Celtic Knot
626 Church St.Evanston, IL 60201
Evanston
847-864-1679
celticknotpub.com
Hours: Lunch, Dinner: seven days
Sunday brunch
Open Late: Friday & Saturday till 2, Monday-Thursday till 1, Sunday till midnight.
Our Review
It was well past 2 AM the day after Saint Patrick's Day when Debbie Evans finally gave up. Evans, a chef, was working in the kitchen at Tommy Nevin's, and she was exhausted. She took off her whites and swore then and there that she'd never work at another Irish pub. Fat chance-luckily for us. The perfectly opaque grilled salmon served here on a generous bed of spinach is so good you won't care if it's less-than-traditional pub food. (Avoid the overly sweet balsamic and garlic dressings in favor of the nicely muted blue cheese.) The server put me onto a Guinness beef tenderloin and mushroom pasty, and while the stout's flavor only peeked through, the exceedingly tender beef more than compensated, and the pastry was a flaky, buttery delight. Piping hot chips are served skin on-order them with a side of curry. There are also fish-and-chips and bangers and mash, and hard-core traditionalists/masochists will appreciate the Full Monty Irish Breakfast: bangers, bacon, black-and-white pudding, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread. More refined diners should know that Evans offers what's probably Evanston's only afternoon high tea service (Wednesdays and Saturdays). Weekday pub lunches -- usually a sandwich and soup -- are $6; pub breakfasts -- a properly poured Guinness -- are less. There's live bluegrass on Mondays; Tuesday nights feature Irish music jams.
Price: $$$
Payment Type: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Bar Details
Past Events
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A Mix of Genres: The Written Essay, the Video Essay, and the Poem
- Thu., Aug. 4, 6 p.m. 2011
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