+ large number to the au Cheval fried chicken being awesome.

Thanks a bunch. I do want to check out the art inst. I've walked by around the area but never went in.

Yea I think my girlfriend prob wants to try the deep dish more but man Pequod's sounds like the best choice by far. Maybe we can try two pizzerias: Lou Mals and Pequods?

You won't go wrong if those are the two deep dish places that you have. I'd also throw art of pizza out there as well. Most importantly AoP has it by the slice

Portillo's seems to be getting **** on for being "touristy" but it's consistently one of the best hot dogs you can get, plus the chocolate cake is indeed amazing. I make my mom buy it every year for my birthday. (BTW, the secret ingredient in it is mayonnaise.)

If you do Kuma's get there 15-20 minutes before it opens (11:30 on Saturdays, 12:00 on Sundays) to avoid a much longer line, and skip breakfast. And yes, it lives up to the hype.

Liked it a lot more before knowing that secret

Ate at Charlie Trotter's tonight. Took over 2 hours to get there from the suburbs (usually a bit less than 1h away, ugh). The food was fantastic, much better than Next's El Bulli imo. Favorites were the salmon, himachi, duck, venison, and an unbelievable chocolate cake thing. All were great and felt like the total portion was right on.

The original sommelier from 25 years ago came back for the final few months and gave us an awesome tour of the kitchen and the wine cellars then talked to us about his background for like 15 minutes -- finished PhD in comparative literature, knew a ton about wine, and figured getting flown to Europe for wine tastings and such was worth at least trying over becoming a professor.

me and some friends are looking to get a 4 or 5 bedroom place in Lincoln Park. Does anyone have any suggested methods (or websites) that they can recommend?

Portillo's rules. Wish I lived closer to one. Love their beef + hotdogs. Shakes are pretty great as well.

Craigslist, domu.com, Apartment People/Finders are ok places to start...

There are also plenty of free brokers you can find who will charge the landlords, though I've never resorted to this. I'm sure others can recommend some good people for that.

Went to Purple Pig tonight. Was good, but I think Girl and the Goat is better by multiple degrees.

I think it's mostly a personal preference thing. Purple Pig is more oriented towards Mediterranean and Grecian flavors. I don't really like cucumbers or olives, which are a big part of a lot of their dishes. It just seemed like G&G had more depth to their dishes, while PP was fresh and clean, but ultimately light and didn't have a ton of flavors that I preferred.



Have parents in town, looking for a solid brunch place in North Chicago for tomorrow. Will scour thread in the morning, just wondering if anybody has anything offhand right now.

Do longman&eagle for brunch. Bristol does a real quality brunch as well

Walker Brother's pancake house in Lincolnshire. Go for the bacon and fresh squeezed orange juice. If you have a little time, try the baked apple pancake.

Why on earth woul you send him to lincolnshire when the main one is in wilmette?

Longman Fried Chicken and Waffles gets the thumbs up from me. Crab Benedict also was delicious when I had a bite.

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