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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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 […]