What we’re about
Attendance policies:
a) Three (3) no-shows without updating your RSVP (for standard meetups) and you will be banned from this meetup.
b) For any meetups in which food has been pre-ordered family-style, any no-shows may result in an immediate ban.
c) If you've RSVP'ed "YES" and changed your RSVP to "NO" within 3 hours before the event starts (Unless you have a REAL emergency), I will consider you as a "no-show".
If you are an adventurous eater, this is the Meetup for you. We are looking for unusual dining experiences: the more unusual, the better. Have you ever tried to gross someone out by describing your culinary adventures? What have you tried that most people won't eat? Tell us about it!
This is a Meetup to explore real but unusual foods, not dares. Postings will be moderated and inapproriate comments designed to rile people up will be removed.
Due to the unusual nature of our dining focus, it may be necessary to cancel a scheduled Meetup if the number of RSVPs falls below 3.
Much as it pains us, we reserve the right to revoke the membership of anyone whose presence negatively affects other members' experience at our events. Anyone who has been banned or has had their membership revoked and attempts to attend an event either by attending as another member's guest or without a proper RSVP may be asked to sit elsewhere if the event is held at a public venue or asked to leave if the meetup is a private event.
For those more dining meetups, , please check out our other Meetup groups, The International Supper Club of Chicago and Chicagoland Culinary Explorers. The International Supper Club focuses on cuisines from around the world, while Chicagoland Culinary Explorers focuses on casual and fine dining restaurants in the Chicago area.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Oaxacan cuisine @ Kie-Gol-Lanee (Logan Square)Kie-Gol-Lanee - Logan Square, Chicago, IL$2.00
*NOTE: The $2 meetup fee is charged to pay for fees charged by Meetup.com. Payment can be made via Cashapp/PayPal/Zelle - I will PM you payment details upon RSVP.*
Menu: https://kiegol.com/s/Kiegolanee-Dinner-Menu-2025.pdf
Table for 8 at Kie-Gol-Lanee, a Oaxacan (SW Mexican) restaurant in Logan Square. The menu features many interesting items, including chapulines (grasshoppers), huitlacoche (corn fungus), grilled quail, and stewed rabbit. The restaurant has been featured in numerous publications, including Fooditor, Eater Chicago, the New York Times, the Chicago Reader and the Michelin Guide.
From the Michelin Guide (Bib Gourmand rated):
"If you think you know what to order from this kitchen because you’ve been to Oaxaca, just wait a minute and listen to your fellow diners. They too have made the journey and their knowledge could probably draw a map of the city. Located in the heart of Little Saigon, this quiet restaurant has been thriving thanks to a clientele who knows quality when they taste it.The likes of soft, just-steamed pork tamales with a delicately spiced green mole; or wide, crackly tlayudas piled high with chorizo are presented to your table with the utmost care. The focused menu may have a number of highlights but one favorite is the Cornish hen roasted until its skin is crisp as a chip and then smothered with a dark, faintly sweet mole made from a riot of layered spices."
From Fooditor:
"Black corn fungus (Huitlacoche) doesn’t sound appealing so let’s just call it Mexican truffles for now. The way they use it here brings out that earthy flavor we yearn for when eating truffles. What’s even better is the cheese they merge it with to form my perfect quesadilla. That makes a a great starter to prepare you for the cod dish which is wrapped in banana leaf cooked with rice and vegetables. When you first open the Bacalao Blanco En Hojas De Platano dish, it releases an aroma that will make you float in mid-air.
Tip: Always look out for the venison stew and be adventurous and try the Grasshopper tacos."
