Chicagoist: Ann Sather's Moves a Little to the Right

been hecht

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:30:06 -0600

chuck: it only took about ten minutes for this thread to devolve into name-calling, (of tunney and daley and other commentors), homophobic comments, unfounded statements about the business, and the scatalogical. generally i've come to expect a lot of hate, bitterness, name-calling and otherwise vile, unintelligent commenting here of late. that's one thing the -ist now has in common with the scc. that and when you see commentors whose thing is to rail on about 'aldercreatures' or whatever the scc is terming aldermen and other elected officials these days, you recognize a similarity in, if not the exact words, the general nature of the comments. next thing you know, people here will be talking about 'honor roll students' getting shot by cops on the west side.

Spook

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:55 -0600

Ward Up, we should do our Colum, Navigating fine dinning, haute cuisine and the trendy scene from the bottom lenses of Iron City beer and Mike’s Malt liquor

Ward Up

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:01:44 -0600

Spook, that is one of the best descriptions of Ann Sathers that I've seen (no sarcasm). Perhaps you should write for Zagat (yes sarcasm!).

Spook

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:29:19 -0600

Man, the people in Ann "Slather's" always seemed, well weird to me;up tight gay white conservative dudes,"earth conscience" granola birkenstocked Volvo driving families with five spoiled “baby on boards” running around the place like mini tornados, 200 pound unshaved lesbians looking all hard with chips on their shoulders ready to snap, pretentious Latin School Amnesty International teen activists drinking 50 cups of coffee while carrying on like they’re 50 instead of 13. All of the above united by trust funds. Now the place don't even serve booze no more? Son, what’s the point? Well I guess to keep the above types contained in one place. Its only Tuesday, so yall stay cool like how yall be cool a'ight?

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:33:05 -0600

Sorry, been. I don't see the comparison.

crookcounty

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:28:57 -0600

Well I can tell you Tunney has let down a lot of people and not very well liked. He's a hack and dirty like the rest of them.

been hecht

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:02:57 -0600

excuse me, am i reading the chicagoist or second city cop blog? nice to be reminded why chicagoist is no longer one of the first sites i check out every day. don't see what good 'registering' has done here.

vise77

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:34:19 -0600

That's what I want to know Irish Pirate. I think Daley is all machismo just because he's hiding something. He is not a good mayor and he is a horrible speaker and I'm sick of it. They're both Irish jerks if you ask me and I'm always right.

irishpirate

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:51:49 -0600

If Tunney and the Leprechaun King are in bed who is pitching and who is catching? I don't really want an answer.

vise77

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:46:16 -0600

He is from the South Side and he is Irish, so you know what that means. He's in bed with the Leperchaun King. Vote him out! I don't like your tone either Matty!

the new guest number 2

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:24:24 -0600

Let's also not forget the point that Beachwood Reporter likes to continuously hammer home -- Tunney promised again and again when running for alderman that if he was elected he would sell Ann Sather to avoid conflicts of interest. Guess he just meant the building only, and 4 years after the fact.

Ward Up

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:47:30 -0600

I am with vise77 about the fact that Tunney is just a machine hack. He will never, ever criticize the mayor...or anyone with power, for that matter. He collects his huge alderman's salary every year while making a fortune at his restaurant. His qualifications for getting picked by the machine honchos to be alderman were well.....er.....NONE, other than his apparent assurance to the mayor's office and to developers that he would do whatever they wanted him do do.

matty

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:14:35 -0600

vise - move please. thanks!

vise77

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:56:15 -0600

Yeah, and did you know this guy gets business from the city for things like catering parties? How about a little transparency into that. Reformer my ass. I'm sick of it and I'm sick of everything with this city. He's just one more cog in the machine, and he should step down now or else. I hope Panera runs him out of business and into a deficit on that 2.4 million he just pocketed.

crookcounty

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:21:46 -0600

Well I ate breakfast there not too long ago and it gave me diarrhea.

Chuck Sudo

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:19:12 -0600

You don't have to give up dinner service, but the markup and profit margin on liquor for restaurants, even for a place like Ann Sather, would be considerable. Where Tunney feels the hit of not having a liquor license the most is in Ann Sather's catering operation, because he can't provide liquor. Bryan: the "drop in quality" of Ann Sather has nothing to do with Tom Tunney being alderman or machine politics. His family was involved with running the restaurants long before he was elected. Much like an executive chef delegates his wishes and imparts his will to his kitchens, Tunney should be doing the same at Ann Sather without a drop-off in quality. I've never been a big fan of Ann Sather; it's serviceable food, but I grew up in a part of the city where this sort of food was always plentiful, better prepared, and cheaper. It's possible that you're confusing Tunney's multiple obligations with the old adage "familiarity breeds contempt", but I would never speak for anyone other than myself.

Ward Up

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:58 -0600

Alderman Tunney was on his cell phone making this deal when the cops pulled him over. Maybe that's why he stormed to the local CPD station complaining like a big shot, er, I mean craybaby.

Shannon

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:03:45 -0600

must you give up dinner service if you can't serve booze? this is why i've never tasted ann sather's. can't you just slap a 'family restaurant' label on it?

bryandowling

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:49:18 -0600

I heard the old Ann Sather's space is going to Panera. Oh boy. I'll bet that I am not in the minority in thinking that ever since Tom joined the Chicago machine, the quality of Ann Sather's has just tanked. My Chrsitmas wish....that Tom would sell Ann Sather's to someone who cares about keeping such a classic Chicago institution great and developing the brand to be something better. He clearly has other priorities.