A picnic with the Noyes Boys after Northwestern’s commencement and convocation last weekend was a being your own affair in the park behind our graduate’s apartment on Ridge, near the Piven (as in actor Jeremy Piven of Entourage fame and a NU grad) Theater. Fortunately there is a strip of food places along Noyes. Al’s Deli had good sandwiches on excelLent baguettes (next time I will get the pate or smoked salmon rather than the roast beef) but Al (presumably) and his one assistant were a bit overwhelmed by the post convocation crowd and it took ages to get our food. The burrito place next door was much after and just as good. decent coffee place nearby too.
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Names of those restaurants in Chicago and Evanston
Okay – here’s the names of the places we ate at during recent trip to Northwestern:
– Mario’s on W. Goethe – a low-key neighborhood place near my Aunt’s Apartment near Astor and Division. The seafood pasta in a light broth-based sauce was very good. Meatballs with meat sauce also a hit.
– Melanthios Greek Char House on North Broadway in Lakeview Restaurant. Good char-broiled octopus served with little but oil, garlic and lemon; big greek salad minus lettuce; yummy moussaka. Huge portions. We shared everything. Good service by a waiter who loves the series “The Wire” which we’re also knee-deep in. And we ate outside at tables along the street. Not quite Athens but close enough.
– Dixie’s Kitchen in Evanston – I had the mini-southern sampler special for about $6.50 – a bowl of gumbo, jambalaya and red beans. Gumbo my fave but all good.
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