Chicago, IL

any good hydepark eats????

3 posts · Oct 27, 1999 to Oct 28, 1999

Richard H.University of Illinois at ChicagoOct 27, 1999

Dixie Kitchen in Harper Court is very good for Southern/Louisiana food. Pizza Capri on 53d is good if you like the place (they have other locations).  There are several Thai places.  I think Thai Twee on 53d and Snail on 55th are the best.  There's a new Korean place on 55th that is also fairly good.  Piccolo Mondo is a good Italian place on 56th in the Windermere across from the Museum of Science and Industry.  They have excellent tiramisu.

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, briandee wrote:

> i know this was already brought up a while back
> just wondering what places are good down there...
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Anil T.University of ChicagoOct 27, 1999

NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:56:54 CDT
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Richard H. wrote:
>Dixie Kitchen in Harper Court is very good for Southern/Louisiana food.
>Pizza Capri on 53d is good if you like the place (they have other
>locations).  There are several Thai places.  I think Thai Twee on 53d and
>Snail on 55th are the best.  There's a new Korean place on 55th that is
>also fairly good. Piccolo Mondo is a good Italian place on 56th in the
>Windermere across from the Museum of Science and Industry.  They have
>excellent tiramisu.

To this excellent list, I would add Kikuya (a Japanese restaurant on 55th street); Cedars of Lebanon and Nile (middle eastern, on 53rd and 55th streets respectively); and Medici, a burger and pizza joint on 57th street, is an institution in the neighborhood. Salonica, on 57th again, is a diner with Greek flavor.

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Greg W.For Scientific Purposes OnlyOct 28, 1999

Anil T. wrote:
>Richard H. wrote:
>>Dixie Kitchen in Harper Court is very good for Southern/Louisiana food.
>>Pizza Capri on 53d is good if you like the place (they have other
>>locations).  There are several Thai places.  I think Thai Twee on 53d and
>>Snail on 55th are the best.

Here's another vote for Snail Thai.

>> There's a new Korean place on 55th that is
>>also fairly good. Piccolo Mondo is a good Italian place on 56th in the
>>Windermere across from the Museum of Science and Industry.  They have
>>excellent tiramisu.
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>To this excellent list, I would add Kikuya (a Japanese restaurant on
>55th street);

I used to eat at Kikuya regularly but in the last year or so I've gotten cold rubbery sushi a couple of times, so I wouldn't recommend it.  ymmv

>Cedars of Lebanon and Nile (middle eastern, on 53rd and
>55th streets respectively); and Medici, a burger and pizza joint on
>57th street, is an institution in the neighborhood. Salonica, on 57th
>again, is a diner with Greek flavor.

And to add to this list -- la Petit Folie, which opened just a month or two ago.  I hardly ever eat at restaurants with linen tablecloths, so bearing that in mind, the food was well prepared, the prices are quite reasonable (entrees $15-$25), and the waitstaff is pleasant enough, though I did perceive a bit of inexperience.  Maybe they were just having a bad night.

I don't have an address or phone handy but they're in the Hyde Park shopping center at 55th and Lake Park.