The salt-and-pepper shrimp is seen at Kitchen 888 inside Bally's Casino Chicago. “So, yeah, Paul Kahan knows best,” added Browne laughing. I’m obsessed with the memory of tender and tangy collard greens, roasted mushrooms and provolone cheese, overstuffed in Publican Quality Bread seeded rye. It’s selling well so far, and worth going to the casino just for the melt you can’t get anywhere else. And if it doesn’t sell, we’ll take it off. “But Paul pushed and said, ‘Let’s leave it on. “And they didn’t think that their customers would like it,” she said. I’ll try those drinks eventually, and hope the mushroom-collard melt is still on the menu, because Bally’s didn’t really like it, said One Off CEO Karen Browne. You may also recognize four fan favorite cocktails from Dove’s, only available at the bistro, but made at the adjacent bar with some variations: the Cantarito, with tequila and Jarritos grapefruit soda the Temple Margarita, also with tequila, and peach puree, which should change seasonally a classic michelada, with Pacifico beer and Louisiana hot sauce plus the Medinah Mary, made with house bloody mary mix. The Medinah menu also features a smash melt, loaded with Pepper Jack cheese and caramelized onions, but incongruously layered with thick-cut garlic fries inside too.