Korean Pub Grub
his first restaurant Saemaul Pocha. He knew the name would be loaded with retro-cool connotations for Koreans and offer clues as to the menu and vibe. But how to translate it into English? was easy enough: “new village.” It was also quite apt. If you haven’t recently followed this stretch of Milwaukee Avenue north through Glenview into Northbrook, where Shin set up shop, then you won’t believe its transformation. It is indeed a new village, where old strip malls (like the one housing this restaurant) are filled with new businesses and where shiny shopping centers crammed with? How do you tell non-Koreans what a is?
