HeathBell wrote: > I am looking for a place that has good beer and good food for a nice birthday > celebration. Any suggestions? Let me suggest 2 places that could hardly be more different. Resi's Bierstube is a homey little bar with a few tables. They have a good beer selection and some good, simple food (everything German). Maybe 6 or 8 on tap and at least 50 in bottles. It's not really the season but their weissbier selection is particularly strong. The food tends toward the wurst/schnitzel direction (meats come from Paulina Market, a good sign). Prices are moderate. I like Resi's a lot. Hudson Club is a big trendy place. Fairly interesting interior, sort of a neo-1940's supper club. The bizarre lights look like the offspring of a tadpole mated with a '50s Cadillac. The crowd is just as you would expect. Thankfully they segregate the cigar smokers in a separate room (if only they had another for the cell phone users). Hudson always gets attention for their wine list and rightfully so--they have 100 by the glass ($5-$35). They also have a smaller but surprisingly good beer selection. Maybe 15 or 20 on tap (usually at least one Belgian) and more in bottles. They even have flights of beer. I haven't eaten there but a friend of mine likes it. I can't remember the menu clearly but it's a fois-gras/grilled-ahi/wasabi-mashed-potatoes sort of place (entrees around $20). I suspect that you could probably find slightly better food for the money but I imagine it could be a fun place for a celebration. Resi's Bierstube 2034 W Irving Park Rd Chicago 773-472-1749 Hudson Club 504 N. Wells St Chicago 312-467-1947
Chicago, IL
Good Food, Good Beer
As of a coupla weeks ago, the Chicago Brauhaus is still there, quite busy on a Friday night. Very good beer selection, moderate prices. I had my usual order of rouladen mit spaetzeln, and no complaints. Cheesy music. Oh, it's on Lincoln, just south of Lawrence.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Jan 2000 22:37:24 GMT X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:6917 Adam K. wrote: >Eric H. wrote: > >>As of a coupla weeks ago, the Chicago Brauhaus is still there, quite busy >>on a Friday night. Very good beer selection, moderate prices. I had my >>usual order of rouladen mit spaetzeln, and no complaints. Cheesy music. > >>Oh, it's on Lincoln, just south of Lawrence. > >Don't you think they serve rather small portions for entres, and drown them >in sause or gravy? > Their roast veal shank was pretty big. It fed me for about a week. Roast duck was nothing to write home about. -bwg