Gordon M. wrote: > For lunch, we are going to try an Italian Beef > sandwich, and I assume that there are Mr. Beef's downtown that are open on > Saturday. There's only one Mr. Beef "downtown," but it isn't in the Loop. It's on North Orleans Street at West Huron Street, about a mile from the Loop. The nearest L stop is the Chicago Avenue station on the Brown (Ravenswood) Line, about two blocks away. On Saturday, its hours are something like 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to the telephone directory, Al's No. 1 Italian Beef, of West Taylor Street fame (about 2 miles from the Loop), seems to have a branch on West Ontario Street, at about North Wells Street (about three-quarters of a mile from the Loop). Don't know its Saturday hours, if any, or how it compares to the Taylor Street original. I suppose the nearest L stop would be the Brown (Ravenswood) Line's Merchandise Mart station or the Red (Howard) Line's Grand Avenue station. Some have posted previously about an Italian beef place on the southwest fringe of the Loop, somewhere behind Union Station. Maybe someone remembers. Bill Kelley, Chicago Mr. Beef on Orleans 666 N. Orleans St. (312) 337-8500 Al's #1 Italian Beef 169 W. Ontario St. (312) 943-3222
Chicago, IL
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NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Jul 1999 16:25:47 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:5683 Jamie E. wrote: > > Rene G. wrote: > > > >One of the better places for a pastry and coffee in Chicago is Lutz, an > >German-Austrian bakery that's been around for decades. Good variety, > >high quality (and caloric content), nice outdoor garden, semi-formal > >service (white aprons, silver trays), and pretty reasonable prices. > > Have you been to Lutz recently? Someone told me just last week that > the people who bought it when the family sold up are using lard in > the baked goods now which really changes the taste. > > Sad, if true. Their hazelnut torte was really something. FWIW, I've eaten there recently, and it's still good.