Parachute HiFi, the creative Korean American restaurant and cocktail bar in Avondale, retains its original Michelin-starred DNA, but has been reimagined beautifully with casual cuisine and amplified style by James Beard award-winning chefs, owners and spouses Johnny Clark and Beverly Kim for the world we live in right now.â
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Kim describes the newest incarnation of Parachute, which just celebrated its 11th anniversary this month, more specifically as a listening bar. These bars trace their lineage back a hundred years or so to jazz kissa cafe culture in Japan, where listening to jazz records through high-fidelity equipment brings music to the forefront.â
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Clarkâs eclectic audiophile collection inspired Parachute HiFi, which opened last August, yet their food and cocktails canât help but claim the spotlight.â
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Photo 1: The Parachute cheeseburger at Parachute HiFi (@parachutechicago). It gets cut in half, placed cut side down in its own pool of cheese, plus a pour of bordelaise, the classic French red wine sauce typically reserved for steak. â
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Photo 2: The tteokbokki pad thai.â
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Photo 3: Chef-owner Johnny Clark puts a record on a turntable in the DJ booth.â
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Photo 4: The bingsu cocktail.â
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Photo 5: People enter Parachute HiFi in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood. â
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? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribuneâ
?ď¸ Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune
Parachute HiFi, the creative Korean American restaurant and cocktail bar in Avondale, retains its original Michelin-starred DNA, but has been reimagined beautifully with casual cuisine and amplified style by James Beard award-winning chefs, owners and spouses Johnny Clark and Beverly Kim for the world we live in right now.â
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Kim describes the newest incarnation of Parachute, which just celebrated its 11th anniversary this month, more specifically as a listening bar. These bars trace their lineage back a hundred years or so to jazz kissa cafe culture in Japan, where listening to jazz records through high-fidelity equipment brings music to the forefront.â
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Clarkâs eclectic audiophile collection inspired Parachute HiFi, which opened last August, yet their food and cocktails canât help but claim the spotlight.â
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Tap on our bio link to read more.â
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Photo 1: The Parachute cheeseburger at Parachute HiFi (@parachutechicago). It gets cut in half, placed cut side down in its own pool of cheese, plus a pour of bordelaise, the classic French red wine sauce typically reserved for steak. â
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Photo 2: The tteokbokki pad thai.â
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Photo 3: Chef-owner Johnny Clark puts a record on a turntable in the DJ booth.â
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Photo 4: The bingsu cocktail.â
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Photo 5: People enter Parachute HiFi in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood. â
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? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribuneâ
?ď¸ Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune