Category: Restaurant
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Akikos
I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since Plamen and I ate here, but I am very thankful for him reaching out with the invite. The first in the Otsumami part of the meal was the Katsuo Tataki. It was, but a little fishy tasting, so not my favorite. Next was the Mehikari, or greeneyes
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Oriole
This was our last night in Chicago, so I had us scheduled for Oriole. We arrived about 10 minutes before opening and were waiting outside in 90+ degree temperatures. Fortunately, the host saw us outside and let us in where we sat inside the working elevator/lift that they had turned into the waiting area. When
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Bongiorno’s Cucina Italiana & Pizzeria
Andrea and I were starving after our architectural river boat tour (and probably experiencing a bit of heat exhaustion), although we didn’t want to eat too much either because we had an early dinner. We just did some searches on google maps and this place was the closest place with a decent rating. Andrea had
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Indienne
We were very interested to try this restaurant because we love good Indian food and of course we love fine dining. I had opted us both to do the non-vegetarian tasting menu, but in retrospect, i wish we had done one vegetarian and one non-vegetarian just so we could try the different dishes. There were
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Town House Cafe
Before we headed over to Chicago, we had a quick lunch in St. Charles. We wanted something relatively light so this cafe looked pretty good. The cafe is also associated with a bookstore (we didn’t have time to go in). Andrea ordered the Ham & Cheese Melt and I ordered the asparagus quiche and cream
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Rookies All American Bar & Grill
We were helping out Kristine by picking up Heidi from her IMSA class (focused on Code Breaking) and then taking her to lunch which we were very happy to do. Kristine suggested Rookies that was a place nearby that Heidi liked. It’s a typical bar and grill, but is attached to the Fox Valley Ice
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Butterbird
We headed over near Camp Randall Stadium where we would be attending the Coldplay concert. We had some time to kill beforehand so ended up going to Butterbird for an early dinner. With all of the people there for the concert and it being a Saturday evening every dining place was very busy including here.
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Tornado Steak House
I was interested in trying a Wisconsin supper club, which was a perfect venue for Andrea’s reuniting with a couple of her high school friends, Laurie, Jean, and Jean’s daughter Chloe. We ended up picking Tornado Steak House which proved to be quite popular, esp. on a Friday evening and given that this was located
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Fairchild
Our financial advisors are based in Madison so while we were here they offered to take us out to dinner. They know what foodies we are so they selected Fairchild which they was a trendy restaurant. It was located on Monroe St., not too far from Camp Randall Stadium where we would be attending the
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Settle Down Tavern
We were having lunch with Anna, one of Andrea’s college friends, and as a suprise, her sone Liam joined us. We picked Settle Down Tavern for lunch which was just off the capitol square and also just a few blocks from our hotel. We of course had to get the Cheese Puppies which were cornmeal