Penny’s, Wicker Park, Chicago
A good thing about living on the Blue Line again, and just a few stops past where I used to live, is that we can quickly go to Wicker Park and visit the restaurants that we used to like going to when I lived in East Ukrainian Village.
Penny’s is a pan-Asian restaurant with a few locations around Chicago. We really like it and used to order food to be delivered to my old house a lot… until that one time when the delivery driver’s car got stolen. On Friday night we went to Penny’s and had huge bowls of soup. Hit the spot since we’ve both been sick and the weather is turning cold again.
Heh, I was just looking at posts I’ve made about Penny’s on rachelleb.com and came across this old one from when I took my family there. Look how young Stephanie and Jessica are!
steve // Jan 26, 2009 at 8:40 am
ah, i miss wicker park. penny’s was great for cheap, fast thai take-away.
Lynn Stevens // Jan 26, 2009 at 10:18 am
Penny’s has owned a property on Diversey (somewhere between California & Sacramento I think) for some time.
Maybe you’d could get on them about opening one in Logan Square!
tankboy // Jan 26, 2009 at 10:47 am
Dang. I was having a Penny’s craving this weekend, but this just sealed it … I need to get me some Penny’s noodles with chicken STAT!
Richard // Jan 26, 2009 at 10:58 am
Steph and Jess do both look very young and I remember going there very well, so I was surprised to find out it was 4 years ago.
RachelleB // Jan 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm
@steve – we used to also get zen noodles delivered a lot too.. it’s right on north, east of damen. especially after the car stealing incident and penny’s wouldn’t answer my call a few times. don’t get the sushi though. we have a rule against getting sushi at non-sushi restaurants. it’s never good.
@lynn – that would be awesome.
@tankboy – go! i got the veggie soup and we split the thai spring rolls and the shrimp salad. the salad was really good.. spicy! the veggie soup was ok.. i’d have liked more flavor in the broth. unfortch we had a clueless waiter who never came back to ask how things were. i was going to ask for some shoyu but never got the chance.
@richard – i was surprised it was that long ago too.. til i saw the photos!
Mom // Jan 27, 2009 at 5:38 am
I too remember that night. Four years ago? What? I remember Stephanie ate her whole meal with chopsticks? right?
but four years ago? where did THAT time go?
Dad // Jan 27, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I also remember going there I drove Richard’s car there we were taking you home.Had Jess put the soup in the spoon and the handle was like trough open her mouth let it slide down.
Dad
RachelleB // Jan 27, 2009 at 2:12 pm
haha. yeh, the miso soup spoon. well, we should go back there some time now that we’re not too far away. 2 el stops or a short drive.