Divan Restaurant

Moby Dick will be upset. It’s our favorite go to Persian take out restaurant. We have been going there for almost fifteen years. The first place we visited was in Georgetown, then in Arlington, and now there is a shop just a couple of blocks away from our northern Virginia condo. A second favorite is Yekta in Rockville. But we haven’t been there since the pandemic. It’s a great sit down place. There are also a few other Persian options in town but we aren’t impressed with any of them. When we lived in the Midwest Reza’s in Chicago was a favorite. While on our morning walk in the neighborhood the other day we noticed signs for a new restaurant in the little strip mall just down the street. Prior to this new place that will be coming on the fall were Greek and Mediterranean fare. But the new place is called Divan - another Persian restaurant and it is supposed to open in early fall. It sits between two Thai places and an Italian place that is moving in from another location. I tried looking up Divan, but couldn’t find much of anything. There doesn’t seem to be any other similar locations around here. So, it might become another option for our favorite kabobs and such. But nothing will ever take the place of Moby Dick. Nothing beats it! 

Reza's in Chicago

We haven't been there in eight years. We used to go to Reza's Persian Restaurant about every two or three months when we lived in Milwaukee over a thirty year period. We are visiting our old homestead in the Midwest for the weekend. It's been so nice seeing neighbors, friends, and colleagues. But tonight our dear friends planned an outing for dinner in Chicago at Reza's. The ride from Milwaukee to Chicago was so familiar as we have taken it so many times before. Every Christmas time we stayed in Chicago for my birthday and ended up at Reza's. We took out of town family members there when they came to visit us. It was a very familiar place. Once inside, the restaurant was the same, and it was packed. There was so much food left over we decided to cancel lunch reservations for tomorrow and try to finish up the kabobs and other tasty items instead. It's not so much the place but the people and times in our life that we spent there. It was such a treat to go once again. This time we were the guests.