Chicago Eats

Any recommendations for Chicago hidden gems? Going up this weekend. Not high end places.

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Slurping Turtle . . . Japanese restaurant with ramen and noodle dishes featured (posture of man eating noodles is "slurping turtle") . . . fun appetizers (octopus balls) . . . we especially like the seafood noodles (not a ramen) . . . on Hubbard Street, in center of nightlife of the River North area of the city

Hub 51 . . . bar restaurant on Hubbard, maybe a block from Slurping Turtle? . . . features the foods the owners (kids of lettuce entertain you's founder) like, ranging from sushi to salads to sandwiches and some entrees . . . reasonable

Tre Soldis . . . "3 coins", like the movie . . . on Ohio in Streeterville . . . very fine food rating on Zagat (well deserved) in casual relatively inexpensive Italian place . . . food is much better than expected

Silver Spoon Thai Restaurant . . . on Rush Street, adjacent to Thai Consulate . . . zero atmosphere, in a basement, but spotlessly clean and wonderful food

All the above have menu's on-line, so see what you like . . . Only Tre Soldis and Hub 51 take reservations, and you probably should make them if you like those . . . other ideas include:

A tad out of the way, is Sun Wah BBQ on Broadway, 5039 North (so you have to drive to it) . . . make a reservation . . . I don't think it's on the menu, but get Peking Duck (and tell them you want that when you make a reservation) . . . it's (on weekends) maybe $40 for a whole duck, and they do around 400 a night! . . . a duck serves 2-3 easily, and is three courses (sliced with buns/onion/hoisin, soup, and fried rice) . . . primarily an Asian customer base . . . located in a far north Asiatown . . . sliced at your table, and takes less than a minute to carve up entire duck!

Finally, have not been recently, and no reservations, but The Phoenix (in the main South Side Chinatown) has the full rolling cart dim sum for Sunday brunch (really 7 days a week, but enroute out of town on Sunday) . . . as an alternative, hit Manny's Deli (been there around 50 years, old style Jewish deli), on Jefferson at Roosevelt.

Have fun!

Thanks guys. Justin, are those places you have been?

Cemitas Puebla, trust me.

Thanks guys. Justin, are those places you have been?

A mixture of places I've been or places I want to go. I've been to most of them.

Au Cheval. Get there early to secure a good spot in line. Get the fried bologna sandwich, burger, or fried chicken. Or all of the above.

Is Hot Doug's still a thing?

I just watched this episode about Chicago from this show on the Tastemade app. Looks good, hard to tell if it's strictly promotional or not.

https://www.tastemade.com/shows/day-of-gluttony

I just watched this episode about Chicago from this show on the Tastemade app. Looks good, hard to tell if it's strictly promotional or not.

https://www.tastemade.com/shows/day-of-gluttony

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Volo in roscoe village, and the Paramount room on Michigan. Chef worked with Puck back in the day. Volo for wine and small plates, paramount for burgers and beer.

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/index.php

Cannot recommend this site too highly. They're all about the hidden culinary gems of Chicago.

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Hmm, don't know what to say. I was able to watch without logging in. Saw it the first time on Apple TV, free app.

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Hmm, don't know what to say. I was able to watch without logging in. Saw it the first time on Apple TV, free app.

Works for me, too. Mac OS X El Capitan, current version of Chrome. I just clicked the movie, and away it went.

I went to a work seminar so I didn't have as much time as I thought I would and didn't get to get out to eat. I did go out one night and went to Umami Burger. I didn't realize till just now that is a chain that started in LA. It was good, kind of like Stout or M&BB but different recipes. Right across the street I noticed a ice cream shop, it was called Jeni's and they started in Columbus. There was a line out the door the whole time I was eating dinner. So I went there after dinner and had some ice cream and it was very good.