Tag: Chicago
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
BBQ Beef Brisket
I had mentioned to Kristine how when I went to Chicago last year, I wasn’t able to come out to her place and that she had promised me some BBQ, so we were going to make up for lost time. Kristine had marinated a large brisket for awhile and started it up on her Kamado
-
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
-
Smash Burgers at Kristine’s
We drove down from Madison to Kristine’s place. Kristine and Britten had things in full swing already. Lili and Dave were there with some Bella Union and Nickel & Nickel wine (yum!). Britten was frantically busy on the flattop on the grill making smash burgers. They were double cheese with bacon with buttered and grilled
-
Smyth
I was very excited to get to spend additional time with Kristine on a sort of extended birthday celebration, especially since I’d have her all to myself this time and we’d be eating some delicious food. Kristine was decked out in some celebratory sparkles from bow tie to cuffs to shoes. I met Kristine at
-
Portillo’s
We were tired of convention/event food and one of my coworkers wanted to go to Portillo’s to get a Chicago style hot dog since we were here. I was definitely game to try, so we went. Sateesh and I split the hot dogs in the Famous Meal #2 (two hot dogs, fries, drink), Tola ordered
-
Alinea
I just arrived in Chicago for a work conference and only have a short few days here so tried to make the most of it. On this day of arrival, I had Alinea booked for solo dining in the Salon. Alinea has 3 tastings, the Salon upstairs (in the Tock reservation page, they call out