>Any good ideas, recommendations, for good restaurants in Chicago? > Two rather lowly paid academics (including myself) are visiting the > city this month, so "reasonably" priced places would be great. The following are two fantastic and original restaurants on the Near North Side: Erwin on Halstead Star Top Cafe on Lincoln
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In article , [email removed] (Mark Bobe) wrote: > Any good ideas, recommendations, for good restaurants in Chicago? > Two rather lowly paid academics (including myself) are visiting the > city this month, so "reasonably" priced places would be great. > Thanks in advance > Mark Bobe A remarkably good (and reasonable) tapas restaurant is Cafe Iberica on Lasalle Street at Chicago Ave. Tapas is a Spanish style of food that involves ordering several appetizer size dishes and sharing them. The sangria is out of this world, the best bet being a pitcher for nine dollars that will do good work on two people. As for food, start with the goat cheese in tomato sauce with garlic bread. From there, the sliced veal with raspberry vinigarette and sun dried tomatoes, and salmon with capers and olive oil are not to be missed. Everything else i've tried there has been wonderful as well. If you don't like tapas, then some other reasonable yet good restaurants are as follows: Bistro 110 on (I think!) Chestnut just west of Michigan Ave. As the name implies, it features food in the style of a French bistro. Steaks, fish, pasta dishes, extensive wine list. A little more expensive than Iberica. For more casual fare, there is the ever popular Chicago pizza restaurant. You can't go wrong with Pizzeria Uno, Due, or Gino's although Chicagoan's will argue forever on which on is the best. Uno and Due's are on Ontario Street near Hard Rock Cafe, Rock and Roll McDonalds etc. (although I don't recommend the last two!) Feel free to email me with any more questions at [email removed] Enjoy your stay! Steven
Steven B. wrote: >In article , [email removed] (Mark >Bobe) wrote: > >> Any good ideas, recommendations, for good restaurants in Chicago? >> Two rather lowly paid academics (including myself) are visiting the >> city this month, so "reasonably" priced places would be great. >> Thanks in advance >> Mark Bobe > > > A remarkably good (and reasonable) tapas restaurant is Cafe Iberica on >Lasalle Street at Chicago Ave. Tapas is a Spanish style of food that >involves ordering several appetizer size dishes and sharing them. The >sangria is out of this world, the best bet being a pitcher for nine >dollars that will do good work on two people. As for food, start with the >goat cheese in tomato sauce with garlic bread. From there, the sliced >veal with raspberry vinigarette and sun dried tomatoes, and salmon with >capers and olive oil are not to be missed. Everything else i've tried >there has been wonderful as well. > >Steven I totally agree with Steven's review of Cafe Iberica. Their flan is incredible, and don't overlook the grilled octopus with potatoes! If you want Chinese, the best place I've found in Chicago (and it's convenient to the U of C) is Hong Min. It's Cantonese, stuffed between some insurance places and a Chinese lottery place near the corner of 22nd & Wentworth. They're open until 2 am and they have great shrimp toast. Not expensive. Try the shredded boneless chicken and the smoked oysters. Ignore the generic "Chinese Menu" Menu and go for the slim folder inside. I also like the Ethiopian restaurant on N. Clark, Addis Ababa, Caffe Florian's spinach pizza in Hyde Park, and for all-you-can-eat sushi (no kidding!) Nohana on North Broadway. Get there before 9 pm for all-you-can-eat, $27.00 a person. Have fun in Chicago! Erin McKean
If you happen to be on the north side of Chicago near the lake there are a glut of fine restaurants. Streets like Fullerton, Belmont, Broadway and Clark have a host of wonderful places. For Italian: Try Leona's or Bella Vista near Sheffield and Belmont, or head to North Avenue and Wells where Trattoria Roma and Stella's are superb, or Angelina's on Broadway (forgot intersection, but south of Montrose) For Thai: Thai Classic near School and Clark is the best, but there are also about 5 more Thai restaurants heading south to Fullerton For the best Persian: Try Reza's north of Foster near Clark. Another location downtown on Erie. All of the Let Us Entertain You restaurants are fine. Chicago also has a lot of great coffee shops: Kopi: on Clark north of Foster UnCommon Ground: On Clark near Grace Cafe Equinox: on Lincoln near Webster Third Coast: Several locations, best one on Dearborn near Goethe in the Gold Coast and another near Rush street Enjoy. Enjoy. I just moved from Chicago to San Francisco. And I miss it. Carol
I travel to Chicago for pleasure a couple times a year here are a few of my favorites: Cafe Babareeba - Southwestern - 312-935-5000 Morton's of Chicago - Steak - 266-4820 - EXCELLENT Lowry's - Steak - 787-5000 Arun - Thai - 539-1909 - EXCELLENT Gino's East - Pizza - 943-1124 L'Escargot - French - 525-5522 - EXCELLENT The Chop House - Steak - 787-7100 Harry Caray's - Italian - 465-9269 - EXCELLENT Bice Restaurant - Italian - 664-1474 - EXCELLENT Spiaggia - Italian - 280-2750 - EXCELLENT Papagus - Greek - 642-8450 Hope this helps out. Post if you need more... Olga - The restaurant lover...
Olga H. wrote: > > >I travel to Chicago for pleasure a couple times a year here are a few of my >favorites: > >Cafe Babareeba - Southwestern - 312-935-5000 Southwest of where? Babareeba is a Spanish tapas restaurant. However, there is a place just up Halstead called Santa Fe Tapas. Although Babareeba is very good, Cafe Iberico on LaSalle is just as good for half the price. -bri