Readers of this blog know that I’m a breakfast person. Waking up on a Saturday or Sunday, I just can’t fathom making it past 10am without a nice, hot breakfast, no mather the time of year or specific situation for that day. It’s just a weekend thing, and without it I feel as though I’m working. [...]
Archive for the ‘Restaurants – Chicago’ Category
HoJo Breakfast
Posted in American, Breakfast, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Bacon, Breakfast, Brunch, Chicago, Eggs, Howard Johnson, Sausage on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Avec
Posted in American, European, French, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Chicago, Chorizo, Dates, French, Modern, Octopus, Prosciutto, Restaurant, Spanish, Summer on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living in Chicago, there are a few restaurants that are considered a “must try.” Avec is certainly one of these. Sitting next to Blackbird, one of its sister restaurants, the cedar interior draws a passerby in almost like a vortex – everything running clean horizontally from two feet beyond the front storefront to the sharp [...]
A Taste of Heaven
Posted in American, Breakfast, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Andersonville, Brunch, Chicago, Eggs, Restaurant on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Asako and I went to a wonderful place called “A Taste of Heaven” (5401 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640 / 773-989-0151) for brunch this morning, for our second time. Now, let me say, I’m a breakfast lover. Since my mom came out with this scrumptious sausage/bread/egg/cheese casserole thing in the late eighties, I’ve been hooked [...]
Les Nomades
Posted in French, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Anniversary, Chicago, French, Restaurant on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That ol’ time of the year has rolled through again – the illustrious wedding anniversary. Asako and I have been ceremoniously tied via two small metallic loops around the fourth digit on our respective left hands for four whole years now. That’s 1,461 days (don’t forget that leap day). That’s a long time. So I was [...]
Osteria Via Statto
Posted in Italian, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Beef, Chicago, Italian, Osteria Via Statto, Restaurant, Tuscan, Wine on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What has been going on recently? You know, I used to be able to go to a restaurant, and then once I’m in there, I’m like “Oh, okay – this is a Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant. Okay – it sucks, but at least I know why.” Now, every time I walk into a restaurant and [...]
Bistro Campagne
Posted in French, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Chicago, Fish, French, Liver, Restaurants, Wine, Winter on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After our first visit to Bistro Campagne in the beautiful neighborhood of Lincoln Square, we knew that we had found something of a hidden gem. I took Asako there for her birthday dinner, after only reading a few reviews, and boy did we come away with a grin on our faces. This was in late November [...]
