Cuisine: Dessert, American. Location: 1747 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647-5508. Price: $11 for desserts, $6 for hot chocolate. I’ve already mentioned my nearly unbelievable Chicago burger hop, where I took down a whole five burgers in one day. Well, at the last leg of my journey, Hot Chocolate, I also managed to add in a...
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Cuisine: American, Bar Food. Location: 333 South Wells, Chicago, IL 60604. Price: $7-$9 for most burgers. Imagine the scene. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and I’m in Chicago doing a tour of the burger scene. My next stop is Poag Mahone’s, an old-fashioned Irish pub, located right in the center of the city. As I head over, I see...
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Cuisine: Dessert, American. Location: 1747 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647-5508. Price: $13 for a burger. I was on the last leg of my burger run through Chicago. I had already had 4 other burgers that same day, ranging from the intensely gourmet foie gras-loaded burger at Sweets and Savories to the most basic, bare-bones...
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Cuisine: Pizza Location: 1477 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago 60640 Price: $21-$22 for a whole pie. Must buy a whole pie Having done a tour of the local big-name pizzerias in Chicago, I am shocked at just how much the city loves its deep dish. It doesn’t matter if deep dish pie is too heavy, and it doesn’t matter if it takes 15...
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Cuisine: American, Steakhouse. Specialty: Rosebud Burger. Location: 1 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603-2302. There are numerous other Rosebud restaurants (each with a different cuisine) that serve the burger, however. Price: $12.95 for the Cheeseburger. It was St. Patrick’s Day, and I was looking for a way to celebrate...
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Cuisine: Eclectic, Fine Dining. Location: 1723 North Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60614-5501. Price: $225 for the “Tour.” I had been unleashed on the culinary scene in Chicago. In a bit less than a week’s worth of time, I had eaten at about 30 different restaurants, bars, and bakeries, and I was unsurprisingly almost ready to...
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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep Dish. Location: 3033 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657. Price: Less than $4 for a large slice of pizza and a drink. I had just made rounds of the legendary triumvirate of Chicago pies—Gino’s, Lou’s, and Giordano’s—that has riddled the city with an excess of nearly identical restaurants....
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Cuisine: Burger Bar/Gastropub. Specialty: Kuma Burger. Location: 2900 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618-5804. Price: $10-$13 for a burger. I was making my rounds through Chicago’s burger scene, and at some point I got sick of it. In the last couple days, I’d eaten at least five burgers, and most of them had been at...
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Cuisine: Gastropub/Slow Fast Food Burger. Location: Numerous Locations in Chicago, but the original is at 430 N. Michigan Ave. Price: $2.85 for a cheeseburger. No menu item exceeds $6. It was St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, and I was in the mood to go to some traditional Irish pubs for a good beer and a burger, i.e. some real...
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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep Dish Pizza/Chicago-Style Pizza. Location: All Throughout Chicago. Price: $19.25-$29.25 for a large stuffed pizza. I’d finally arrived at the last of Chicago’s deep dish triumvirate, Giordano’s. I had already trekked through the casual sports bar-ish Lou Malnati’s with its amazingly cheesy...
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