NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 18:37:40 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:50671 Some of our favorite restaurants downtown where you don't need to wear a jacket & tie are Bistro 110, McCormick & Schmick's (seafood), Blackhawk Lodge, Kiki's Bistro, Gibson's & Tuscany (you'll need to take a cab to Tuscany and Kiki's) Foodlife in Water Tower Place is great for lunch. Jamie Pup K. wrote: > My husband and I and another couple will be going to Chicago at the end of this > month and I would appreciate any restaurant recommendations anyone may have. We > will bascially be dressed pretty casual, so no high end restaurants please. > Dress Jeans or casual slacks would be what the men would be wearing in the > evening. All four of us like a good steak dinner or could enjoy a good Italian > meal.We will be staying right downtown. If there is a restaurant that is a > little bit out of the way but, has great food, we might consider going the > extra distance. Price is not really too big of deal. If the food is good, we > don't mind paying a little extra for it.We will also be using the Taxi's while > we are there since we will be taking the train there. > > Also, if you have any great suggestions for a lunch, I would appreciate that as > well. > > Thanks in advance, > > JoanL
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The best deal in the city is the Hancock Building. They have a wonderful lunch high atop the building on the 95th. Its $9.95 for a great view and a nice lunch. If you are looking for a cheap but highly entertaining restaurant then Eat At Ed's. Thats Ed Debvick's. You can not go wrong for the quality and price. Burgers, meatloaf, chicken, chili, malts and fun. For steaks go to Gibsons or Elis but I think casual might not go. Call on that. Greektown is always fun if you like that type of food. Heaven on Seven is a great place for resonable cajun and creole dishes. Burgoff's for low priced German. Navy Pier has a few places like Bubba Gumps where you can dine on the patio and see the lake. But if you want to dine ON the lake take an Ugly Duck cruise. I think its about $24 and you get dinner and dancing too. That is casual. Fun too. I think drinks are extra. Have fun though, ita great city and so much to do. Tina
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:58:00 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:50902 On the near north side of town is one of my favorite Italian places : Trattoria Dinotto- it is classy but not necessarily fancy. I would say it's "nice-casual" if that is any indication of how to dress. It is on North Ave. just E of Wells St. Make a reservation. Also, for some more absolutely great Italian: Mia Francesca. ( There is more than one, but the one I always went to is in the 3400 block of N. Clark) It is busy busy busy, and reservations are not allowed, but if you don't mind waiting for like 30 minutes for a table--they have got a very nice bar upstairs. The place is trendy, but you do not have to be dressy, and the food is some of the best around!!!! Their sauces are divine! Have the Carpaccio! Yum! I miss it!!! And last but definitely NOT least is the absolute best italian food in the city (this may be out of your way, but in my opinion is certainly worth the taxi ride) is Anna Maria Pastaria on Broadway at Irving Park rd (about 4000 North). Great, great, great home cooking-type food, definitely casual, GREAT wait staff, nice atmosphere, a very easy place to spend a few hours over dinner. My favorite "neighborhood italian joint." Oh yum!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding good food in Chicago! Good Luck and let us know what you find!! Kathryn Pup K. wrote: > My husband and I and another couple will be going to Chicago at the end of this > month and I would appreciate any restaurant recommendations anyone may have. We > will bascially be dressed pretty casual, so no high end restaurants please. > Dress Jeans or casual slacks would be what the men would be wearing in the > evening. All four of us like a good steak dinner or could enjoy a good Italian > meal.We will be staying right downtown. If there is a restaurant that is a > little bit out of the way but, has great food, we might consider going the > extra distance. Price is not really too big of deal. If the food is good, we > don't mind paying a little extra for it.We will also be using the Taxi's while > we are there since we will be taking the train there. > > Also, if you have any great suggestions for a lunch, I would appreciate that as > well. > > Thanks in advance, > > JoanL
Someone wrote: >On the near north side of town is one of my favorite Italian places : >Trattoria Dinotto- it is classy but not necessarily fancy. I would say it's >"nice-casual" if that is any indication of how to dress. It is on North Ave. >just E >of Wells St. Make a reservation. That would put it right near Second City. On my recent Chicago trip I liked Clark St. Bistro (about 2600 N.) and the fabled Frontera Grill. Neither is cheap: Dinner at either can run $40 all told. Frontera takes no reservations but is worth the wait. -Sol Siegel, Philadelphia, PA -------------------------- DAY, n.: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. (Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary") ------------------------ (Remove "junkfree" from the end of my e-mail address to respond.)
