NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2000 18:28:25 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:8279 I went to Babas. It's on Hubbard between Wells and Franklin on the Southside of the street. The yellow awning. I didn't see any signage on the awning or storefront. I can't properly spell the dish I had but suffice it to say it was very good. A lamb dish with a curry sauce and potatoes. I also had a a nan type bread but it was a oiled on the grill type of nan, about 20inches in diameter. The cost $6.00!! I'm going back soon, and will try the Frontier Chicken. A sort of stir fried roasted chicken dish that had various vegetables, and a side of White rice. It's the kind of place where you order at the kitchen and then sit down to eat. No waitstaff. There were probably three to four different nationalities of men all seemingly VERY friendly. There were also alot of employees from a nearby advertising agency. It's not the same kind of joint as a Gaylord or Bukara. I'm not even sure it's Indian, but the tastes were even better than the former. It's open 24 hours a day!
Chicago, IL
I did Baba's
NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2000 20:24:44 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:8288 Someone wrote: > Someone wrote: > >Someone wrote: > > > >> Not the mosque--"all broters [sic] wanting to pray after hours please > >> ask for key"... HAR HAR HAR > > > >You mean there is a mosque there? Where upstairs? Hmmm, two birds with > >one stone. > > Apparently so. > > >OK..Tushar give us some more places like Babas in the city proper...... > > > >If you mention the one on Orleans, near Grainger where Finkles used to > >be I'm not going. > > I don't know many places. Are you talking about Pakizah, Zaiqa, or > Daavat (a ways off)? Of these, Zaiqa is clearly the Cabbie's Choice. > I haven't been there--too far to walk, too close to cab. Although > "broters" will probably drive you there for free--added bonus. Larosh > (Loop, west of Monk's Tavern on Wells) is iffy, timewise. Not good > for late night programmer. At any rate, none of these seem to have > the cult following that Baba has. It takes some doing to own and > keep a restaurant like that (and a couple of parking lots) plumb > bang in River North ... Zaiqa...VERY dirty, no TP in bathrooms, the women friend I was with came out of ladies room after trying to use it almost vomited, I threw a 10 spot on the table and left immediately. > > Up North--close to where I live--there's Shan. Foster and Carmen. > It's been talked about here, before. It's less of a "Pakistani" > place, and more just an Uptown place. More women and children > than Baba, and many more Asians. Some CTA influx too. The food > is very good. Catch it before Yuppie moves in ... going by the > Starbuckses and the increasing police presence, that will be > happening soon. > I'll give Shan a try! Thanks.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2000 18:52:18 GMT X-Sidtribution: sidorandom with random sid X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: [email removed] (Tushar Samant) Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:8281 Someone wrote: >I went to Babas. It's on Hubbard between Wells and Franklin on the >Southside of the street. The yellow awning. I didn't see any signage on >the awning or storefront. Right under where the L snakes by. Legend has it that this is where Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable built the first permanent house in Chicago. Well, I made that up... >I can't properly spell the dish I had but suffice it to say it was very >good. A lamb dish with a curry sauce and potatoes. I also had a a nan >type bread but it was a oiled on the grill type of nan, about 20inches >in diameter. Maybe it was a paratha? >The cost $6.00!! > >I'm going back soon, and will try the Frontier Chicken. A sort of stir >fried roasted chicken dish that had various vegetables, and a side of >White rice. Frontier Chicken is one of my favourites, it's not incredibly hot and is very tasty. It can be a much of a muchness, though, generally I get the $4 version ("half"). >It's the kind of place where you order at the kitchen and then sit down >to eat. No waitstaff. Tip the busboy once a month or so... >There were probably three to four different nationalities of men all >seemingly VERY friendly. There were also alot of employees from a nearby >advertising agency. It's like so BOHEMIAN >It's not the same kind of joint as a Gaylord or Bukara. I'm not even >sure it's Indian, but the tastes were even better than the former. Oh man, the place is ruined now ... :-) >It's open 24 hours a day! Not the mosque--"all broters [sic] wanting to pray after hours please ask for key"... HAR HAR HAR
NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2000 19:44:34 GMT X-Sidtribution: sidorandom with random sid X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: [email removed] (Tushar Samant) Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:8287 Someone wrote: >Someone wrote: > >> Not the mosque--"all broters [sic] wanting to pray after hours please >> ask for key"... HAR HAR HAR > >You mean there is a mosque there? Where upstairs? Hmmm, two birds with >one stone. Apparently so. >OK..Tushar give us some more places like Babas in the city proper...... > >If you mention the one on Orleans, near Grainger where Finkles used to >be I'm not going. I don't know many places. Are you talking about Pakizah, Zaiqa, or Daavat (a ways off)? Of these, Zaiqa is clearly the Cabbie's Choice. I haven't been there--too far to walk, too close to cab. Although "broters" will probably drive you there for free--added bonus. Larosh (Loop, west of Monk's Tavern on Wells) is iffy, timewise. Not good for late night programmer. At any rate, none of these seem to have the cult following that Baba has. It takes some doing to own and keep a restaurant like that (and a couple of parking lots) plumb bang in River North ... Up North--close to where I live--there's Shan. Foster and Carmen. It's been talked about here, before. It's less of a "Pakistani" place, and more just an Uptown place. More women and children than Baba, and many more Asians. Some CTA influx too. The food is very good. Catch it before Yuppie moves in ... going by the Starbuckses and the increasing police presence, that will be happening soon.