MCB & BBF TK:  Activities Near and About the Wedding

Updated: 19 August 2005

Hyde Park Restaurant Recommendations (for the out of towners staying at the Ramada Inn)

Breakfast spots
 Valois and Mellow Yellow. Valois is cafeteria style and very reasonable - large portions, etc. Both are located on 53rd in the same block just west of Lake Park. 

Valois Restaurant
1518 East 53rd Street, Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 667-0647 

Mellow Yellow Restaurant
1508 East 53rd Street, Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 667-2000 

Lunch & Dinner
Also on 53rd is Noodles Etc. with a great selection of Thai type cuisine and Ragun Cajun which is Indian and sort of "soul food" to accomadate the neighborhood. Both have great food and are very reasonable, and once again are on 53rd one block west of the mellow and Valois. Noodles and Ragan Cajun are just across the street from one another. 

Noodles Etc
1458 East 53rd Street, Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 947-8787 

Rajun Cajun
1459 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 955-1145 

Italian/Chicago Deep Dish
There is also a Pizza Capri and a Giordano's in the 53rd St. area. 

Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza
5309 South Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615 

Pizza Capri
1501 East 53rd Street, Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 324-7777 

    Courtesy of the elegant & graceful Sharon Klopner

Here's a link to a map of the neighborhood:
Hyde Park  Below is a screen shot of a map

Places

Museum of Science and Industry  
Art Institute    
Millenium Park   
Museum of Contemporary Art     

Friday  26 August

Wallace Roney Septet At Green Mill 9pm-1am; 4802 N. Broadway Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 773.878.5552

Ari Brown, Ernest Dawkins, and Isaiah Spenser at Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge; 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60616  toll free: 1.312.791.9

Saturday  27 August

AFTERNOON

Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner 
Cookout and Potluck /   Samplings from Cousin's Turkish Restaurant
4:00pm - Rehearsal, 5:30pm Food
The House of  Rhythm's Backyard
2550 W Carmen Ave, Apt 1
Chicago, Il 60625-2608

Please RSVP by Saturday, 20 August - 1.773.334.4640 or Marcella's Email

EVENING

Wallace Roney Septet At Green Mill 8pm-12am; 4802 N. Broadway Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 773.878.5552

Jeff Marx Trio at Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge; 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60616  toll free: 1.312.791.9050

Sunday 28  August

Pre-dawn to noon:  Mass Pandemonium

12:15 - 12:30 : Welcome to the Wedding

12:30 : Nuptuals!   (Again, please note the time change from noon)

To 5PM :  Food, Mad Dancing & Fun, Frolic and a (Keenan) Traditional Roast. Bring your funny stories about the wedding couple!

AfterFest  - S'mores in the fire pit just a hop and skip (No Jump Necessary) from our wedding site. Please join us at the bonfire on the lake. 

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