I’ve been to Rise Sushi and Sake Lounge on Southport a couple of times with large groups of people. Last time was no exception as there were 8 of us in our party. There were some things that Rise did well. The menu is extensive, which was appreciated by several in our group that were not interested in sushi. Specialty entrées, noodle dishes and small plates proved to be more than enough for the non-sushi lovers to choose from.
Situated on Southport area of Lakeview, not many steps away from the Brown Line stop, Coobah is a pan-Latin restaurant with some Filipino dishes. The interior is very dark, almost like a nightclub or a café-bar with a lot of dark browns mixed in with red lights, and when we came at 6 p.m. it was like almost walking into a dingy bar in broad daylight, albeit without the smoke.
In the grand scheme of things the club atmosphere makes sense and provides for an exciting dinner experience—they serve food until 1 a.m., and bring in djs playing trendy music. The dinner the crowd was mostly younger. We appeared to be the first table seated but by the time we left at 7:45 the place had mostly filled up.
After ordering a delicious mojito, we ordered a “pizza” on special. It was more of a spongy olive oil-soaked thick bread, with piquillo peppers and green onions on a bed of spicy red pepper aoli. The pizza was devoured relatively quickly, in part because we and I were both hungry but also because it was very tasty.
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