Category: Restaurants
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Irish Beat Badgers at Soldier Field
Saturday was a gorgeous day to attend a football game at Soldier Field. Low 70s with sun and a nice breeze. Uncle Chris hooked us up with 4 tickets to the Wisconsin/Notre Dame Shamrock Series contest. It was an 11am start. I got on the Blue Line from Bucktown just after 9am. One stop later, […]
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July 4th Neighborhood Fireworks
The big fireworks displays went on hiatus as the country continues to combat COVID-19. Neighborhood folks in Chicago picked up the slack…and then some. I don’t remember ever seeing or hearing such a constant string of fireworks. For weeks leading up to Independence Day, explosions peppered in the distance as I wound down my evenings. […]
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Lunch Angle podcast: Big Eaters at Home
Will made his own version of Pequod’s Pizza at home. Chow down at home with the Big Eaters on the Lunch Angle podcast!
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Big Beef Runners
A big beef from Portillo’s recently found its way into my home. I Grubhubbed the BBS (big, beautiful sandwich) with hot and an order of large fries. Since I was ordering, I added a second meal for the next day – two chili dogs. Doubling up my orders has become standard practice during the coronavirus […]
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Life Indoors
American life screeched to a halt with the onslaught of coronavirus. Locally, as opposed to nationally, the government has done a fair job of protecting citizens. I was overcome with pride when Chicago earned an “A” for social distancing. Then the first sunny spring day arrived. The lakefront path filled with joggers and the 606 […]
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Governor Pritzker announces Stay At Home order
Beginning at 5pm Saturday March 21st, residents of Illinois are to stay at home to prevent the further spread of coronavirus COVID-19. Governor J.B. Pritzker held his daily press conference at 3pm and announced the official order. For many, we’ll be living the same way we have over the course of the last week. People […]
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All Restaurants and Bars CLOSED
No more dining out or drinking out in Illinois. A prudent move by Governor J.B. Pritzker. He made the call Sunday afternoon, after Chicago took some heat for St. Patrick’s Day bar crawls in Wrigleyville. There was plenty of bingeing going on the day the river is typically dyed green. River North, Wicker Park, Lincoln […]
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Chicago deals with COVID-19
On Wednesday, things started getting real. That morning, Mayor Lightfoot cancelled both St. Patrick’s Day parades. Bummer. Is that really necessary? I wondered. Dublin and Boston cancelled St. Paddy’s festivities. Maybe Chicago was only following suit as to keep up appearances? That one expert said outdoor gatherings were okay. In Chicago, we wait all winter for St. Patrick’s […]
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Two Burger Weekend
If the weekend starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday night, then I can say I got down on two pub burgers over the weekend. After a workout and a sauna on Thursday night, I met my sister Meg and our softball teammate Zotti at Floyd’s on Armitage. I was ravenous after burning some calories. […]
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New System at Potbelly
UPDATE: Potbelly reached out to us to explain: trying to play around and see what works best for newbies. old school way throws many off when we go into new cities — Potbelly (@Potbelly) February 21, 2020 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Stopped into a Potbelly on Elston today and they completely abandoned classic Potbelly assembly-line protocol for […]
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