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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 7:40 am
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CHICAGO - Dinner Sat April 1
Hey all, had to cut a vaca short so am in town for Saturday April 1.

anyone up for early dinner?

I'm thinking Argyle Street for some great Vietnamese or maybe Mid Eastern (near Kedzie & Lawrence) but am open to other suggestions. Only requirement is that it is early (no later than 6pm as I despise waiting for a restaurant)

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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 9:07 am
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I'm around. I'd prefer not Vietnamese/Cambodian/Thai because all the peanuts severely limit my choices. Any Middle Eastern sounds great, however. I may have to make an afternoon on the North Side and hit Hot Doug's for a sausage for a late lunch to tide me over!
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 10:33 am
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If I can finish my "house-related" duties with the SO, I'd be up for an early dinner.....Middle Eastern good by me as well.....
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick
Any Middle Eastern sounds great
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If I can finish my "house-related" duties with the SO, I'd be up for an early dinner.....Middle Eastern good by me as well.....
Early dinner for Middle Eastern it is, I know of a place on Kedzie, just south (2-3 doors down) of Kedzie & Lawrence.

Shall we say 5pm?

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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
Early dinner for Middle Eastern it is, I know of a place on Kedzie, just south (2-3 doors down) of Kedzie & Lawrence.

Shall we say 5pm?
Ok with me.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 10:32 am
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Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick
Ok with me.


further FYI, the restaurant is on the western side of kedzie.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 12:46 pm
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ok - my email has been dead since last night (I think the ISP needs to clean out the log files again), so call me if anything changes - same goes for the thread lurkers who know who you are.

I'm going to leave now and do some shopping, and will be there at 5.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick
I'm going to leave now and do some shopping, and will be there at 5.
don't forget to buy that watch I've had my heart set on. See you at 5.

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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 6:49 pm
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great dinner tonight with bseller and ElmhurstNick at Al Khayameih, write up here: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=543436

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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 10:54 pm
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I stopped by the restaurant at 5pm sharp -- no sign of anyone remotely FT-ish. The waiter said there wasn't a reservation or anything.

Oh well, maybe next time.
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by izzik
I stopped by the restaurant at 5pm sharp -- no sign of anyone remotely FT-ish. The waiter said there wasn't a reservation or anything.
At 5pm sharp, the other two were running a bit late so I was shopping in the market just south of the restaurant. At 5:20, we all were seated, seeing as it was early there were only three other tables with patrons, so it would have been easy to ask "R U a FT'er?" as I've had to do when meeting new faces.

As you stated, next time.

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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 9:39 am
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Sorry I missed y'all, but the earliest I could've made it over was 6. But I heard the food was good, complete with leftovers, and company was great. Hopefully next time
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:21 am
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well, I left right at 5:05pm.. however, I did see potentially FTers hurry into the restaurant.. was it someone who parked a black car? or someone in a tan jacket?

in any case, next time...
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by cawhite
Sorry I missed y'all..
you were missed as well.
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by cawhite
Sorry I missed y'all, but the earliest I could've made it over was 6. But I heard the food was good, complete with leftovers, and company was great. Hopefully next time
The company was great? Did some non-posters show up?
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