Hella Yelpers,
Pambo a ready to eat again after some truely frightning meals (see Pambo's other reviews) and somehow ended up here. We stopped at a pet store we'd heard about (Pambo collects and breeds rare reptiles) a Texas Albino Lizard and saw the long line starting at this modest storefront restaurant, we were hungery so in we went. This place is Heaven's waiting room. I think the youngest people besides our table served with General Grant. As we were very careful not to bump into the old as ice clientele in this packed room. We were seated surprisngly fast. A great rye bread was instantly served, chewy on the outside and soft and subtly delicious rye flavored on the inside, somebody cares. We were than offered a complimentary glass of wine (who does that anymore?) with the choice of Burgandy, Chablis, or Rose. This room is old school. Think Aunt Olga's den in 1960/70's Berwyn. A choice of liver dumpling or chicken noodle soup or tomato juice was our next option. The liver dumpling was good and the chicken noodle not bad. We noticed the mountains of what appeared to be delicious breaded meats and hugh sides of saurkrauts and bread dumplings passing by and received by happy patrons. Our table ordered Meatloaf, Pickled Beef Tenderloin, and Breaded Pork cutlet. All were very good. The sauces were flavorful but very old school, if someone would twik and tighten up these sauces you'd be on to something GREAT. The sides that came with our entrees made the whole table almost too full and we wondered just how many future meals this Boheimian Orgy would provide. The cucumber salad was an excellent counterpoint to this heavy fare and the bread dumplings sublime for soaking up all the thick, saucey goodness. The breaded pork was outstanding (note to all cheap-ass restaurant owners who don't take proper care or their frying oils) and saurkrauts (traditional and sweet and sour) added a nice tang. Desset which is included in the price of the entree was a choice of apple strudel, jello or pudding. Whens the last time you had pudding? What kind of mad genius serves pudding? There is a fine line between genius/insanity. All said and done our bill-Soup, bread, entrees with 3 sides each, dessets, 3 glasses of wine and coffee came to a whopping $32!
This place is good and so refreshingly unhyped that it's a real find. So the next time your hungary and willing to drive about 1/2 an hour out of the city head this way. In an over-priced, over-hyped, Food Network generated B.S. culinary "culture" this place rocks! One caution though, check hours of operation, as most of their guests are asleep by 7pm. read more