Twisting The TOC: Mexx Kitchen & Pierogi!


Most of this week’s food section is devoted to new places: TABLE fifty-two (Oprah’s chef’s restaurant!), Tavern on the Park (Frenchified American food), Crimson Lounge (a bar with a signature scent), and Tamalii (a tamale stand from the Maiz people).

But what we really care about is this survey of Chicago pierogi. Note that all eight spots have an 773 area code - pierogis keep it real. The winner was Smak-Tak, and the primary metric seemed to be similarity to mother’s recipe. The loser, by our estimation, was Andrzej Grill (conveniently located at 1022 N Western Ave), which Michael Nagrant described thusly:


This dingy storefront decked out with nonworking video-poker machines looks like a front for the Polish mafia. While we were there, a man walked through the restaurant to a waiting pickup truck holding something wrapped in a blanket.


Sounds awesome! And the dumplings? “[K]ind of like a gut bomb.” Oh man, do they take reservations?


Most of this week’s food section is devoted to new places: TABLE fifty-two (Oprah’s chef’s restaurant!), Tavern on the Park (Frenchified American food), Crimson Lounge (a bar with a signature scent), and Tamalii (a tamale stand from the Maiz people).

But what we really care about is this survey of Chicago pierogi. Note that all eight spots have an 773 area code - pierogis keep it real. The winner was Smak-Tak, and the primary metric seemed to be similarity to mother’s recipe. The loser, by our estimation, was Andrzej Grill (conveniently located at 1022 N Western Ave), which Michael Nagrant described thusly:

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Twisting The TOC: Mexx Kitchen & Pierogi!