We Pray. My Aunt Ann & her husband Joe came to Chicago in March for my mother’s Mass & Memorial Luncheon. We celebrated mom’s life with her other sister, Kay, my cousin Eileen and family and friends from near and far.
We Eat. At some point, my son Chris was asked by Ann & Joe to get a gift certificate to a restaurant that Mark & I would enjoy. As James Taylor sings in Nobody But You, “What you gonna do with folks like that?”
Well, on a recent Saturday in June, we felt like we could finally exhale for an evening and so sauntered over to Skokie’s gem of a spot for a meal that simply must be documented!
- Libertad Manhattan ~ libertad house oak infused tequila, la pinta pomegranate tequila (insert Mark smiley face here!)
- Libertad Real ~ garbel prosecco brut sparkling wine, la pinta pomegranate tequila liqueur, cinnamon bitters (insert Ann smiley face here!)
- Albondigas ~corn fritter, wild mushrooms, turnip, tomatillo-basil sauce
- Aguacate ~ frisee lettuce, avocado, croutons, manchego cheese, radish, jerez vinaigrette
- Venera ~ scallops, black rice, long beans, yuzu-habanero butter sauce
- Salmon ~ mezcal-range-chile de arbol glazed salmon, aspargus rice, jicama, lemongrass beurre blanc
- Exotic Custard* ~ passion fruit-mango-banana custard, prickly pear anglaise, banana sorbet
*can be known to compel one to want to announce to entire restaurant that “Everyone here MUST try this dish!”
That’s it! Simple, elegant, perfection! Gracias mi familia!
