absence of Cathy2 prevent you from attending. It will still be great, although perhaps not as great, even though Cathy's parents will attend to make it special.

I've been to this before and really enjoyed it. Better food and more fun than a (I think) a Greek Orthodox church's festival nearby that takes places around this time too.

Taste of Serbia To Go
Sunday September 6th
12-5pm
http://www.tasteofserbia.org

Dave148 wrote:Taste of Serbia To Go
Sunday September 6th
12-5pm
http://www.tasteofserbia.org

Exactly what I want is what they are not offering:
- Roast lamb
- Krempita cream cake

I might order the burek and cheese pita.

Regards,
Cathy2

Dave148 wrote:Taste of Serbia To Go
Sunday September 6th
12-5pm
http://www.tasteofserbia.org

The address of where this place is, that you're supposed engage in their

Curb side 'To Go' service only

isn't displayed anywhere on the website. I checked everywhere. Truly indefensible.

polster wrote:Website with more info:
http://www.stbasilchurch.org/index2.html

st basil church
27450 N. Bradley Road, Mettawa/Lake Forest
Tel: 847-247-0077
Fax: 847-247-0088
http://www.stbasilchurch.org/driving_directions.html

If you drive Route 60 toward Costco, instead of turning south toward Costco, you turn north toward a hotel and office buildings.

When you come to a T-intersection, turn east and follow the road. You will encounter St. Basil Orthodox Church.

Regards,
Cathy2

Cathy2 wrote:If you drive Route 60 toward Costco, instead of turning south toward Costco, you turn north toward a hotel and office buildings.

When you come to a T-intersection, turn east and follow the road. You will encounter St. Basil Orthodox Church.

Regards,
Cathy2

Thank you, but I understood that the address was available on this website and it wasn't an issue for me. The problem is that they don't know where people are finding out about the event from, and it would take no work at all to include key information on their own website named after the event. It shows a lack of respect to make people search for details you should be providing.

bweiny wrote:It shows a lack of respect to make people search for details you should be providing.

How many professional websites by big players make you hunt for their information? Unfortunately, too many.

I will call them this morning, because it is an oversight.

Cathy2

Hi,

I called, left a message and they called back.

They will adjust the website to make the pick up location more prominent. They were relying on the cart to provide the information at checkout.

Thank you for highlighting this.

Regards,
Cathy2

Sure, it was very nice and generous of you to bring it to their attention. I just added something to the cart to see what happens and that does provide the address.

As someone who clicked out of interest towards homemade Serbian food, I didn't get that far because I wanted to know what I was getting myself into before picking specific menu items.

bweiny wrote:As someone who clicked out of interest towards homemade Serbian food, I didn't get that far because I wanted to know what I was getting myself into before picking specific menu items.

The person I talked to realized this as we were talking.

While I know it is Lake Forest, 'Taste of Serbia' could be located just about anywhere.

Regards,
CAthy2

I just saw a notice about this in the local paper yesterday and was going to post the address, but I see that's been cleared up.

As for a Taste of Serbia being located anywhere, that's true in the sense that there are several Serbian Orthodox churches in the Chicago area, but it's not for nothing that the Taste of Serbia is hosted by St Basil in Mettawa (beyond perhaps the fact that it was that church's idea to start the event). There is a Serbian Orthodox presence in Lake County, highlighted by, until a few years ago, the resting place of the only European monarch buried on US soil, the Serbian King Peter II of Yugoslavia, in nearby Libertyville, at the St Sava Monestary on Milwaukee Avenue, just a mile or two north of St Basil. St Sava being primarily a monestary and cemetery, however, I presume it is less well suited for a food festival than the grounds of St Basil.

I have really enjoyed St Basil's Taste of Serbia in previous years -- the food, the music, the dancing -- even moreso in all respects than a festival at a nearby Greek church, which surprised me. I am disappointed to hear they won't have the roast lamb this year but can understand why. I hope they are able to return to the normally attended Taste event next year.

If you have a chance to go to the next Taste, or to visit the church any time before then (services were suspended due to Covid-19 in March, and I haven't been able to find any info on services or building access yet being resumed in any fashion), it is really worth the time to step out of the hot August sun into the cool dark church and look around, particularly at the collection of beautifully painted icons. I have taken some pictures of the icons there that I can still picture clearly in my mind even though I haven't seen them for a few years.

Taste of Serbia 2021, typically held on Labor Day weekend, has been postponed until October, when it might be a "picnic." Hopefully there will be food available to purchase and take home.

GAF wrote:Taste of Serbia 2021, typically held on Labor Day weekend, has been postponed until October, when it might be a "picnic." Hopefully there will be food available to purchase and take home.

Thank you for keeping track, because I really do like this event. Last year, they did have a drive up to collect pre-ordered food over Labor Day weekend.

In October, I can likely make it, so I will keep my fingers crossed for roast lamb.

Regards,
CAthy2

Thanks for this update. I'm looking forward to another Taste of Serbia. The website currently gives a tentative date of October 10th (a Sunday).

Katie wrote:Thanks for this update. I'm looking forward to another Taste of Serbia. The website currently gives a tentative date of October 10th (a Sunday).

It is indeed on the tenth, with this menu:

Hi,

I have a call in to understand if I plan to eat there, do I need to order the food in advance.

Regards,
Cathy2