ChicagoScope Podcast
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2010 Feb 14 REVIEW OF BLACKTHORN GRILLE (40 min)
The menu items weren’t always 100 percent Irish, but ChicagoScope definitely enjoyed our recent visit to Lake Villa’s Blackthorn Grille. I especially enjoyed the Reuben egg roll, shown above. Leah Zeldes wasn't sure she'd go for this creation, but she sure warmed to it. "The Reuben egg rolls turn out to be burrito-sized, two to an order," Leah writes in her published review. "The crisply fried wrappers contain corned beef, caraway-seasoned sauerkraut and Swiss cheese, with a drizzle of thousand-island dressing. I'm a convert." I'd go back to the Blackthorn just for those egg rolls! I also have to thank Leah and Dick for valiantly tolerating my junior high school reaction to the Blackthorn Grille's signature "Celtic knots," which are hard, twisted bread rolls, tossed in garlicky oil. I thought the Celtic knot I selected looked amusingly like a certain part of the male anatomy -- and I wondered whether the things got bigger when you buttered them. Or if one of these rolls could have a meaningful relationship with a pita bread. Read Leah's complete review. ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272. Send e-mail to ChicagoScope@gmail.com. The menu items weren’t always 100 percent Irish, but ChicagoScope definitely enjoyed our recent visit to Lake Villa’s Blackthorn Grille. I especially enjoyed the Reuben egg roll, shown above. Leah Zeldes wasn't sure she'd go for this creation, but she sure warmed to it.
"The Reuben egg rolls turn out to be burrito-sized, two to an order," Leah writes in her published review. "The crisply fried wrappers contain corned beef, caraway-seasoned sauerkraut and Swiss cheese, with a drizzle of thousand-island dressing. I'm a convert."
I'd go back to the Blackthorn just for those egg rolls!
I also have to thank Leah and Dick for valiantly tolerating my junior high school reaction to the Blackthorn Grille's signature "Celtic knots," which are hard, twisted bread rolls, tossed in garlicky oil.
I thought the Celtic knot I selected looked amusingly like a certain part of the male anatomy -- and I wondered whether the things got bigger when you buttered them. Or if one of these rolls could have a meaningful relationship with a pita bread.
ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272. Send e-mail to ChicagoScope@gmail.com.
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2009 Nov 15 MY TRIP ON AMTRAK'S EMPIRE BUILDER (29 min)
I recently rode Amtrakâs Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, a trip of more than 2,000 miles across three time zones and seven states. Whether I was exploring a chilly platform during a brief layover in St. Paul (above) or enjoying the clean, stark views of an unexpectedly long stop in Shelby, Montana, (right), I had a great time -- and talk about it in this latest podcast. Taking the train isnât for everybody. I know itâs a clichà to say so, but in long-distance train travel, itâs the trip that makes the experience worthwhile. If you want to get there quickly, fly. What's especially fun for me is seeing all the small towns -- and reading some of the small-town newspapers you're able to get at station stops. In jobs gone by, I occasionally had to edit school lunch menus. Once, a local school district got a nasty letter from Ore-Ida because although "Tater Tots" were constantly listed in their menu, the company had somehow determined that the school cafeteria's side dish was not, in fact, genuine Tater Tots brand potato product.
I recently rode Amtrakâs Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, a trip of more than 2,000 miles across three time zones and seven states.
Whether I was exploring a chilly platform during a brief layover in St. Paul (above) or enjoying the clean, stark views of an unexpectedly long stop in Shelby, Montana, (right), I had a great time -- and talk about it in this latest podcast.
Taking the train isnât for everybody. I know itâs a clichà to say so, but in long-distance train travel, itâs the trip that makes the experience worthwhile. If you want to get there quickly, fly. What's especially fun for me is seeing all the small towns -- and reading some of the small-town newspapers you're able to get at station stops.
In jobs gone by, I occasionally had to edit school lunch menus. Once, a local school district got a nasty letter from Ore-Ida because although "Tater Tots" were constantly listed in their menu, the company had somehow determined that the school cafeteria's side dish was not, in fact, genuine Tater Tots brand potato product.
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2009 Aug 14 BOUL MICH MUSIC
I'm not sure where these folks are from, but I enjoyed their performance Friday morning in the plaza next to the Tribune Tower. ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272. Send e-mail to ChicagoScope@gmail.com.
I'm not sure where these folks are from, but I enjoyed their performance Friday morning in the plaza next to the Tribune Tower.
ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272. Send e-mail to ChicagoScope@gmail.com.
