Chef Shangri-La, North Riverside , IL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 12:16 AM This is a great, fully intact Chinese bamboo and Witco heaven with authentic food and drinks still being served in that tradition. I borrowed some images from Critiki ( http://critiki.com/pictures/?loc_id=499#/16 ) to open the image posting here that will hopefully make this thread equally as visually rewarding as the one about Chicago Shangri La, the place that eventually lead to the opening of the "Chef" http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32552&forum=2 the menu the old sign The interesting thing is that Paul Fong opened Chef Shangri-La in 1976, so he got his Witco carvings just in time before Witco went under. I was told that the Chicago rep for Witco told Paul that these carvings were not gonna be available much longer: Go and see this place when in Chicago, I gave it a page in Tiki Modern, and it is wonderful it is still operating!

This is a great, fully intact Chinese bamboo and Witco heaven with authentic food and drinks still being served in that tradition.

I borrowed some images from Critiki ( http://critiki.com/pictures/?loc_id=499#/16 ) to open the image posting here that will hopefully make this thread equally as visually rewarding as the one about Chicago Shangri La, the place that eventually lead to the opening of the "Chef" http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32552&forum=2

the menu

the old sign

The interesting thing is that Paul Fong opened Chef Shangri-La in 1976, so he got his Witco carvings just in time before Witco went under. I was told that the Chicago rep for Witco told Paul that these carvings were not gonna be available much longer:

Go and see this place when in Chicago, I gave it a page in Tiki Modern, and it is wonderful it is still operating!

Post #639605 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 12:16 AM