anybody like bohemian food?

[southsidehitman]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I haven't been over that way for Bohemian food in a long time, not since the Old Prague and the Dumpling House were around. Had meals at the Golden Duck in Downers a couple of times, pretty good but not tops. I'll have to try some of the places you guys are talking about.

My dad used to hit the Bohemian bakeries on Cermak, Fingerhuts was good.

I have a score of good Bohemian jokes but you tell them to young people now and you get blank stares.

i ate at golden duck one time it was pretty good but not all it was QUaCKED UP TO BE

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by southsidehitman

isnt that the guy who wrote on the road thats a good book

Yeah.

[jdiddy]

Originally Posted by southsidehitman

i ate at golden duck one time it was pretty good but not all it was QUaCKED UP TO BE

No.

[Mister Mappy]

Anyway, back on topic, and away from lame jokes, Operetta on Fullerton just west of Central is very good. I think it's run by a family from Brno.

[NearWestSider]

Unfortunately, Czech restaurants are going the way of the Czechs, which is to say, they are vanishing into the woodwork.

Moldau on Ogden in Brookfield is good, but I don't know if I'd recommend it over the Czech Plaza. If you are making a trip to Brookfield Zoo, however, it might be worth a visit. There was another place in Brookfield (called "Little Europe" IIRC), just west of the Dunkin Donuts on Maple and Ogden. Don't know if its still there, but it is very good. The eight corners restaurant, (another well-known Czeski joint in Brookfield), is definitely gone.

Yeah, I miss the Old Prague, Dumpling House, Eight Corners, Johnny's Little Moravia, but the place I miss the most of all is the Pilsener, which used to be down the street from Czech Plaza. It was cheaper than Plaza, had bigger portions, gave free salad, free coffee and strudel or kolacky for dessert, and had the best tripe soup I've ever had.

They sure don't make restaurants like that any more.

[via chicago]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

There was another place in Brookfield (called "Little Europe" IIRC), just west of the Dunkin Donuts on Maple and Ogden. Don't know if its still there, but it is very good.

Little Europe closed late last year, and is now a Mexican joint

[southsidehitman]

Klas Restaurant - 5734 W Cermak Rd Cicero IL - CHOW

yeah its a really old resturant theres pictures in the bar of al capone eating there they have very good soups like goolosh and liver dumpling and very good breaded pork tenderloin and saurkraut and dumplings anybody who likes this kind of food has to go to klas's

[southsidehitman]

Klas Restaurant (Czech), Cicero - Chicago Area - Chowhound

theres some really good reviews on here

[Chicagodan]

Thanks for posting that great review on Klas. I grew up around the Midway Airport area and remember going to Klas as a kid, but haven't been there since. After reading that review, I'm so ready to go back!

[southsidehitman]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

Unfortunately, Czech restaurants are going the way of the Czechs, which is to say, they are vanishing into the woodwork.

Moldau on Ogden in Brookfield is good, but I don't know if I'd recommend it over the Czech Plaza. If you are making a trip to Brookfield Zoo, however, it might be worth a visit. There was another place in Brookfield (called "Little Europe" IIRC), just west of the Dunkin Donuts on Maple and Ogden. Don't know if its still there, but it is very good. The eight corners restaurant, (another well-known Czeski joint in Brookfield), is definitely gone.

Yeah, I miss the Old Prague, Dumpling House, Eight Corners, Johnny's Little Moravia, but the place I miss the most of all is the Pilsener, which used to be down the street from Czech Plaza. It was cheaper than Plaza, had bigger portions, gave free salad, free coffee and strudel or kolacky for dessert, and had the best tripe soup I've ever had.

They sure don't make restaurants like that any more.

its very sad that this kind of food is disapearing n its all about huge portions for a good price its just sad for that to disapear