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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Connor on December 30, 2009 at 6:57pm

Friendship Chinese Restaurant @ Diversey and Milwaukee. Great 5-course meal. All very well done. Highly recommend a Grüner Weltleinier to pair with dinner, as it is currently BYOW, but not BYOB.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on December 31, 2009 at 5:30am

M.A.R.K. said:

One of my favorite places in the burbs I guess has moved into the west loop so I thought I would add it to the list. Try it out, the steak burritos are delicious.
El Famous Burrito 901 W. Madison St. Chicago, IL, 60607 312.666.8788

Roger's Park is a suburb now? Or is that a different El Famous?

Geo-quibbling aside, thanks for posting about the new El Famous location. It is just a few blocks off of my normal commute up or down Morgan.

We finally made it to Nightwood for dinner last night. It was fantastic. The menu is sort of appallingly carnivore-centric, but they did a great job adapting a duck free version of the Duck with Polenta. They have some fun cocktails and a decent beer list. The architecture is pretty stunning. If you go, make sure you go to the back to see the open kitchen (if you are into that sort of thing.) It is on the pricey side. Dinner for 4 was ~ $160 before tip , but it is well worth it for the occasional special occasion.

Halsted gets a lot of bike traffic. It was fun to see so many bikes ride by through the gently falling snow.

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Permalink Reply by Will on January 25, 2010 at 10:05am

Has anyone mentioned Paramount Room, 415 N. Milwaukee?
http://www.paramountroom.com/index.html

Excellent gastro-pub. Good (if not huge) craft beer selection. The same owners also have Volo Wine Bar and Kitsch'N on Roscoe.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 25, 2010 at 11:00am

Will V. said:

Has anyone mentioned Paramount Room, 415 N. Milwaukee?
http://www.paramountroom.com/index.html

Excellent gastro-pub. Good (if not huge) craft beer selection. The same owners also have Volo Wine Bar and Kitsch'N on Roscoe.

I'm really happy to see that the veal and foi-gras is no longer on the menu. I'll be taking them off my boycott list.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 25, 2010 at 12:06pm

They have multiple locations in the city, including 7047 N Clark in Rogers Park.

M.A.R.K. said:

One of my favorite places in the burbs I guess has moved into the west loop so I thought I would add it to the list.

El Famous Burrito
901 W. Madison St.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Matejka on January 25, 2010 at 8:23pm

"Yum Thai" on Madison In Forrest Park.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 14, 2010 at 9:30am

The Trib did a nice write-up today on one of my neighborhood faves, Jimmy Jamm. Their ever-expanding menu is amazing: sweet potato pies with many different toppings, sweet potato ice cream, sandwiches on sweet potato bread, big honkin' sweet potatoes baked with a variety of toppings.... It's a temple to the sweet potato, one of the underappreciated highlights of the south side. If you're anywhere near 95th & Longwood, or you've got time to make a detour there, you'll enjoy the stop. Keep it in mind next time you ride the Major Taylor Trail.

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Permalink Reply by Matt AKA Jimbo/BMXican on February 21, 2010 at 5:16pm

Cemitas Puebla 3619 W. North Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 The best Mexican Food in town and the only place that serves Cemitas in Chicago.They were even on that diners,drive ins and dives show on the food network.Heres a link to the their site and video.

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Permalink Reply by Matt AKA Jimbo/BMXican on February 23, 2010 at 9:34pm

Oh I guess you'll just have to google it. poor google needs your traffic anyways. I'm the only one in the world who makes BMXican food. It's made of mac and cheese pizza wrapped in a taco topped with egg plant and M&M with a side of seal meat marinated in baby tears.

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Permalink Reply by Jim "Niterider" on February 23, 2010 at 11:43pm

Up in Kenosha, The Coffee Pot on 3rd Ave and 50th St. Patio that you can eat on in Spring through Fall. All home made food. Big Star Drive-In on Washington Rd. Opens up in March around the 5th or 7th and is open through August. Evereything is fresh and cheap in price but not quality. On the weekends it is packed and they have outdoor seating also. Famous Daves out in Pleasant Praire on HWY 50. They have a covered patio so you can eat outside and decent BBQ-Ribs,brisket, steaks. Shril's Drive-in on Sheridan Rd-Homemade custered, chilli chese fries and anything else that can be fried. Have outdoor seating area and are biker friendly.
Bob and Anne's in Waukegan or in Zion on Sherdian Rd.-Homemade food and decent size plates. The soups are really good. Egg Harbor in Lake Forest-Excellent breakfests, overly packed on the weekends so you get stuck waiting sometimes. Ferentino's East or West Pizzeria also in Lake Forest-Excellent Pizza, filling meatball and beef bombers and huge plates of pasta. They have tables at both locations so you can eat outside and are biker friendly. Free refills on soda and water which is nice after a long ride. Portillio's-any location-all are busy. SuperDawg on Devon and Nagle-always full, never enough seating in the spring and summer ever. Full of bikers, tables outside-A Chicago landmark!

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Permalink Reply by Kellie on March 1, 2010 at 1:20pm

I would like to recommend Iyanze in Uptown! It is authentic West African Food and it is DELICIOUS! May I recommend the bean casserole with plantains? I would love to recommend a second dish, but I can never seem to get past this first one!
For those interested, it is on Broadway between Wilson and Leland...conveniently located just doors down from Uptown Bikes!

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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Connor on March 1, 2010 at 1:21pm

Revolution Brewing. I give it 12 thumbs up.

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