boudreaulicious wrote:Happy to experience SSGS firing on all cylinders!
ronnie_suburban wrote:Lunch time at Morton Grove last week was really annoying. Overworked, understaffed service made the experience unpleasant and, if you actually have a job, just about impossible because of how long the lunch took. If I ever go there again for lunch during the week, I'll be sure to get there right when they open.
JoelF wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Lunch time at Morton Grove last week was really annoying. Overworked, understaffed service made the experience unpleasant and, if you actually have a job, just about impossible because of how long the lunch took. If I ever go there again for lunch during the week, I'll be sure to get there right when they open.
Never done lunch there, but dinners have had stellar, almost too-attentive service (probably helps that we tend to dine early). They are very fussy about whether you get to use the on-table burner: two or more guests must order BBQ dishes that use the burner (a few of the specials don't). Banchan always plentiful.
stevez wrote:JoelF wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Lunch time at Morton Grove last week was really annoying. Overworked, understaffed service made the experience unpleasant and, if you actually have a job, just about impossible because of how long the lunch took. If I ever go there again for lunch during the week, I'll be sure to get there right when they open.
Never done lunch there, but dinners have had stellar, almost too-attentive service (probably helps that we tend to dine early). They are very fussy about whether you get to use the on-table burner: two or more guests must order BBQ dishes that use the burner (a few of the specials don't). Banchan always plentiful.
My lunch experiences in MG echo Ronnie's. Service almost to the point of racist disregard.
Rocky419 wrote:What about it was racist?
ronnie_suburban wrote:Rocky419 wrote:What about it was racist?
My experience wasn't racist. It was definitely equal-opportunity lousy service.
=R=
Giovanna wrote:I had a conversation with June, the owner/bartender across the street at BDG Gastropub about the ladies at San Soo Gap San, where I commented about how crabby and unfriendly they are. His opinion is that the 'aunties' at SSGS are crabby with everybody, Korean or not.
I've had similar 'service' at the Western Ave. location, as well.
cilantro wrote:
In their defense, have you seen what their job entails? At least at the Western location, they seem to be racing nonstop through several unbearably hot, smoky rooms while being barked at by drunken patrons.
cilantro wrote: If I had to do that for even a day, I might turn a bit surly, too. Hell, I'm plenty surly now and I do none of that.
One of Chicago’s premier Korean barbecues is opening a downtown location, as San Soo Gab San is coming to River West.
San Soo Korean BBQ should open sometime this summer at 401 N. Milwaukee Avenue.
While this is not my favorite banchan, it is no-doubt the most plentiful in town ...
R_R wrote:While this is not my favorite banchan, it is no-doubt the most plentiful in town ...
Which banchan are your favorite (in Chicago)?
Do you have any favorites?
Dave148 wrote:One of Chicago’s premier Korean barbecues is opening a downtown location, as San Soo Gab San is coming to River West.
https://chicago.eater.com/2017/9/21/163 ... angry-crab
The downtown iteration of San Soo Gab San, the only Michelin Bib Gourmand-rated Korean barbecue restaurant in Chicago, is targeted to open the first week of July in River West.
ronnie_suburban wrote:It's one of the wackiest, quirkiest places in town. I know people who've abruptly been asked to leave without ever learning why. Other friends tell me they've been yelled at by staffers with little or no provocation. There are, seemingly, endless stories.
ronnie_suburban wrote:SSGS on Western is one of the places about which I dreamt during the pandemic. I really missed it and could not wait to get back. And dinner tonight did not disappoint. Virtually impossible to document efficiently, hopefully this sole picture tells the story of our meal . . .