Food Blog

Prairie Moon in Evanston has always been a favorite of mine. Opened 5 years ago by seasoned Evanston restaurant people, I’ve made it a regular destination more for their rotating tap or two of unusual beer.

The food’s always been good, I’ve always loved their ‘painted soup” - roasted tomato, poblano & squash but my favorite is their shrimp and crawfish po’boy, with garlic remoulade.

And here’s the Kell’s Pub Garlic Shrimp. Loaded with garlic, basil and tomatoes.

There’s always something good on tap, like Prankster from North Coast Brewing. The Arcadia Hopmouth, a super-hopped IPA from Battle Creek Mich. is available now too.

Other local pubs like Nevin’s and Bar Louie now have a decent tap selections, Nevins includes König Ludwig Weiss, a really good Hefe-Weizen and Dogfish 90, Bar Louie has a good 16-18 or so taps, but Prarie Moon still rules Evanston by rotating a few taps with some great selections.