You nominated, you voted, now it’s time to announce the winners of The Daily’s first-ever Best of Evanston competition: Best Evanston restaurant: 1. Bat 17 2. Found Kitchen and Social House 3. Koi Fine Asian Cuisine and Lounge Best Asian: 1. Todoroki Hibachi and Sushi 2. Koi Fine Asian Cuisine and Lounge 3. Cozy.
When restaurant owner CD Young (Kellogg ’96) opened elephant + vine in Evanston this spring, she reflected on her two ‘sister restaurants’ as support systems for each other. “It’s a sisterhood, not a brotherhood, and that language speaks volumes,” she said. “To me, it does go back to the historically female way of looking after.
By John Lee Grant |
February 25, 2021
Crash at Li’s Fine Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar, 1186 Main St., Haverhill. (Jarvi Productions photograph for WHAV News.)
Haverhill will look at local options such as improved signage and ask the state for help improving a Route 125 intersection where three crashes within two weeks forced the closure of a restaurant there.
Since Feb. 4, three cars have crashed through the front of Li’s Fine Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar, with the most recent causing enough damage to force the closure of the business. City Councilor Mary Ellen Daly O’Brien, who once lived near the intersection on Main Street where the crashes occurred, said Tuesday night the increase in population at the state border has inevitably led to traffic issues.
By WHAV Staff |
February 23, 2021
Crash at Li’s Fine Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar, 1186 Main St., Haverhill. (Jarvi Productions photograph for WHAV News.)
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Recent automobile collisions with a Route 125 restaurant have captured the attention of Haverhill City Councilor Mary Ellen Daly O’Brien.
O’Brien, who once lived near the intersection where the crashes have occurred, is asking to discuss the matter at tonight’s Haverhill City Council meeting. In recent weeks, Haverhill Police and Fire responded to three car crashes through a front window of Li’s Fine Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar, 1186 Main St. The restaurant is located near where Plaistow Road intersects with Main Street.
Evanston eateries celebrate the Lunar New Year
February 12, 2021
With Lunar New Year celebrations beginning Friday on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, several Evanston eateries, including Koi Fine Asian Cuisine & Lounge, Coffee Lab, 527 Cafe and Coocoo Cookies are ringing in the Year of the Ox with new menu items.
Koi Fine Asian Cuisine & Lounge
Koi Fine Asian Cuisine & Lounge, a restaurant specializing in Asian cuisine in Downtown Evanston, is celebrating the Lunar New Year from Feb. 12-28 with a special menu that includes several traditional lucky dishes and ingredients such as peanuts for longevity, lychee for close family bonds and dumplings and spring rolls for wealth.