Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Three sisters, all Maine East grads, have opened an eatery offering homemade Polish and Eastern European food. They use their mother's recipes from Europe, including pierogi, cutlets and goulash served with a potato pancake.
Patricia and Kinga Stefanska, who are 28-year-old twins, and their older sister Iwona, 29, say it was natural for the three of them to open a restaurant. "Our mom cooked pretty much every day, and we were always interested in it," said Patricia. "Whenever we would get a chance we would get in the kitchen and learn as much as we could from her." Their mom, Roma, used to run two restaurants back in their native Poland, said the twins, who grew up in Des Plaines, attended Maine East High School and have lived in Morton Grove in more recent years. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch on Facebook "We love good homemade food," Kinga said, explaining the sisters wanted to bring homemade Polish cooking to the north end of Niles. The restaurant is at …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Las Fuentes will have its grand opening in a couple of weeks, but it's open for business now. It has filled the space on Waukegan Road formerly occupied by Crazy Jaws.
Daniel Albarran is hoping Morton Grove-area residents will come in and try what he describes as traditional Mexican cuisine at Las Fuentes' new location at 9001 N. Waukegan Road, in the space formerly occupied by Crazy Jaws. It's the fourth Las Fuentes restaurant opened by his family. His father Jorge started the original eatery at 2558 N. Halsted in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood 32 years ago. They opened a second location in Stickney 12 years ago and in Alsip last year. "We have tacos, burritos and authentic dishes like cochinita pibil and chiles nogada on the menu," he said. "The portions are big--you'll be full by the time you're done with it." Daniel, 24 is waiting on his brother Jorge Jr., 23, to finish up at DePaul University…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
It's hiring now for servers, hostesses and bartenders. Ginza will have an enormous buffet and full bar that will stay open late, general manager says.
The owners of Ginza Steak and Sushi Buffet, which is set to open right after New Year's, are investing $1 million in remodeling and decorating the restaurant, said General Manager David Kuo. "It will have a beautiful bar area and a huge buffet table with more than 100 items," Kuo said. "There will be lots of seafood, sushi, stir fry, grill and dessert." There will also be lobster and crab legs, as well as chicken dishes, noodle dishes and vegetarian dishes. Kuo said the food would be from various Asian culinary traditions, including Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Earlier: La Tavola opens in Niles He expects the price to be $20 for adults, and said the children's price has not yet been set. The restaurant is owned by Xin Liu and Kenny …
Milena Mroczek
6:36 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
Hey girls good luck ...finally a Polish restaurant that is close to home...p.s.we went to school together...can't wait to try your food more ›