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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".
Chicago is a wonderfully diverse city; each culture has its personality, language, customs, traditions, and cuisine. Each month we will explore various geographical regions by visiting restaurants deemed representative of the cuisines of those regions.
Each restaurant has been selected based on critical reviews, uniqueness, or Zagat or Michelin recommendations. Selections run the gamut from simple street food to 12-course meals fit for royalty. This means sometimes there will be dishes and dining practices that are very unfamiliar, but that's the fun of culinary exploration.
All meetups have been planned with the goal of enjoying a wonderful meal with wonderful company in mind. However, while meeting new people and reacquainting with old friends make the meal more enjoyable, the meal is, and always will be, the chief focus of each meetup. Please do not take up precious spots if you are not interested in the main attraction (like going to Garlic Fest if you don't like garlic in your food or a "meat-heavy" dinner and you're vegetarian).
If the presence of another member makes you uncomfortable, please let us know immediately so the offending member is removed and banned.
Banned members will not be reinstated. There is no period after which a banned member can re-apply to join.
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 more meetups, be sure to check out our sister groups: Chicagoland Culinary Explorers and Adventurous Eating. Chicagoland Culinary Explorers focuses on casual and fine dining restaurants in and around Chicago, while Adventurous Eating focuses on unusual culinary experiences.
Click here to learn more about ISCChicago.
Let's explore authentic cuisines together!
Upcoming events
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- $2.00
Ukrainian cuisine @ Magic Jug
The Magic Jug, 6354 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, il, US*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.*
*NOTE: Magic Jug is BYOB.*
Menu: https://magic-jug.com/our-menu/
Table for 8 at Magic Jug, a Ukrainian restaurant in Portage Park. The restaurant has been open for over 20 years and run by Kateryna Kravchuk and her daughter Halyna. The restaurant also was recommended by The Infatuation.
From The Infatuation:
"Magic Jug in Portage Park looks like someone uprooted a tiny cabin in the forest and dropped it off on a busy stretch of Irving Park. The floors, walls, and ceiling are decked out in light wood, but decorative trinkets keep things from feeling like you're eating in a sterile balsa box. We always get the dumplings—pelmeni and varenyky with fillings like peppery beef, potatoes, and sour cherry—but their light, umami-punched mushroom soup and juicy strips of pork with vegetables and perfectly seasoned fluffy rice are good picks, too. If you like the dumplings, you can always buy frozen ones to take home."4 attendees
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