seebee wrote:Please don't play with my emotions on this one.
I'll walk, not run back to Katy's OP. If another positive report gets logged, I'll pick up the pace to a jog.
Vital Information wrote:The only way I could get her to do the deal was to promise not to complain, serenity now, serenity now, no matter how bad was the food I got. I did not complain an iota yesterday.
Panther in the Den wrote:Edit: Disregard (Plumbing issue for a day)
La Bella Pasteria
1103 South Blvd, Oak Park
I know nothing...
Suburban Italian sister spots La Bella Pasteria and La Bella the Bar are permanently closed
OPFoodie wrote:Barclay's has closed. How sad. It was always such a friendly neighborhood spot.
Vitesse98 wrote:The Heritage in Forest Park has closed for good.
ndgbucktown wrote:Vitesse98 wrote:The Heritage in Forest Park has closed for good.
Inevitable, but stone-cold sad as well. Hope the same folks do something else in the area someday.
Panther in the Den wrote:Panther in the Den wrote:La Notte Cafe
6822 Windsor Ave, Berwyn
http://lanottecafe.com/
(708) 749-1800
... is planning to open another outpost on Marion St in Oak Park
http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/6- ... -Oak-Park/
At the location of the shuttered...
Aripo's Venezuelan Arepa House
118 N Marion St
Happened to be driving by on Friday and noticed people inside. Locked on the binders and stopped in.
Apparently they have been having a couple of soft openings (fixed and limited menu) during the last week and Friday was their hard opening (full menu).
High End Table Settings!
Things were good. Service had a few fits and starts but I was able to keep them on track. Prices on the high side ($20 - $30) in keeping with the other high end restaurants that have been opening up lately. Drinks good at $10 although inconsistently prepared.
Seemed like it was another FFaR (Friends, Family and Relatives) evening and the staff (hostesses and chef) would sit at various tables to chat, hugs upon exit. Most of the upper staff are all related with the father being the chef. Heard them apologizing to other patrons for the slow service and they even mentioned to us that papa needs some additional help at the stove.
Not sure what their relation is to the other location in Berwyn. They confessed that it was their fathers dream to open a place of his own.
My Brides Alfredo was just as it should of been, my Veal Marsala was tasty enough but could of been presented better (4 thin slabs on a plate) and the side of pasta with red sauce was very good!
We are planning to go back to the Berwyn location and order the same meal to see how it compares and to compare the pricing.
All in all it might not make it into my regular rotation as there are several good Italian places in the area at a lower price point but I will stop in again.
La Notte Ristorante Italiano
118 N Marion St, Oak Park
(708) 948-7576
http://www.lanotte-op.comLa Notte's executive chef and owner Giovanni Matteo Mancini has a multitude of recipes which draw on his upbringing in Italy, but also his families ancestral recipes from Rome and Tuscany and Bari.
tazerowe wrote:My son proclaimed the burger first rate, probably the best of the type (thick pub burger) in Oak Park (caveating that Goldyburger is across the border and Mickey's is an altogether different type).
Kettlestrings
Friends,
Welp, 2020 is ending, but so is Big Guys’ luck regarding this damn pandemic.
The health and safety of our staff and customers is the most important thing in the world to us. Last night we had an employee test positive for COVID 19, we then closed early and this morning we had all staff receive rapid tests where another staff member also tested positive. So with those results we are following guidelines and closing for at least the next week to help everyone isolate or recover to prevent further transmission and to conduct deep cleaning of our establishment.
We are working with the Cook County Department of Public Health as well as the Berwyn Health District to ensure that our decisions are consistent with best practices. I will provide updates here if the situation changes.
I regret to say we are unable to serve our New Years Eve Dinner since myself and my staff are now all officially in quarantine. If you reserved a dinner our manager will be calling you today to issue a refund.
This isn’t our first scare. I have already paid many employees beyond their banked sick days to quarantine after self reporting exposure. I initiated this policy because I wanted to alleviate any moral hazard for employees and encourage them to err on the side of caution. I believe this has been effective as we have gone 10 months without a single employee contracting the virus, and only one (new) employee testing positive for antibodies today.
However those instances were on an individual basis, this is an entire staff losing a week of pay. I really really don’t want that to happen but in addition to paying out supplemental sick time just the act of closing for a week suddenly like this will cost Big Guys tens of thousands of dollars.
If you can it would really help if you bought a gift card. We will reopen as soon as it is safe and you can use that card up, but we really can not afford a full stop to our revenue, not after this year.
Order gift cards here:
https://bigguyssausage.com/gift-card/
Thank you for your support. Here’s to a much, much, much better, safer and healthier 2021 to all.
Your pal,
Brendan
tazerowe wrote:Another trip to Lotus Chinese on North, this time for the Taiwanese beef noodle soup