It’s not very often that I get to dine at Michelin star rated restaurants, for many reasons. One of them is because a lot of the best restaurants in the world, or at least in Chicago, do not serve burgers. However, Longman & Eagle is the perfect blend of fancy and casual. Their menu has…
The Experience: Mindy’s HotChocolate is located in Wicker Park, right in the middle of everything. There are tons of young, successful millennials out and about, so it would make sense that there are a number of top Chicago restaurants close by. Originally created to be a dessert restaurant, HotChocolate expanded its menu to include American classics,…
This week, I tried the new and highly regarded GreenRiver restaurant. It is the latest Union Square Hospitality Group restaurant in Chicago, managed and operated by Danny Meyer. It is a little bit of a shock that GreenRiver is in the middle of Northwestern Hospital, but when you think about, it’s somewhat genius. There is…
Farmhouse is one of the top brunch spots to hit in Chicago. Everything on their menu has that Saturday/Sunday goodness. What I mean by that is that all of their meals have the light, sweet and salty flavoring that would go well with a Mimosa or Bloody Mary. Not too mention, they are located in…
The Northside Bar & Grill is located in Wicker Park, an area that is the epicenter of being hip in Chicago. On this day, I was not in a good mood. I had waited at a popular restaurant for over an hour for them to tell me they had run out of beef for their…