[PW] Re: German dining in Chicago

[John Franklin]

The Berghoff closed, it is true, in February, but they reopened in  
April under the name of Berghoff Cafe, with (according to various  
mentions online) a menu which is indistinguishable from the old one.  
(The motivation, alleges the New York Times, was the elimination of  
union labor; I doubt the menu has become any cheaper, though, which  
suggests that the motivation may have been the enormous surge of  
business they received when everyone thought they were going away for  
good.) The new address, according to a search on Google -- I know  
I've seen it somewhere in the Loop, but my memory isn't THAT good -- is

17 W Adams St
Chicago, IL 60603

and the phone number is

(312) 427-3170

I can't say whether it's still any good, because I don't like German  
food and would rather go to Russian Tea Time (77 E. Adams St) or The  
Olive Mountain (in Evanston). But the NYT review said the food served  
at the renamed version was just like that served several months earlier.

-John Franklin
"Oh, I just can NOT handle weirdness."

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On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Barbara J Bussart wrote:

> This is for me and my 78-year-old father.  I am taking my parents  
> to meet my brother in Chicago in August, and Dad would like to find  
> a good German restaurant.  He's quite disappointed that the  
> Berghoff is closed, and hopes that we can find one like it (at  
> least in quality - nothing was quite like it!)
> Any Chicagoans out there with a suggestion?  We're staying in  
> Palatine, so it doesn't have to be right downtown.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Barb in Woonsocket, RI
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