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the glencoe anchor | September 19, 2019 | 23<br />
Ten Ninety opens new kitchen on the fly<br />
1<br />
Nick Frazier<br />
Contributing Sports Editor<br />
If you want something<br />
done well, you’ve got to do<br />
it yourself.<br />
That’s why Glenview’s<br />
Ten Ninety Brewing Company<br />
recently started serving<br />
food made from scratch<br />
in their own kitchen, a<br />
change owner Brian Schafer<br />
says has been well-received<br />
among North Shore<br />
residents.<br />
Ten Ninety was originally<br />
founded in 2012 in Zion<br />
but moved to Glenview<br />
four years later. Schafer,<br />
a former CFO, was determined<br />
to bring the food inhouse.<br />
That meant building<br />
a brand new kitchen, hiring<br />
chefs and trying out new<br />
recipes.<br />
A brewery first, Schafer<br />
said the company keeps the<br />
flavors of the food in mind<br />
to best accompany the beer.<br />
“A lot of beers that<br />
we’ve brewed in the past<br />
and in the current and the<br />
future, we think about flavor<br />
profiles first and brew<br />
the beer, where a lot of<br />
breweries brew the beer<br />
and think about what food<br />
to pair it with,” Schafer<br />
explained. “A lot of our inspiration<br />
comes from food<br />
when we’re brewing. It’s a<br />
natural progression that we<br />
have the food now.”<br />
Previously, Ten Ninety<br />
was serving traditional bar<br />
food. Now, the restaurant<br />
wants residents to know<br />
they can order food off a<br />
diverse menu to pair with<br />
their favorite pints.<br />
“We want to let people<br />
know that we’re not just a<br />
brewery serving bar food,”<br />
Schafer said. “We have<br />
salmon, we have mussels,<br />
we’ve got different salads.<br />
We still have a mighty tasty<br />
burger, we’re doing pizza,<br />
Ten Ninety’s Drunken Mussels ($15) are P.E.I. mussels<br />
braised in Juice God butter sauce with spicy chorizo<br />
and lemon served with crostini.<br />
Ten Ninety Brewing<br />
Company<br />
1025 N Waukegan<br />
Road, Glenview<br />
(224) 432-5472<br />
4-10 p.m. Monday-<br />
Friday<br />
12-10 p.m. Saturday<br />
12-6 p.m. Sunday<br />
www.ten-ninety.com<br />
because we don’t want to<br />
turn our back on some of<br />
the biggest sellers and most<br />
popular foods in the country.<br />
We’re doing it with<br />
unique twists; we incorporate<br />
our beer in every menu<br />
item.”<br />
Ten Ninety began rolling<br />
out a food menu a few<br />
months ago on the fly. A<br />
few dishes, like the Ten<br />
Ninety Burger and the Beer<br />
Tachos (tater tots, beer<br />
cheese sauce, crumbled bacon,<br />
and chive with a fried<br />
egg on top) are already fan<br />
favorites.<br />
There are a few constant<br />
staples in the menu, but<br />
there’s also a lot of experimenting<br />
with dishes to find<br />
the next crowd favorite.<br />
“We’re a brewery, so<br />
we like to experiment,”<br />
Schafer said. “I tell everybody<br />
here, ‘If you’ve got a<br />
good idea and people like<br />
it, we’ll go with it.’ Good<br />
ideas can come from anywhere<br />
at any level in the<br />
organization.”<br />
The cooks in the kitchen<br />
have free range to come up<br />
with new ideas, and if it<br />
passes the taste test, it will<br />
end up on the menu.<br />
“That gets people excited<br />
about the job,” Schafer<br />
said. “More ownership.<br />
There’s pride because they<br />
know this is what I’m doing,<br />
there’s a little bit of me<br />
going out in every dish.”<br />
A few lucky 22nd Century<br />
Media editors got to<br />
sample a wide range of Ten<br />
Ninety’s new dishes.<br />
We started with the<br />
famed Ten Ninety Burger<br />
($15), which features two<br />
grass-fed beef patties with<br />
sharp American cheese,<br />
cucumber and diced white<br />
onion. The burger is cooked<br />
with Rancorous III, a craft<br />
beer brewed at Ten Ninety.<br />
Next up were the Drunken<br />
Mussels ($15), with<br />
P.E.I. mussels sauteed in<br />
Juice God, a New Englandstyle<br />
IPA. Included were<br />
spicy chorizo and lemon,<br />
and the appetizer was<br />
served with crostini.<br />
Another popular dish<br />
the 22CM editors tried was<br />
The Roosevelt pizza ($16),<br />
a dish Schafer’s daughter<br />
came up with. The dough<br />
is made with one of Ten<br />
Ninety’s lagers, and The<br />
Roosevelt is a white pizza<br />
made of gouda, caramelized<br />
onions, sauteed mushrooms<br />
and olive oil.<br />
The next dish was the<br />
Buffalo Chicken Sammich<br />
($13), an 8-ounce fried<br />
chicken breast with crumbled<br />
blue cheese, tossed in<br />
MPF Buffalo sauce with<br />
mixed greens and ranch<br />
dressing on the side.<br />
Lastly, we enjoyed the<br />
mixed greens salad ($8),<br />
which featured cherry tomatoes,<br />
cucumber, blue<br />
cheese crumbles, croutons<br />
and the Rancorous III vinaigrette.<br />
The salmon on top<br />
of the salad was a classy<br />
touch.<br />
Ten Ninety is now open<br />
seven days a week, and<br />
The seared salmon dinner ($20, here shown as a<br />
salad) is a healthy option with a 6-ounce pan-seared<br />
salmon filet served on field greens, quinoa and brown<br />
rice, drizzled with a blackberry sharp wit and butter<br />
emulsion and finished with fresh parsley and lemon.<br />
Photos by Michal Dwojak/22nd Century Media<br />
the taproom hosts trivia<br />
on Thursdays and even offers<br />
bags lessons. Schafer<br />
enjoys getting to show his<br />
creative side at the restaurant.<br />
September 19 th to October 6 th<br />
35 %– 70 %<br />
OFF<br />
IN STOCK OR ORDERED IN. SOME EXCLUSIONS APPLY<br />
“I’ve always had that.<br />
It’s something you’ve got<br />
to suppress a little more as a<br />
CFO,” Schafer said. “Coming<br />
into work in shorts and<br />
a T-shirt is pretty nice.”<br />
847-699-9090 · 1120 N. Milwaukee Ave., Glenview<br />
Monday-Friday 10:00 am-6:oo pm • Saturday 10:00 am-5:00 pm<br />
Sunday 11:00 am-5:00 pm<br />
www.lightingbyfox.com