Aug. 06--MK restaurant (868 N. Franklin St., 312-482-9179), closed for three weeks to accommodate filming for a reality TV show, will reopen to the public Friday.
Michael Kornick's restaurant reportedly made a nice piece of change (and allowed its staffers some paid vacation time) in exchange for being the backdrop for the reality TV show "First Dates," an American version of an existing British show.
The reopening coincides, not so coincidentally, with executive chef Erick Williams' late-summer menu, which includes market tomato salad with watermelon, mint and buttermilk crisp; sweet-corn soup with Jonah crabmeat and cilantro; and Alaskan halibut with purple potatoes and garlic scape relish.
Phil Vettel is a Tribune critic.
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