Post #27128 by tikibars on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 11:22 AM

On 2003-03-17 10:36, atomiktiki wrote:
Let us not forget the fabulous Chef Shangri-La in near by N. Riverside, where you can get cheap strong Mai-Tai's and the ambiance is great with lots of Witco and Oceanic Arts around the place. Your host Paul has been around quite a while, having spent years working in the once famous Shangri-La (which was in downtown Chicago) as a chef until the early 70's. If you come to Chicago you should definitely check out Chef Shangri-La!

Chef Shangri-La is also right up the street from Hala Kahiki (more or less), and Chef makes better drinks at a cheaper price. I like to get dinner and a couple of Mai Tai's at Chef and then go up to HK and enjoy the ambience. There's an obsure little dump called Club Paradise that I use to complete my western Chicago Tiki Trilogy if the weak drinks at HK have sobered me up too much...