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Back in our days living on the North Side the former Jim's Grill on Irving Park was a Saturday ritual for us and scores of others trying remove the fuzz from the night before. Owner Dave Choi would hold court, offering not only tasty food but nutritional advice and testimonials to the benefits of a vegan diet. One such exchange between us involved Choi asking for us to take a couple slices from a steak, place it in a beaker and let it sit out in the open for a week. "The way it rots in that beaker? That's what it's doing inside you," Choi said. We did the experiment and came back a week later. Choi asked how it went. "You were right," we said, "but the rest of that steak was so tasty coming off the grill."
Amitabul, Choi's Korean vegan restaurant, opened on Southport in the mid-90's. Rising lease rates forced a move to the restaurant's current location in Norwood Park (near Superdawg) a couple years later. The move has served Choi well; he has a dedicated clientele who hang on his every word and the menu is nearly identical in cost and taste to what we remember back in the day. You can't go wrong at Amitabul with the dry pancakes or any of Choi's soups, especially the "cure-all" soup which came in handy yesterday.
Amitabul, 6207 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-774-0276. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
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WHYYYYYYYY did you need cureall soup? HMMMMMMMMMMM?
Man, i did too. I did too.....
so, any bets as to why National Vegan Month coincides with Thanksgiving?
The Tofurky lobby, of course.
I had one of the spiciest meals of my life at Amitabul.
Vegan Korean food? If you have any doubt there is a market for elitist foodies who just have to feel they are eating "authentic" food while adhering to their self righteous environmental standards, look no further than this restaurant. Kudos to Mr. Choi for recognizing this and profiting from it.
"Look Hannah, there is a Korean owner so it must be authentic! I'm so glad we left Map Room after two $9.50 beers so we could come here."
Why so harsh and sarcastic, "Sears Tower"? Perhaps you could meditate on your OWN form of self-righteousness, which leads to this condescending sarcasm. I wonder if you have even actually eaten at Amitabul. I drive nearly two hours from the western suburbs to eat at Amitabul. If someone is Korean and cooks after a Korean style and is vegan, what else could you possibly call it but Vegan Korean? I am not, to use your phrase "an elitist foodie"; I am Buddhist and vegan. A person may have the flaw of self-righteousness whether or not they are vegan, but veganism itself does not equal self-righteousness. Buddhist vegans and also many other vegans follow this path not merely for "self" but for the benefit of ALL beings. May Dave Choi and all at Amitabul have happiness and the causes of happiness, free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow, and continue to take part in the benefitting of all beings.