Pup K. wrote: > My husband and I and another couple will be going to Chicago at the end of this > month and I would appreciate any restaurant recommendations anyone may have. We > will bascially be dressed pretty casual, so no high end restaurants please. > Dress Jeans or casual slacks would be what the men would be wearing in the > evening. All four of us like a good steak dinner or could enjoy a good Italian > meal.We will be staying right downtown. If there is a restaurant that is a > little bit out of the way but, has great food, we might consider going the > extra distance. Price is not really too big of deal. If the food is good, we > don't mind paying a little extra for it.We will also be using the Taxi's while > we are there since we will be taking the train there. > > Also, if you have any great suggestions for a lunch, I would appreciate that as > well. > > Thanks in advance, > > JoanL > --------------------------------------------------------------------- A really really really good Italian restaurant in Chicago (well, actually in a suburb of chicago) is Maggiano's Little Italy. It's located in Oakbrook right by the Oakbrook Mall. Right next to Maggiano's, there is The Corner Bakery where they have all kinds of sandwiches and soups. The bakery is a great place to go for lunch. These restaurants are also located in other states of the country, so you may have heard of them before. Their website is www.maggianos.com. I'm not too familiar with what restaurants are in the city, but if you want some good hotdogs, go by one of the ballparks. Connie's Pizza (not sure where its located exactly) is really good, and so is Giordanos Pizza (in the suburb LaGrange). Unfortunately Michael Jordan's Restaurant isn't in business anymore, but I think Sammy Sosa's restaurant is in place of MJ's. There's also Harry Carry's Restaurant somewhere downtown too.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:11:19 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:51083 There is also a Maggianos right downtown...on Grand I believe. I agree, they are Great!!!! Someone wrote: > Pup K. wrote: > > My husband and I and another couple will be going to Chicago at the > end of this > > month and I would appreciate any restaurant recommendations anyone > may have. We > > will bascially be dressed pretty casual, so no high end restaurants > please. > > Dress Jeans or casual slacks would be what the men would be wearing > in the > > evening. All four of us like a good steak dinner or could enjoy a > good Italian > > meal.We will be staying right downtown. If there is a restaurant that > is a > > little bit out of the way but, has great food, we might consider > going the > > extra distance. Price is not really too big of deal. If the food is > good, we > > don't mind paying a little extra for it.We will also be using the > Taxi's while > > we are there since we will be taking the train there. > > > > Also, if you have any great suggestions for a lunch, I would > appreciate that as > > well. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > JoanL > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > A really really really good Italian restaurant in Chicago (well, > actually in a suburb of chicago) is Maggiano's Little Italy. It's > located in Oakbrook right by the Oakbrook Mall. Right next to > Maggiano's, there is The Corner Bakery where they have all kinds of > sandwiches and soups. The bakery is a great place to go for lunch. > These restaurants are also located in other states of the country, so > you may have heard of them before. Their website is > www.maggianos.com. I'm not too familiar with what restaurants are in > the city, but if you want some good hotdogs, go by one of the > ballparks. Connie's Pizza (not sure where its located exactly) is > really good, and so is Giordanos Pizza (in the suburb LaGrange). > Unfortunately Michael Jordan's Restaurant isn't in business anymore, > but I think Sammy Sosa's restaurant is in place of MJ's. There's also > Harry Carry's Restaurant somewhere downtown too. >
>A really really really good Italian restaurant in Chicago (well, >actually in a suburb of chicago) is Maggiano's Little Italy. IMHO, I wouldn't describe Maggiano's as really good Italian. It's neither really good nor really Italian. Maggiano's is a large restaurant chain with good locations that attracts people with its oversized portions, but the food is more of a fair to mediocre facsimile of real Italian. Why bother with Maggiano's when one can find much better Italian food in Chicago?