After announcing the closure of Parachute last month, owners Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark have revealed its successor.
Later this year, Parachute Hi-Fi will take over the space at 3500 N Elston Ave in Avondale. The new concept will blend a high-fidelity music bar with creative Korean American cuisine, and serve as an expansion of the Parachute brand.
“We want to grow Parachute. We want to allow ourselves to be as creative as we want to be. We believe that a restaurant can be expressive and agile, and it can be more than one thing in more than one space,” said Kim and Clark in a release.
On the food front, expect an eclectic selection of dishes, from a pepperoni kimchi pizza puff and fish fillet sandwich with uni-tartar sauce to king oyster mushroom skewers. Parachute’s popular Bing Bread, which became a casualty of growing food costs, will make a return in limited capacity. The beverage program will offer unique cocktails featuring ingredients like parmesan cheese and octopus, as well as sool—Korean alcoholic drinks made from rice.
Parachute Hi-Fi will be open for walk-ins only, and the interior will sport touches such as wood paneling and modern lighting and acoustics. The atmosphere and experience will, of course, center around music, with CDs and vinyl being spun and played through vintage equipment in an acoustically-tuned room. The bar also hopes to host guest DJs and other special programming.
Parachute Hi-Fi is scheduled to debut this summer.