Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Food & Drink / Food Chain Sayonara, Shochu
Posted by Kate Schmidt on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Tuesday night, Shochu--the izakaya-style restaurant memorably reviewed by Irma Nuñez and open just since this summer--morphed into Deleece Grill Pub under the same owners, Lynne Wallack and John Handler of Deleece. Chef-partner Josh Hansen has come up with a comfort-food-heavy menu focusing on steaks and hearty sides like potatoes au gratin, bacon potato salad, bacon-rosemary stuffing, and hand-cut fries. An Asian touch remains in dishes like miso-lychee coleslaw, but Wallack is touting the Americanness of the offerings--including beer, wine, and artisanal cheeses. In a nod to the dismal economy, a three-course meal is $20 on Sunday and Wednesday nights.
Looks like shochu, the distilled spirit the restaurant served up in fancy cocktails, never caught on with the Wrigleyville crowd. Maybe they should have tried happoshu.
Deleece Grill Pub, 3313 N. Clark, 773-348-3313, open Sunday and Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 PM-midnight, Friday and Saturday, 5:30 PM-2 AM, and Sunday for brunch, 10:30 AM-2:30 PM.
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aw, bummer. I wish shochu were more readily available at bars- I guess I'll have to buy it at Mitsuwa and BYOB.
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I went there some months ago and was underwhelmed. The staff was fantastic and some of the drinks were good. For me, the drinks that featured regular shochu didn't honor the liquor well by overpowering it with various flavors. A stronger shochu (barley I think?) worked much better in the drinks. I liked the "Japanese tapas"-style concept, but the quality wasn't consistent. Raw wagyu beef, for example, was paired with shiso leaves, which completely overpowered it. There were interesting plates, but overall the experience wasn't as good as it could have been. I wasn't disappointed with my visit, but never really felt like going back with all the other choices in the neighborhood.
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