# Quiet restaurant/bar was a Saturday night date?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-restaurant-bar-was-a-saturday-night-date/636097 "2012-09-28T03:20:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-restaurant-bar-was-a-saturday-night-date/636097/1 "2012-09-28T03:20:58Z")

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I’ve got a first date Saturday night and I need ideas. I’d like to get dinner and drinks somewhere quiet in Lakeview/Lincoln Park/Downtown. Something affordable but not cheap. Possibly with a dessert place nearby that we could walk to afterwards.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-restaurant-bar-was-a-saturday-night-date/636097/2 "2012-09-28T06:29:07Z")

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Well, “Affordable” is a relative term. If you don’t mind dropping a hunnert bucks on dinner, you might try Geja’s on Armitage. Lots of dessert options nearby. Gemini Bistro is another option.

Overall, I’d suggest you meander over to [yelp.com](http://yelp.com) and do some due diligence over there. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-restaurant-bar-was-a-saturday-night-date/636097/3 "2012-09-28T06:58:00Z")

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Define affordable.

[Sola](http://www.sola-restaurant.com/) (on Lincoln just south of Irving Park) is nice and not outrageous but you’ll drop a hundo no problem, probably more like $150 with a few drinks.

[Cafe Ba Ba Raba](http://www.cafebabareeba.com/) is great fun if you like Tapas and it should cost you a bit less but it can get noisy and isn’t really intimate.

If you like beer [Goose Island](http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/clybourn_brewpub/65.php) is always good, inexpensive, casual. He [menu](http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/clybourn_food_menu/129.php) is pretty good and shouldn’t break the bank.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-restaurant-bar-was-a-saturday-night-date/636097/4 "2012-09-29T02:18:48Z")

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I live in Lake View and I eat out often. I’d suggest [Yoshi’s Cafe](http://www.yelp.com/biz/yoshis-cafe-chicago), [Frog and Snail](http://frognsnail.com/) or [Jack’s on Halstead](http://www.jacksonhalsted.com/menu.html).

They’re a bit more upscale than the typical Lake View place, but you’re not going to spend a serious amount of cash.