Every year we have a Chicago Christkindlmarket Date Day and every year we freeze our butts off. To make matters worse, by the time we visit, they’re usually out of the year’s commentative wine mugs. Today was finally different! It Read more…
It was a perfect day, so we made plans to park in downtown Chicago, walk to Lincoln Park Zoo and have an outdoor lunch somewhere along the way. With memories of Jonathon Brandmeier’s The Moo-Moo Song dancing in our heads, Read more…
Today, we tried the best burger in America. Seriously, the best burger in America. At least that’s what Bon Appetit and many others have said about the burger at Au Cheval. People typically wait hours to get a table at Read more…
The Little Goat Diner, located in the West Loop, is an upscale take on the classic American diner. At lunchtime, it is crowded, noisy and full of great food! The servers were a little slow, but overall, we loved the Read more…
March 8, 2018 MingHin never disappoints. On this visit, we decided to go with soup and appetizers. As usual, it was Won Ton for Theresa and Hot and Sour for Tom. Both were good, but Tom promised to try something different Read more…
Wow! Not since Schaller’s Pump (unfortunately now closed) have we been to such an old school place. Charlie Beinlich’s looks like it is right out of the 1950’s, when it opened. We found a table, peered across the room to Read more…
Svea is a tiny little diner and probably the only authentic Swedish restaurant left in Andersonville. We walked in the door, were greeted by the friendly staff and shown to a table by the window. As we reviewed the menu, Read more…
If you haven’t been to Carmine’s, we highly recommend it. We’ve been there 4-5 times in the past two years and have not once been disappointed. Though it is part of the Rosebud conglomeration of restaurants, Carmine’s keeps it’s feel Read more…
Oyster Bah is a Lincoln Park seafood restaurant that specializes in oysters and casual seafood dishes such as clam chowder, garlic shrimp and crab cakes. They also have plenty of non-seafood fare for the those who are aquatic food challenged. Read more…
We’ve walked past Russian Team Time many times, but never thought to try it out. It seemed campy and perhaps a rip-off of NYC’s Russian Tea Room. Today, however, we decided, what the heck, let’s try it. We were surprised. Read more…