Just updating this thread for 2011:

St. Basil's Taste of Serbia is this Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4, from 12 noon to 11 pm.

http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/

http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/wp-content ... 11menu.pdf

As Cathy noted above and at yesterday's LTH North lunch, the live music goes until 6 pm--after that, a DJ steps in.

This event is always on Labor Day weekend: Saturday and Sunday at

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077
http://stbasilchurch.org/tos/

Noon – 11:00 P.M., Sat. & Sun., Sept. 1st and 2nd, Sunday Liturgy – 10:00 A.M.

I just saw these stats from 2010 event:

Last year our Champion Team of Volunteers:
•Used over 2400 lbs. of charcoal
•Served over 2000 guests
•BBQ’d 43 pigs and lambs, over 1800 lbs
•Served over 1000 bottles of Niksic pivos beers
•Parked over 650 cars per day
•Grilled over 700 lbs of cevap
•Rolled over 600 sarmas
•Set up over 520 chairs
•And special thanks to Jelica Kostov our Head Chef
•And then we cleaned it all up!

Taste of Serbia

Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, Aug. 30 & Sunday, Aug. 31
Rain or Shine

Festival Hours:
Saturday & Sunday, Noon to 11:00 pm
Sunday liturgy at 9:30 am

Non stop music from:
Sumadija
Prazna Flasa
Jedinstvo
DJ Spaz

Kolo dancing & lessons
Indoor & outdoor seating
Kiddie play area
Face painting
Classic car display
We can hardly wait to host you!
Welcome to our home!

Directions to St. Basil
Exit I-294 (94) at Route 60 West (Townline Road)
Turn North (right) on Riverwoods (HINT: if you turn left, you go to Costco, instead)
Continue North on Bradley Road
Church is at corner of Bradley and Old School Road

Hi,

I will be at Taste of Serbia sometime on Saturday afternoon. I may get back there on Sunday, too.

It's been a few years since I could make it. I hope it is as good as I recall.

Regards,
Cathy2

Time for the wonderful Taste of Serbia. Saturday-Sunday September 1-2, 2018 at:

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077

GAF wrote:Time for the wonderful Taste of Serbia. Saturday-Sunday September 1-2, 2018 at:

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077

There is a bridge out along this route. I don't if it affects access to this church via Rt 60 or Rt 176.

Bradley Road where it crosses the tollroad is closed for bridge repair. This does not affect people coming via route 60. If you arrive via 176, then you may want to go south on St. Mary's and east on W. Old School Road until it reaches Bradley.

Regards,
Cathy2

Hi,

More often than not, I am in South Dakota for the Labor Day weekend. I took a respite this year, because there are annual activities at home I like to do.

My Dad and I attended Taste of Serbia on Sunday evening. We ordered one pound of roasted lamb ($16) and a lamb dinner ($14) consisting of half-pound lamb, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad and two pieces of bread. When you collected your order, there were green onions or chopped onions available to eat with your food.

Since our joy is their lamb, we will dispense with the lamb dinner next time and simply begin with two pounds of lamb plus some Lepinje Serb bread.

For dessert, I bought Krempita ($4), whipped cream folded into custard between two thin layers of filo. For my Dad, I picked up a Palacinke ($3) crepe filled with chopped walnuts and rolled. For breakfast today, I made all the Palacinke we could eat filled with either cinnamon sugar or apricot jam. I happen to like these with rosehip jam, but didn't have any at home.

Before leaving, I bought another pound of roasted lamb.

We talked to some of the people there to learn their favorite Serbian restaurant is Skardalya in Brookfield. The only mention on LTH is from Panther in the Den.

I then shared with them my favorite at Gary, Indiana's Grant Avenue exit on 94 at the truck stop south of the interstate. It is a modest place in a retired truck trailer painted pale yellow. When I told it was the meeting ground of every Serb cross-country driver, they seemed surprised at my enthusiasm.

It will probably be a few more years before I get back to Taste of Serbia. Cannot wait!

Regards,
Cathy2

St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,
...
We talked to some of the people there to learn their favorite Serbian restaurant is Skardalya in Brookfield. The only mention on LTH is from Panther in the Den.
...
Regards,
Cathy2

Skadarliya
9237 W Ogden Ave, Brookfield

It is the nicest Serbian restaurant of the half dozen in the area. Big menu but not all items are always available.

I think the Oak Park Boys did a mini crawl years ago?

Always worth the visit.

Panther in the Den wrote:
St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

They were better at responding this year and just in time!

Hi John and Linda,

Our festival is next Saturday, 9/15, 10:00-2:00.

We really hope you can make it this year - please introduce yourselves to us - ask for Milan and Sue Popovic.

We look forward to meeting you!

Good evening and Have a blessed week!

Panther in the Den wrote:St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield

Has an annual Summer Serbian Fest with music, food and drinks.

We spotted a sign on Ogden many years ago and stopped by. Had a great time. Small local affair.

Have tried to go again, over the years wrote them emails, left phone messages. Might be too late in the season anyway.

I’ll stay on it.

’Til 10 today

Taste of Serbia in Lake Forest is this weekend, August 31/September 1, 2019 at St. Basil's. Details upline.

St. Basil's Church (Serbian Orthodox)
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (847) 247-0077
https://www.stbasilchurch.org/taste_of_serbia

Directions to St. Basil
Exit I-294 (94) at Route 60 West (Townline Road)
Turn North (right) on Riverwoods (HINT: if you turn left, you go to Costco, instead)
Continue North on Bradley Road
Church is at corner of Bradley and Old School Road

I am missing it this year. My parents will go, because we really enjoy the food and atmosphere.

Don't let the absence of Cathy2 prevent you from attending. It will still be great, although perhaps not as great, even though Cathy's parents will attend to make it special.

I've been to this before and really enjoyed it. Better food and more fun than a (I think) a Greek Orthodox church's festival nearby that takes places around this time too.