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re: Must eats in Chicago?
Posted on 1/8/15 at 2:39 am to Geauxld Finger
Posted on 1/8/15 at 2:39 am to Geauxld Finger
The worst pizza I ever had was a deep-dish in Chicago. The crust was swimming in grease. After 2 pieces I sprinted like Usain Bolt to the bathroom. Give me thin crust any day.
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Posted on 1/8/15 at 6:33 am to BehindtheWoodshed
Before seeing a show at Second City last March, we had dinner at a place called "Pasta Palazzo."
If you care about rankings, they are #32 of 932 restaurants categorized as "italian" on Yelp. Personally, I use Yelp to help me find places, but I don't put too much stock in the rankings.
Their jalapeno gnocchi was FANTASTIC. The gnocchi was as fluffy as a pillow. Probably the best I've ever had.
If you care about rankings, they are #32 of 932 restaurants categorized as "italian" on Yelp. Personally, I use Yelp to help me find places, but I don't put too much stock in the rankings.
Their jalapeno gnocchi was FANTASTIC. The gnocchi was as fluffy as a pillow. Probably the best I've ever had.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 7:38 am to BeeFense5
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Out of these steak houses, which one should I go to : gene and georgettis, rosebud or chop house
Chop House was very good the times I have been there. I liked it better than Gibson's and Harry Caray's. One not on your list is Joe's Seafood and Prime Steak and Crab on East Grand Street is absolutely phenomenal and had some of the best service at any restaurant I've been to in the entire country.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 7:49 am to grayson88
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Ive been to Gibson's twice and it is a fine steak
And the martinis are ridiculous.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 7:51 am to HeadyBrosevelt
Posted on 1/8/15 at 8:36 am to arseinclarse
RIP Hot Doug's
IT was a damn good dog (insanely long wait)
IT was a damn good dog (insanely long wait)
Posted on 1/8/15 at 8:50 am to BehindtheWoodshed
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Where's the best pizza?
Aurelio's
Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:12 am to BehindtheWoodshed
Chop House
Carmine's
Carmine's
Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:15 am to BehindtheWoodshed
Lou Malnati for Pizza
Portillos for hot dogs and italian beef
Kuma's Corner for burgers
Portillos for hot dogs and italian beef
Kuma's Corner for burgers
Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:16 am to VABuckeye
Gibsons burgers are where its at. I never thought I would say this but there is an awesome vegetarian place called Chicago Diner. Goose Island has decent food and great beer selection. Every thursday night they release a new beer and do tastings (at least they used to)
Posted on 1/8/15 at 10:33 am to BehindtheWoodshed
UNIQUE CHICAGO FOODS
Italian beef
Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park (a close-in suburb that still feels like the city) is your top priority. A Johnnie's beef, juicy, with hot peppers (or hot oil only, my preference) is the best bite of food in the Chicago area, and maybe the planet. If you need somewhere closer to downtown, try Al's in Little Italy or Mr. Beef on the west edge of River North.
Please do not go to Portillo's for Chicago food, just as you wouldn't go to Chipotle to experience a genuine Mexican taqueria. Even if the food is a little better than you'd expect from a sterile, pre-fab chain, you're still not getting the real thing.
deep-dish pizza
Lou Malnati's is a great pie and a less overwhelming introduction to the majesty of deep-dish than some other examples. The original location is in the border suburb of Lincolnwood - dine there and you'll be surrounded by a clientele that never understood why the SNL "Da Bears" characters were thought to be funny.
hot dogs
Superdawg has the tastiest dogs in the city, but they are atypical in not using a Vienna Beef-made sausage. Don't worry, there are more hot-dog stands in Chicago than all fast-food franchises combined. Just look for the yellow Vienna Beef sign and you'll do OK.
Chicago-style thin-crust pizza
Yes, Chicago (as well as the rest of the upper Midwest) has a distinctive thin-crust pizza style - a yeasted but thin crust that has some give to it, with mountains of cheese piled over the rest of the toppings, cut into squares. The glory of this style is the wonderful Italian sausage, found everywhere in Chicago and almost nowhere else on pizza, in my experience. The sausage is applied in big chunks that project above the sea of cheese, enabling the sausage to brown. (Other toppings, buried under the cheese, tend to be inedible.) Marie's Pizza and Liquor (north side), Home Run Inn (west side) and Vito and Nick's (southwest side) are equally awesome examples of this style.
