Weekend Diversion: Night Of The Ponies
Pedway, First Store Open At Block 37
Around Town
Red-Light Cameras Not So Special?
This week has been all about finding a good turkey, ordering that dinner to go, or cooking at home. But Chicago's intrepid food bloggers were still all over the place this week.
- Bridget Houlihan and Tammy "Zesmerelda" Green at Chicago Bites took the time to head to Devon Seafood Grill in the Gold Coast. Both of the ladies enjoyed the meal immensely, but to get the full effect, you should listen to their podcast.
- Meanwhile, Josh at Chicago Foodies made a return trip to Ginza Fish, the amazing sushi restaurant in the Hotel Tokyo downtown that's the worst-kept secret for foodies. If your idea of a sushi restaurant involves sitting in a pitch-black room with exposed brick walls, reading a menu with a candle and having to shout your order over loud club beats, you might not enjoy Ginza.
- We hope Thanksgiving dinner for Paul at KIPlog was better than his forays to Subway and Cinnabon. The photos he took are proof positive that the saying "You get what you pay for" is law.
- Pro Bono Baker checked in with a delicious-looking recipe for cheddar gougères that would have fit right in with our group Thanksgiving post.
- Finally, if you find yourself near Flossmoor Station brewpub, stop in for a sample of their two new barrel-aged beers, which brewmaster Matt Van Wyk announced on the brewpub's blog, and just in time for Thanksgiving.
Image courtesy of the Local Tourist.
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chuck i've lived here my whole life and have never heard of the tokyo hotel or ginza. thanks for the tip!
Like I said, it's a well-kept secret.
It is nice to see Ginza Fish getting some attention. Great comments. I hope that it can continue to afford that location and not get forced out by the increasing rents of that area.
You know, an influx of Japanese-Americans to Chicago occurred just after World War II. Some of them had been in internment camps during the war. Later, the infamous "Tokyo Rose" radio propaganist settled in Chicago.
In the late 1940's-early 1950's, a number of Japanese restaurants opened in River North and extending up Clark Street to Division. I am not sure when Ginza Fish opened or if it was part of that trend.
Several of the then-new Japanese Restaurants were clustered just south and east of Clark and Division. A Japanese men's setllement house, which still stands, operated in the 1940's and 1950's at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Maple. Other new arrivals lived in the area that was razed to make way for Sandburg Village.
Anyway, Kudos to Ginza Fish.