Ben and Josh at Chicken Hut

"Look everyone. I'm having my third cup of Pepsi!"









Ben can't wait to dive into that delicious Chicken Hut chicken.



















I can wait, but I only chose to wait until the picture was taken.

Josh

Restaurant Review: Paprika

Service: -1
Food: 6 1/2
Ambiance: 5

If you're into seeing one man impress you with how much he can do in a restaurant then go to Paprika on Lawrence, but if you want a meal when you're actually hungry and would like to leave when you're done than look elsewhere. There must have been a staff shortage because, the owner I'm guessing, was doing everything including: cooking, serving, bussing, and hosting.
The food was decent. I had the Basil Ki Chicken (sauteed chicken breast with tomatoes, onions, red peppers and basil). I'm not a huge proponent of Indian which makes me a little biased, but it was enjoyable. The chicken was tender and there was a burst of basil flavor in each bite. The garlic naan, which the owner/server etc. made himself in the downtime between orders, was very good. If it had been designed as a European slow paced restaurant than by all mean the slow service would have been fine. This guy just stretched himself to thin. Kass, Eric and I were able to laugh off the endless waiting. Paprika was in the "Best of Chicago" edition of Chicago magazine for their dessert. We didn't even get that far because that would have added another hour to the two we'd already spent in there before we could even get the man's attention to ask for our bill. Uhhhhhh! It drives me crazy just thinking about it. I shan't be returning soon.




Here's a sneak peek at Eric's review

Service 2
Food 7
Ambiance 5

Well someone needs to put a an AD in the paper for a server and that place is Paprika...

le Michael Pizza

We had a super fun show on Thursday night at iO, for two reasons.

Number one, we just had a lot of fun onstage. At one point, Josh and I were breaking so hard that we each had tears in our eyes and neither of us could stop laughing. We just stood there for about 30 seconds trying to hold back the tears.

But the second reason why it was a really fun night is because, after the show, we met two really awesome women. One was from France and had brought her friend from Los Angeles ALL THE WAY to iO Chicago because her French improv teacher had recommended Michael Pizza. In a French improv class. IN FRANCE! I thought "surely she is mistaken and her teacher actually just recommended iO Chicago and not Michael Pizza specifically". But no, she assured me that her teacher recommended us! So, unless he was actually recommending "Michael's Pizza" (the pizza place near Irving Park that refused to return our phone calls about helping with our two year anniversary show), it seems like we are pretty much taking Europe by storm right now.

So, yeah, Charna and I are in discussions to open up L'improvisation olympique.