Thrillist - Act One Cafe & Mayne Stage - Chicago, IL

Chef'd by a Kendall College-trained chef who used to be the drummer for Veruca Salt, Act One's the comfortable, stained-glass-and-wood-trimmed-green-booth'd grubbery half of a cafe/music venue double act, the other part of which will be called Mayne Stage (pray to god it doesn't start its own contrived webisode series). First-course noshes rock out to the tune of chicken liver mousse w/ cherry-port jelly & smoky clove lavash, lobster hushpuppies w/ tarragon aioli, and spring rolls of caramelized plantain and jerk chicken, who's crossing the road because he &%$% wants to, and what &%$#@% business is it of yours? Those infected with the hunger can next-level to sammies (e.g., Berkshire pork French dip w/ hot house mustard), "Boilermaker" battered fish 'n chips w/ spicy malt vinegar, and a shrimp/scallop/calamari stew (w/ Fresno chili, black beans, and saffron tomato broth) called "Seafood Booyah", which would also have a webisode series if only it could look straight into the camera.

For the deets:http://thrl.st/aVnQNr

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• beer
• bar
• tap
• food
• lunch
• dinner
• stage