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Sunday, August 21, 2005
If your out-of-town guests want to know what they're missing by living in the sticks, take them here! Lots of things they'll call "unique." (The decor at this place keeps getting more and more elaborate--soon they'll have lamps mounted on the lamps. Every time I go there, they've added some new decoration: carved, painted booths, hookah lamps at every table, and even a lone carved humpback whale.) They have a salad bar with lots of unusual pickled vegetables--brussel sprouts, cauliflower, stuffed eggplant--and they have an array of exciting warm foods and pastries, including all the middle eastern standards such as: chicken and lamb shawarma,, Moroccan couscous, and a nice tilapia and roasted vegetable dish. The couscous that they make only on Sunday may be something not everyone knows about and it's really good--the grains are extra large! And delicious! When I leave Chicago, this restaurant is the thing I will miss most.