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As much as we loved bersome because it is one Chef Roderick’s previous restaurants we were seriously ex- page front and back, but it cited to dive into the deliciousness at MLG. is pretty all encompassing with nine different start- Despite the fast turnaround from the former Candy Apple ers, soups, salads, burgers, Cafe, MLG has an entirely different feel than Candy Apple. sandwiches, seafood op- Gone is the whimsy, the bright colors, the southern menu, the tions, pasta, meat and poul- fun and funky cocktails. If that sounds like a drag, take heart. try, and sides. Stylistically it MLG brings a lot to the table. The space has been redone in offers a handful of southern cream and dark chocolate, with exposed bulb light fixtures. inspired options along with The setup, the tables, and chairs are still the exact same, the some more midwestern chair frames are just painted to convey the grown up feel of style choices and some older food trends. Realistically it is the new place. The Seminole Club building has over a century almost the same exact menu from the original MLG in the of history, and while MLG is new, it has an old world charm high end suburbs of Chicago. This is almost exactly the sort that fits the building without feeling old. of menu my family from the Midwest looks for. It’s hearty and has some sort of options everyone can feel comfortable with. MLG – Interior We’ve been to MLG a cou- For our appetizers we ordered The King’s French Onion Soup, ple times now, and in full the Crabby Patty, and the Wild Mushroom Flatbread. All disclosure we left the first three of these were visually appealing in the way they were time disappointed. That plated. The french onion soup was topped with a circle of puff may have been in part due pastry that looked almost like a biscuit at first glance. Quite to unnecessarily high ex- tantalizing. The puff pastry sat on some gooey, melty cheese, pectations. It may have been and the broth brimming with soft onions had a nice depth of because we know Executive flavor. This was enjoyable and I would order it again. The crab Chef Roderick Smith from cake was the most expensive and least impressive of the ap- previous restaurants and we petizers we tried. It should be pricier, it’s crab. But at $17 for came in already fans of his two crab cakes, the flavor didn’t placate the cost. There was food, not fully embracing nothing wrong with it, it just didn’t do anything for us. The the fact that this restaurant mushroom flatbread was a nice, shareable appetizer. It was is a second location for a Chicago-based restaurant. What I several triangles loosely overlapping each other on the dish, can tell you is that there is plenty to love on this menu, and covered with sautéed spinach, fontina cheese, copious mush- also that it takes some time for any restaurant to find its foot- rooms, and finished with balsamic. There was some truffle oil ing. MLG threw an entire staff together and opened a restau- in there, too. The truffle was nice and mild, not overpower- rant in just over a month. That’s insane in the culinary world ing. This was a solid dish and good for sharing that absolutely of construction delays, staff hiring, etc. Our second visit to anyone can enjoy. MLG a few weeks after they opened was much more in line with what a premium casual downtown restaurant might be. After we were seated and placed our order for appetizers out came a bowl of pork rinds and house made chips. In a day and age where restaurants try to nickel and dime diners for bread and butter it’s nice to walk into a place that gives you some- thing to munch on that’s fun and different with no strings attached.