stevez wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Here's some great, tangential news relating to Katsu: a friend who lives nearby tells me that the eternal construction project at Peterson and Lincoln has actually been completed. This should make accessing Katsu from any direction much, much easier. I haven't seen it myself but I trust the information's source very much.
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I can confirm this. The construction has been completed for nearly two weeks now.
From: 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O'Connor
Peterson Bridge Construction
The State of Illinois Department of Transportation has informed us that the bridge on Peterson Avenue west of Lincoln Avenue will need to undergo further construction due necessary structural steel repairs.
The bridge will be under construction during the period of July 8 to approximately mid-August with the outside lanes being shut down in both directions during the hours of 7am – 3:30pm. Evening work will be done over the bike path but will not require lane closures.
Evil Ronnie wrote:Again...stellar sushi, but in the 7-8 or so times we've dined there, the service has always been a little underwhelming. Tonight it was pretty poor.
stevez wrote:
Sweet Willie wrote:Followed by Washington button clams in a sake broth. While I don't hope to achieve the level of this dish at home, we will be trying this one out very soon in my kitchen, that good.
on a regular basis I've been heating up some roasted garlic oil in my wok, then throwing in a lb of the manila clams from Boston Fish Market, the clams open up, release their liquid gold which mixes with the garlic olive oil & voila, delicious sauce to mop up & tasty clams. I like the sound of miso & clams.JoelF wrote:Sweet Willie wrote:Followed by Washington button clams in a sake broth. While I don't hope to achieve the level of this dish at home, we will be trying this one out very soon in my kitchen, that good.
The Japanese know how to do clams in soup. Misoya's spicy miso with clams should have gone on my top ten dishes for 2013, and miso and clam is one of the flavor pairings I've got to work with soon (the other that I've been tempted to try is pistachio and galangal... but that's another show).
jnm123 wrote:I ain't Katsu's bi-yatch anymore.
rtb178 wrote:Heading to Katsu for a celebratory dinner this week... any suggestions, or has anyone been lately? Would love to hear some recent experiences.
rtb178 wrote:We're headed there tonight, and very excited to finally try Katsu. One last thing: anyone know if they will let you bring in wine with a corkage fee? I can't find any sort of wine list, and don't really love sake. (I did call and leave a message, but I've left this late, so guessing I won't hear from them.) Thanks.
alessio20 wrote:http://www.chicagomag.com/dining-drinking/September-2017/Katsu-Closing-Retiring/
By coincidence, this just popped up just minutes after reading through this thread.
This year marks the 29th year Katsu Imamura and wife Haruko have run what many Chicagoans consider the finest and most faithful Japanese restaurant in town. And they have decided it’s time to end this chapter. Imamura, 74, will be retiring at the end of November, and the couple decided Katsu cannot be Katsu without, well, Katsu. Tentatively, they will be closing the Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 26.
mbh wrote:I'm so saddened by this, I was first taken to Katsu by Japanese clients who thought of it as a home away from home when they were posted to Chicago. I'm hoping to get there at least twice before they close they're a piece of the Chicago food scene that will be deeply missed. People always talked about their sushi, but I remember their tonkatsu being wonderful. The last couple of times I had it there I thought it was just OK, but it used to be one of their signature dishes.
budrichard wrote:One short lived place on Divison with live tanks whose name escapes me.
deesher wrote:budrichard wrote:One short lived place on Divison with live tanks whose name escapes me.
Heat on Larrabee?