Really great French food in an odd for us location but well worth the trip.

Eataly is massive.  It’s two floors in the middle of downtown Chicago of just about everything Italian food you can think of. Coffee, gelato, a Nutella bar, Cheese, bread, wine, […]

A new neighborhood for us, the meat packing district of Chicago.  The staff, space and food here are very good.  They pride themselves on using local ingredients and making everything […]

We’ve got a number of verygoodpizzaplaces in Pittsburgh and Pizza Taglio gets added to that list.  Great location and interior and a very nice menu of pizza options.  We had the La […]

We had dinner here, they were friendly.  I had higher expectations.

We stopped in here for a late dessert after dinner at Ibiza one night.  The looked closed but before we could walk out the gentleman said hello and let us […]

Great, big sandwiches.  Super friendly service.

So you start to hear about a new place that’s going to sell bread.  Then you hear they are selling pizza.  Then your friends say it’s the best pizza in […]

Ingredients ¾ ounce Génépy des Alpes ¾ ounce lime juice ¾ ounce maraschino liqueur ¾ ounce Bluecoat (or similar solid but unshowy) gin Stir and strain over ice into a […]

There are so many things to say about Nemacolin.   It’s big There’s a lot to do There’s a lot to see It’s disjointed It’s expensive and I can’t say […]