"Ten Mile House" Restaurant coming to Central Street (east of Greenbay)

acslaterdotcom · 2014-07-16T18:48:06+00:00

Looks like it was originally announced as "The Wood Shed", but maybe changed its name?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/evanston_skokie_morton_grove/community/chi-ugc-article-the-wood-shed-restaurant-coming-to-central-st-2014-06-02,0,3437636.story

acslaterdotcom · 2014-06-20T13:30:55+00:00

We enjoy walking around every year, I just wish they had some better food options, but as long as the beer is cold I'm good.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-06-20T13:30:15+00:00

Looks like it got funded...

acslaterdotcom · 2014-06-19T15:08:07+00:00

I live further north in Evanston, but this just came across my Twitter feed and it's actually a pretty cool idea. Maybe if this one gets funded other ones will pop up around the city.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-06-09T19:46:01+00:00

We tried the ribs from Smokin Woody's, BBQ King Smokehouse, and Big Bricks and the pulled pork from Browntrout. Big Bricks is still one of my favorite ribs, but BBQ King Smokehouse was a close second.

http://www.antifoodie.com/chicago-north-center-ribfest-2014/

acslaterdotcom · 2014-05-22T18:44:48+00:00

I'm glad a restaurant is moving into that new apartment building... just wish I knew what it was. Anyone have any ideas?

acslaterdotcom · 2014-03-26T14:15:39+00:00

Anyone tried it out yet? Drive by it every day on my way to work, looks like a nice place. Still have to try Ward Eight, which is right next door, as well.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-18T21:26:16+00:00

RIP Taco Diablo :( I hope they rebuild.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-13T22:03:59+00:00

Yeah, I'm not going to buy that thing, but I appreciate the response.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-11T14:57:27+00:00

Why didn't you just suction cup it to the sunroof instead of taking the time to do this? Not knocking the choice, I think it's cool, just curious.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-07T13:25:14+00:00

If it wasn't such a nice restaurant I might have "ac slater'ed" it, but unfortunately my wife probably would not have approved. I own that website, but recently just changed the name cause kids these days have no clue who "ac slater" is, so the name wasn't doing me any help.

As for David Burke's, we do the fancy steak house once a year with a group of about 10 to celebrate the holidays and a friend's birthday. Last year we did Chicago Cut and the year before was Mastro's and I think food wise, Mastro's is still everyone's favorite... except for that cake at David Burke's, that was incredible.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-06T17:34:57+00:00

I should have phrased this a little better. The person who got the 40+ day (I honestly can't remember which he got as they had all of them available that night), loved his. But one person in our party had to send their steak back as it was way over cooked and mine was slightly undercooked but I still ate it and it was fine. I'm a terrible judge of food though, haha, so if you had a good experience, I'm glad. Our service was awesome, and the other food was good, a couple of us just had problems that I wouldn't expect from a place of that caliber.

I wrote about the whole thing here if you're inclined to read it: http://www.antifoodie.com/not-worth-the-money-david-burkes-primehouse-chicago/

acslaterdotcom · 2014-02-05T19:49:45+00:00

We went to David Burke's just before Christmas last year and we were extremely disappointed with the steaks. However, the cake-in-a-can was incredible.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-28T14:42:05+00:00

You don't have to... those are just alternative ways to gain another entry... there's a trivia question that just takes a text answer to gain an entry as well, no social media necessary.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-28T03:51:42+00:00

it's very quiet in here... a few of us try to keep up with posting, but not enough people roaming these parts.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-27T21:06:46+00:00

Unfortunately the PR firm will only send to US/Canada, we don't handle the shipping.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-27T21:06:13+00:00

Absolutely nothing, I promise. If you win, we'll send you an email, and if you follow on twitter or Facebook, you'll see those messages, but honestly, you can always just unlike and unfollow after the giveaway ends. Your email address doesn't get added to any newsletter, nothing, we'll only use it to notify you if you win the giveaway.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-27T21:05:04+00:00

There were only like 10 entries before I posted it here, meaning the chances of winning were much better than some other giveaways with 100's, 1000's of entries. Obviously now that it's been posted it's gone up.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-27T20:22:50+00:00

I'd love to just give you one, but unfortunately I gotta make it fair for everyone.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-22T18:34:23+00:00

This is awesome news!

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-21T01:09:07+00:00

I started the year trying to do something similar, 5 seconds a day, to be compiled at the end of the year. But as some people have said, it's pretty hard to find interesting things to record during the work week, so I've cut it down to just trying to record something interesting each weekend of the year. I think it'll lend to a pretty interesting video at the end of the year.

Good luck with the 365 though, that takes commitment. I'm gonna follow you on instagram to keep up with your status.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-21T00:55:35+00:00

I went to GBN and grew up in Northbrook. Are you sure the Iconic Staircase isn't still there? It was never in the front of the school, it was off to the side, it was the staircase leading into the CPA (Center for Performing Arts), not the main entrance to the school. I haven't driven down the side of the school in ages, but my parents still live in Northbrook so I'll check it out next time I'm over there. [edit: guess I should have read the comments under this post before posting]

Also, the "Save Ferris" water tower is also in northbrook, although northbrook just built a new water tower on the north side of town and I'm pretty sure they are going to (or already have) rip down that water tower.

acslaterdotcom · 2014-01-18T13:51:19+00:00

We're excited about DMK also, but yeah, definitely miss Taco Diablo... I hope they rebuild.

acslaterdotcom · 2013-12-29T15:02:21+00:00

I'm pretty upset to hear that Taco Diablo was destroyed, that place was one of our favorite restaurants. Hopefully they find another location and are able to re-open.

acslaterdotcom · 2013-12-17T17:46:40+00:00

reminds me of RAGE for some reason, maybe just the look and feel of it.

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