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Vaguely recollected impressions: food was good, better than I expected, with a slight Italian bent; service was excellent, the host gave us a bag of his homegrown peppers in multiple colors; maybe a little overpriced; and if someone were to tell me it was connected with the outfit (whatever that might be) I wouldn't be surprised.

That's a pretty crappy thing to suggest even vaguely about people without any real basis.

What's makes you think they're connected, their generosity or their excellent service?

nr706:

It's a reasonable observation to say a place gave you a weird feeling but I think it goes too far to suggest criminal connexions without basis.

Anyone ever been to Charcoal Oven? It's a tiny joint on Golf Rd. just east of Skokie Blvd. in Skokie. From the outside it looks like a 1950s supper club with outfit influences. I also appears to be lacking many customers usually. Anyone?

The Mayor of Chicago Chowhound, Vital Information, and I have discussed this at length, but I thought I should clarify just a bit, Da Mayor's [edited] makes Thursday nights at M & P sound a bit untoward. [smile]

Thursday night at Myron and Phil's is unofficial pick-up night at the bar, but not just any pick-up night, it's older Jewish guy with a bad rug pick-up night. {smile} 10-12 years ago I had a friend who fit the M and P Thursday night profile to a tee, late 60's, widower, drove a caddy, owned a house in Skokie (with no kids or grandkids still living there). He was a Myron and Phil's god, that man had more moves than John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, the women of M & P flocked around him as soon as he walked in the door. It was really something.

I had the pleasure of going to M & P with him on Thursday night a few times, not often though as it was not, and won't be for quite a while, my age group and I still have all of my own hair, but this was not simply a case of my friend being personable, which he was, but there were at least 12-15 Guys With Bad Rugs at M & P the few times I went to lend moral support to my friend on Thursday's, not that he needed support.

I am not sure if Thursday night at M & P is still meet and greet night or if there are still women there yearning to meet GWBR, but I will say that I was quite surprised at the number of pretty good looking, younger than you'd expect, women who just 'happened' to be be at M & P's bar with a girlfriend or three on Thursday nights.

Maybe a Thursday night M & P outing is in order, not just for the cultural anthropology aspect either, they do, as Jeff said, have damn good chopped liver and excellent bread. I should note that I have not been to M & P on a Thursday for years, for all I know Thursdays is now Bubbie's showing pictures of their grandkids in the bar night, not Guy's with Bad Rug pick-up night. Come to think of it, every night is grandparent's showing pictures of their grandkids night at M & P. {smile}

Enjoy,
Gary

Myron and Phil's
3900 W. Devon Ave.
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
847-677-6663

Absolutely ghastly experience. Simply not enough decent places to eat in that area.

Cannot speak from personal experience but perhaps someone else can.

Opart Thai
143 Skokie Blvd.
Wilmette
847-853-9898
Is on the West side of the street

Is EJ's what was previously Great Godfrey Daniels?

And, yes, EJ's was Great Godfrey Daniels. I've never been very impressed with it, though - not particularly creative menu and a bit overpriced. But I do like Don's Fishmarket, about a block south of that theater on Skokie Blvd. Also, in the strip mall across the street from the theater is a reasonably good Ruby of Siam ... and it's BYOB.