Chicagoist: Your Last Supper

lamgray

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:50:52 -0600

Sujal, hopefully you're free on friday for some of that Mac n Cheese, sending a note your way now.

Benjy Lipsman

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:40:38 -0600

Man, I need to get into Twist for the bacon wrapped dates again. I was first introduced to them the week I moved back to Chicago in 2001... somebody in my group made a joke about the combination that the waitress overheard. She told us to try and order and if we didn't like them, she wouldn't charge us. We ended up ordering 4 orders for 6 people! I returned to Twist probably 6 or 8 more times in the next couple years, even using it as one of my regular "first date" places. But I haven't been there as long as my wife and I have been together (we were friends first... "first date") so it's been at least 4 years since my last visit. Way too long!

happyfunball

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:30:29 -0600

@matty: Wouldn't be the first. Or second. Or even possibly the third.

Sujal

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:20:02 -0600

Yeah, its me! I am doing well. We should definitely get some bacon wrapped dates, and then walk over to Schubas for some mac and cheese, and some drinks!

jet

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:45:31 -0600

You can get fugu at Ai Sushi and Tsuki when it's in season. Not fugu liver, though (the most poisonous part). http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/food/2008/05/05/you-cant-you-can/

matty

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:37:00 -0600

omg a chicagoist love connection!

lamgray

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:18:03 -0600

If the above is Sujal Patel. . .I haven't seen you in forever, so I think I will have to make a date with you for bacon wrapped dates. . .It's Laura Gray, if that's you, how the hell are you?

Sujal

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:09:21 -0600

I am glad to see other fans of Twist. I just had their bacon wrap dates this weekend and they are excellent. My last meal would be the pot roach nachos from Ditka's, a porterhouse steak from David Burke's Primehouse, and a slice of stuffed pizza from the Art of Pizza.

Shannon

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:02:04 -0600

i'm a simple person. Pizano's pepperoni deep dish and a peanut butter chocolate shake from Stella's.

The Meteorologist

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:46:07 -0600

Uh, this one makes me a little sad for reasons I won't go into, but hmm. I guess I'd have my mother cook a bunch of homemade Korean food, but if I knew it was my last meal I probably wouldn't eat it. But in the spirit of the question, I like Laura's answer -- that Chicago Gluttons article still cracks my shit up! And Jesus, Chuck, it's like your planning out your own demise already just so you can eat all that good stuff! And I have a mouth boner for anything from the ol' Dita on Ashland (furthest south, west side of the street). If I was going for a restaurant, say, probably balls out at Alinea or L20 with a bunch of friends who haven't been treated to the finer things in life. Gotta do that kind of shit at least once, right?!

irishman1

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:39:55 -0600

My "last meal"? The Never Ending Pasta Bowl! Get it?!? :-)

Jacy Wojcik

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:45:46 -0600

edkotch- sounds like fancy state fair food. What's the fanciest state in the union and how many tickets would it take to purchase a deep fried truffle on a stick?

Chuck Sudo

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:37:37 -0600

I have my sources, Editor at Large.

matty

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:37:04 -0600

I'd have alpana singh serve me wine at everest. I'd start with the fois gras amuse bouche, have their filet of veal tenderloin fennel crust, kolrabi and chanterelles (even though I have no idea what kolrabi or chantrelles are), then i would finish with a cheese plate. At the end I would make sweet love to alpana, smoke a cigarette, blind fold myself and wait for the firing squad to shoot me. i think i would be pretty content at the end.

edkotch

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:29:04 -0600

wherever serves a deep fried truffle...

Editor at Large

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:26:18 -0600

Fugu, Chuck? Fugu. Where in the world do you find freaking fugu in Chicago?

Ingrid

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:23:28 -0600

L. Stolpman, Well.....if you pin me to the wall....if I were leaving Chicago and going to a small town, I guess I'd have my last meal in Chinatown and there would be Peking Duck and a steamed whole fish involved, and I say Chinatown only if I'm going to a small town with no Chinatown. It's really nice having a Chinatown within driving distance. When we lived in upstate NY, we would drive 5 hours ONE way to go to Toronto just for dim sum!! Ok...so If I were moving to San Francisco or New York, where they HAVE Chinatowns...where would my last meal here be? It would have to be food that you couldn't get anywhere else...so probably something from Rick Bayless. I would absolutely have to have one (or four) of his margaritas. Although, 'last meal' kind of implies Death Row, in which case Chuck you're going to be costing the state a whole lot of money!

Grizz

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:06:06 -0600

Smoque - St. Louis style full slab

lamgray

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:01:09 -0600

Schubas Mac n Cheese Anyone?

L. Stolpman

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:30 -0600

Ingrid - I know exactly what you mean. I wanted to say that I'd be going for mom's cooking. But if you *had* to eat someplace in Chicago...what would it be? What if it was your last meal before you left the Chicago city limits for good? -L.

lamgray

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:05 -0600

I'm with you on Twist Lizz and Ali, same meal. . . But to be honest, my favorite food in the world would have to be bell peppers, asparagus, and tomatos topped with a spicy non-garlic hollandaise sauce. . .so I'd have it in my own home :)

Ingrid

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:48:32 -0600

If I knew it was going to be my very last meal, I think I'd have to have my mom and grandma make my childhood favorites. And definitely mashed potatoes would be involved. You can go to good restaurants any time...but how many times does one get to eat mom's cooking?