This is a catch-up post: About a week before Thanksgiving, our friend Kathleen came to Chicago from Athens for a conference and we were lucky enough to be able to arrange a dinner with her on the one (chilly!) night she was in town. Kathleen's a vegetarian, so we thought we'd try Karyn's Cooked, Conscious Comfort Foods, located two blocks away from the Chicago stop on the Brown line. This is a place that makes traditional comfort foods, with only vegan ingredients. (There is also a Karyn's Raw which serves only uncooked foods, located on Clybourn and pictured here).
We decided to share three dishes. Kathleen ordered the ribs, Kate ordered a Buddha bowl (mixed vegtables and rice), and I had polenta with mushrooms. They were all very good, but I think that anyone of them on their own might have been a bit much for us. Combining the entrees seemed to really add to their flavor. We also each had a Scarecrow organic beer, a flavorful light amber. We then decided to split a piece of coconut cake which was the largest piece of cake I have ever received in a restaurant! Despite it being very tasty, even the three of us together could not finish it off.
Karen's Cooked was a nice treat, but an even greater treat was having dinner with Kathleen and catching up on all the comings and goings in Athens!
We decided to share three dishes. Kathleen ordered the ribs, Kate ordered a Buddha bowl (mixed vegtables and rice), and I had polenta with mushrooms. They were all very good, but I think that anyone of them on their own might have been a bit much for us. Combining the entrees seemed to really add to their flavor. We also each had a Scarecrow organic beer, a flavorful light amber. We then decided to split a piece of coconut cake which was the largest piece of cake I have ever received in a restaurant! Despite it being very tasty, even the three of us together could not finish it off.
Karen's Cooked was a nice treat, but an even greater treat was having dinner with Kathleen and catching up on all the comings and goings in Athens!
2 comments:
Mmm...we really like Karyn's Cooked, though as a vegetarian, I sometimes get overwhelmed at vegetarian restaurants. I've gotten so used to only a couple of veggie items on the menus that all the options at places like Karyn's make me a little stressed out...until I get the food, of course!
-Mira
We felt a bit overwhelmed too. I think it would have been to have to choose one dish. It helped a lot to have several that we could then share. I wonder if you've been to Karyn's Raw?
Susan
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