Chicago

A little more mainstream than our other coffee shop visit for the day.  Good but not great.

There are so many things to like about Bavettes: It’s off the normal restaurant path It’s not necessarily a “to be seen” place Great interior Good bar (there was a […]

When we planned this trip I made the Aviary reservations right away…then I read some online reviews and started to get a bit nervous.  I read things like “pretentious”, “over […]

We’ve been to Shake Shack several cities (Boston, Chicago, Washington DC) and they are always good for a quick lunch. In Boston we had a Vanilla shake blended with black […]

So this place is a bar/restaurant that’s part of what they call a “Hotel | Hostel” which is code for “lots of confused hipsters trying to take care of you.” […]

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, […]

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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 […]

Lots of trips means lots of hotels… The Pendry (Our Chicago go to hotel) Warwick Allerton The Kimpton Hotel Palomar Swisshotel Fairmont Chicago (with Shelley & Andy Gruss in 2017) […]