>I am interested in a good moderately priced restaurant that serves steak,
pizza, salads, sandwiches, and alcohol. I prefer a casual atmosphere. Please send suggestions as we will be in Chicago this fall.
Harry Caray's at 333 W. Kinzie is a great Italian steakhouse, and casual. You might enjoy Portillos/Bernino's on the corner of Clark and Ontario. It's actually famous for its hot dogs, but serves incredible sandwiches and salads. Pizza? Chicago OWNS pizza. Anywhere is good. Alcohol? Chicago loves its beer. Try Rock Bottom on the corner of Grand and State. Very friendly, super casual microbrew serving tasty, fatty, "comfort" food. Good luck finding pizza and steak under the same roof, that's a strange mix. Best option might be Navy Pier--misc. stores.
If you want to splurge, try the Chicago Chop House at 60 W. Ontario, across
the street from the Hard Rock Cafe. It is upscale casual, NOT cheap, but serves the highest quality steaks with the most incredible preparations in the world. Has piano bar on first floor. I use to live there, so tell me how it goes and were you went.
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Chicago restaurant suggestions???
>try the Chicago Chop House at 60 W. Ontario,
The Chicago Chop House is incredible! Go for lunch - lunch prices are about $5 less than dinner and portions are only slightly smaller. They serve lunch until very late in the afternoon, so we always called it an early dinner. Another nice thing about the Chop House is that the prices are for the whole dinner (i.e., steak, salad & potato) which makes it a much better value than most places of that caliber.
Chicago does have great pizza, but my restaurant preferences depend on what kind of pizza I want. My favorite (and most unique) was the "stuffed" pizza, and that means Giordano's for me. It's a local chain and the pizza is sort of a double decker deal topped off with extra sauce & cheese. Warning: it takes a bit longer to cook than ordinary pizza so either call ahead or be prepared to wait a bit before eating . . .
I wasn't impressed with the "river north" places famous for their pan pizzas - e.g., Uno's & Duo. It wasn't different from what you'd get at any other decent pizza place anywhere else in the country. And I never found a really good thin crust pizza in Chicago.
Enjoy!
WGSomeone wrote: : >try the Chicago Chop House at 60 W. Ontario, : The Chicago Chop House is incredible! Go for lunch - lunch prices are about Remember, this is a chain... if the poster wanted a "chicago" experience they may be better served to go somewhere "local". I agree, though, it's a dang good chain- specially dem mussels. Love Digardano's too. sp? eth
On 19 Jun 1998 18:49:12 GMT, Eric Herbert wrote: >Someone wrote: >: >try the Chicago Chop House at 60 W. Ontario, > >: The Chicago Chop House is incredible! Go for lunch - lunch prices are about > >Remember, this is a chain... if the poster wanted a "chicago" experience >they may be better served to go somewhere "local". I agree, though, >it's a dang good chain- specially dem mussels. > >Love Digardano's too. sp? >eth > Chicago Chop House is NOT a chain...disregard this "information..." Best steakhouse in Chicago, BTW and IMHO is Gibsons...independently owned, always packed...you might catch Dennis Rodman there on a lucky night and the steaks are awesome! Oh, and for good thin pizza try Rannali's... DA Living and eating in Chicago...
>Sorry David, I assumed that since there was a Rock Bottom there that the Rock
Bottom people had also started one of their "Chop House" restaurants as well... mea culpa. The Denver Chop House, Cleveland Chop House and DC Chop House are well done concept restaurants, but the Chicago Chop House is not affiliated and probably pre dates them. Doh. How does this compare to Gene and Georgetti's?
The food is similar, but the servers at G&G are older gruffer union types. And the seating is so cramped it feels family style ala Benihana. Chop House has young, warm, freindly servers, more space, and a great GM, John Pontarelli, ask for him and he'll make sure you great experience.Good thin crust pizza can be had at Papa Milano's, one block south of Gordon's on State (South of where State and Rush meet). Also, Gino's East is the place for Chicago style pizza. Good dining at Albert's Patisserie, 52 West Elm. Small and pleasant with excellent food at reasonable prices. Save room for desert. Directly behind Bigg's at the corner of Elm and Dearborn. Just had grand meal at Crofton's on Wells last month. I was alone, so I opted to eat at the bar rather than wait. The bartender, John, took exceptional pains to see that I was pleased with everything. The sauted mushroom appetizer was so good that I considered having another and skipping the entree. I will definitely return. Richard Moreland W G. wrote in article ... > >try the Chicago Chop House at 60 W. Ontario, > > The Chicago Chop House is incredible! Go for lunch - lunch prices are about > $5 less than dinner and portions are only slightly smaller. They serve > lunch until very late in the afternoon, so we always called it an early > And I never found a > really good thin crust pizza in Chicago. > > Enjoy! > WG > > >
NCR S. wrote: > Just had grand meal at Crofton's on Wells last month. I was alone, so I > opted to eat at the bar rather than wait. The bartender, John, took > exceptional pains to see that I was pleased with everything. The sauted > mushroom appetizer was so good that I considered having another and > skipping the entree. I will definitely return. I second the recommendation of COW. Patricia Wells is a former pot banger at a variety chicago places: notably Le Francais, Montparnasse and Cassis. The food was unique yet simple, beautiful but not over the top. Excellent! When we went in March our waiter said that we missed #23 of da Bulls by one night. I could have given him some pointers for the playoffs or something... Also had a great and fun meal at Okno on Milwaukee eth
Just returned from a few days in Chicago and had several excellent meals, so will share these with the group: -Topolobampo, on N. Clark, is often billed as one of the best Mexican restaurants in the US (despite not being anywhere near the border) and it lived up to its reputation. The menu changes based on what's fresh and available. I had burros huatilchoche, which were filled with a black corn fungus that has a great flavor and Copper River salmon cooked in a garlic-black bean-Mexican seasonings sauce. The slighly less fancy and costly Frontera Grill is on the same premesis, but doesn't take reservations. -Shaw's, on E. Hubbard, has excellent, fresh seafood and a large, varied menu. I had charred tuna sashimi, seared scallop and oyster mushroom salad with truffle vinaigrette, and sauteed grouper with a sauce of dungeness crab and other morsels. Tasted the Alaskan Dungeness Crab ordered by another person at the table and it was about the best I've had away from the West Coast. -Viver, 71 W. Madison, features gourmet Italian in an interestingly designed dining area. I had a timballo of galric infused wild mushrooms, asparagus and mushroom risotto, and black pasta shells filled with sea bass (this last dish was truly amazing, it kept getting better with each bite). All were outstanding. -Lou Mitchell's, W. Jackson (near Union Station), is a Chicago institution that is famous for breakfast. This place emphasizes freshness and they seem to make everything in house, even the orange marmalade. Egg orders are all made with double-yolk eggs, juices are fresh squeezed, waffles made with malted wheat flour. -Hatsuhana, E. Ontario, went there for a sushi lunch. Excellent sushi, including many hard to find selections imported from Japan.