STEAK
Chicago has many fine steak houses, but why bother? You can get prime steak in almost any big city. Consider Shaw's Crab House for a classic Chicago steak house vibe, along with some of the country's best seafood.
WHAT CHICAGO HAS THAT LOUISIANA DOESN'T
real Chinese food
real Thai food
real Greek food
central and east European food
real Mexican-Mexican* food (There might be five hundred taquerias in Chicago serving food as good or better than Johnny Sanchez for $1 per taco. Meanwhile, dinner at Topolobampo might change your life.)
*not Tex-Mex, not Cal-Mex, not New Mex-Mex, etc.
Italian beef
Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park (a close-in suburb that still feels like the city) is your top priority. A Johnnie's beef, juicy, with hot peppers (or hot oil only, my preference) is the best bite of food in the Chicago area, and maybe the planet. If you need somewhere closer to downtown, try Al's in Little Italy or Mr. Beef on the west edge of River North.
Please do not go to Portillo's for Chicago food, just as you wouldn't go to Chipotle to experience a genuine Mexican taqueria. Even if the food is a little better than you'd expect from a sterile, pre-fab chain, you're still not getting the real thing.
deep-dish pizza
Lou Malnati's is a great pie and a less overwhelming introduction to the majesty of deep-dish than some other examples. The original location is in the border suburb of Lincolnwood - dine there and you'll be surrounded by a clientele that never understood why the SNL "Da Bears" characters were thought to be funny.
hot dogs
Superdawg has the tastiest dogs in the city, but they are atypical in not using a Vienna Beef-made sausage. Don't worry, there are more hot-dog stands in Chicago than all fast-food franchises combined. Just look for the yellow Vienna Beef sign and you'll do OK.
Chicago-style thin-crust pizza
Yes, Chicago (as well as the rest of the upper Midwest) has a distinctive thin-crust pizza style - a yeasted but thin crust that has some give to it, with mountains of cheese piled over the rest of the toppings, cut into squares. The glory of this style is the wonderful Italian sausage, found everywhere in Chicago and almost nowhere else on pizza, in my experience. The sausage is applied in big chunks that project above the sea of cheese, enabling the sausage to brown. (Other toppings, buried under the cheese, tend to be inedible.) Marie's Pizza and Liquor (north side), Home Run Inn (west side) and Vito and Nick's (southwest side) are equally awesome examples of this style.
STEAK
Chicago has many fine steak houses, but why bother? You can get prime steak in almost any big city. Consider Shaw's Crab House for a classic Chicago steak house vibe, along with some of the country's best seafood.
WHAT CHICAGO HAS THAT LOUISIANA DOESN'T
real Chinese food
real Thai food
real Greek food
central and east European food
real Mexican-Mexican* food (There might be five hundred taquerias in Chicago serving food as good or better than Johnny Sanchez for $1 per taco. Meanwhile, dinner at Topolobampo might change your life.)
*not Tex-Mex, not Cal-Mex, not New Mex-Mex, etc.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:27 am to busbeepbeep
quote:
Lou Malnati for Pizza
Kingston Mines is a cool hole in the wall bar with a legit rock band LINK
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:31 am to No Disrespect But
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serving food as good or better than Johnny Sanchez
Ate there NYE. Would not go again.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:43 am to BehindtheWoodshed
I was also a big fan of Balena when I went there
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:59 am to Geaux8686
agree. its just too much cheese and dough
Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:49 pm to BehindtheWoodshed
Best burger I have ever eaten. It is a short cab ride from most hotels near Michigan ave. Good local beer selections also and your welcome. au cheval.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:57 pm to lsueric25
Weiners Circle: best chocolate shakes in the world
Posted on 1/8/15 at 1:03 pm to titmouse
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Weiners Circle: best chocolate shakes in the world
Not sure if serious
Posted on 1/8/15 at 1:38 pm to Geauxld Finger
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Not sure if serious
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