This was a lucky find, never having ventured into Old town before it was great to find a multitude of places to eat and drink. The Twisted Baker signage stood out straight away as something a little different and perhaps a little bit quirky. When you enter you can see down into the kitchen and with…
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5 Boroughs Pizza Company
On first inspection of this blog entry you may wonder why bother to go to a NY style pizza shop next to the Sedgwick El station when Old Town and all of its many resturants is a mere 5 minute walk away. Well several reasons, firstly this is right next to the El station…
Grahamwich – Best Grilled Cheese in America
When a Chicago spot makes the 25 best list in Food and Wine magazine for its Grilled Cheese sandwich I had to take a look. Grahamwich is the sandwich shop of chef Graham Elliot, who is even known to us English people over the pond as the nice judge on the US version of MasterChef. We like…
The Red Lion – Real Ale, Fish and Chips, an English Pub in Chicago
On the search up the Brown line for places to eat, one of the stops I had not yet visited was Rockwell. The El Stop is on N. Rockwell St and they are a couple of obvious options near to it; Rockwells Neighborhood Grill, and the Pizza Art Cafe, but as an Englishman I was in the…
Ethyl’s Dive and Bar – Food Truck Thursday
Down at Ethyl’s this Thursday I hooked up with 4 food trucks for a Food bonanza. Despite the chill in the air it was worth the trip and lets face it it is going to get a lot colder and we will still be needing to eat well! So who was there? I started with…
Halloween cup cakes and more at Sweet Sensations
I have commented previously about Sweet Sensations on West Montrose Ave in particular with their Lemon Meringue cup cakes with whom I have an ongoing taste sensation love affair. I dont often get a chance to call in midday so I think I may miss out on some of their other excellent offferings such as their savoury cheese and…
Los Toritos – Mexican
Situated about 20yds West of the Montrose Brown line station at 1825 W.Montrose Ave is Los Toritos Restaurant and Taquria. Despite being somewhat dwarfed in terms of the culinary offerings of its near neighbour Glenn’s Diner across the road, Los Toritos can hold its own, and should not be dismissed as just another little Mexican take out. Even though…
Chubby Wieners
I have several reasons for coming to Chubby Wieners, it meets my first criteria in this project in that it follows my mission to eat near every station along the Elevated Line. It is situated below the tracks almost adjacent to the Western Brown Line station at Lincoln Square. You can almost touch Chubby from the platform. Secondly,…
Yindee Thai
This is another place practically within touching distance of an El Stop, turn right as you exit the main entrance of the Addison Brown Line el station and next to the Cork Lounge and you are there. You can also see it as you look down from the train station platform. It serves japanese and…
Hot Diggity Dogs
In the search for places to eat next to the El line is is hard to find somewhere closer than Hot Diggity Dogs, located at 947 W Wellington Ave, between Sheffield & Mildred Ave, and practically built under the arches of the Wellington Brown line El station. The menu board is pretty basic on first inspection and…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 