NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 23:19:09 PDT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20703 oikon wrote: > > I am looking for a restaurant in the Chicago area (city or suburbs) > that serves dinner and also has old fashioned or ethnic live music. > > This is for a birthday party for my 90 year mother and her older > relatives. > > Any suggestions? > > In the old days, I would always go to Miomirs Serbian Club. > I don't remember if they had music, but four of us enjoyed our meal here a couple of years ago. From Metromix: Simplon Orient Express 4520 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-275-5522 Simplon's Orient Express takes you on a gastronomic journey from Paris to Istanbul without leaving Lincoln Square by featuring dishes from the 11 countries through which the original (1906-1977) Orient Express passed. Reflecting the ownership of the restaurant, seven Serbian dishes are also served. If you don't feel like alighting from the train at any single station, you can order the Simplon family-style dinner, which includes moussaka, grilled cevapcici (sausage) and raznjici (pork tenderloin) shish kabob. There are also salads, desserts and strong coffees. Hours: 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday through Saturday, noon-midnight Sunday
Chicago, IL
dinner with ethnic music?
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 14:12:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: [email removed] (Liana) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20705 Someone wrote: >I am looking for a restaurant in the Chicago area (city or suburbs) >that serves dinner and also has old fashioned or ethnic live music. > >This is for a birthday party for my 90 year mother and her older >relatives. Haven't been there in a while, but Paprikash used to have a fiddler and a cimbalom player on Friday and Saturday nights. The food (Hungarian) is great, and they have a full bar with a good selection of Hungarian wines. Decor is classy, but the prices won't leave you weeping. It's not a huge place, though, so make reservations when bringing a group. Paprikash 5210 W. Diversey, Chicago 773-736-4949 -L.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:26:19 CDT X-SessionID: [email removed] X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: d666ecb1 da3ec6a9 6a0a508d a7e2fcd6 6803773e Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:26:19 -0500 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20706 > I am looking for a restaurant in the Chicago area (city or suburbs) > that serves dinner and also has old fashioned or ethnic live music. I think if you're more specific about what you mean by 'ehtnic' or what you're looking for in dinner, you'll get a lot more good suggestions. Since the only ethnicity you mention is Serbian, I'd suggest Skadarlija or Serbian Village Restaurant. They both have live Serbian music (most nights, anyway--you should probably call ahead), and the food is good in both. They're both on Kedzie, north of Irving Park. Glenn
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 13:41:36 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: TSU[@IONFJSSST@[]JON^RD@USXB@DTMNHWB_EYLJZ]BGIELNVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:41:36 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20708 oikon wrote: > I am looking for a restaurant in the Chicago area (city or suburbs) > that serves dinner and also has old fashioned or ethnic live music. > > This is for a birthday party for my 90 year mother and her older > relatives. > > Any suggestions? > > In the old days, I would always go to Miomirs Serbian Club. > > Please reply in this news group. > > Thank you for your help. > > -- Steve On weekends, Little Bucharest, the Romanian place on Ashland/Wellington (the sign seems to read "Euro Wine Bar" now, but nothing else about the place has apparently changed), has those roving musicians that come around to your table and extort money for them to leave you alone. But the music is good, kinda Gypsy/Eastern European violin + plucked strings, IIRC. This is the place that offers the free limo rides, which I think must be a way for the owner to write off having a private driver as a business expense. The couple times we've been there, the driver is sitting at the bar getting wasted while the hostess tells numerous interested callers that he's out on a run.