Not far from the Chicago red line stop en route to Michigan Avenue you can find the Soup Box tucked away in an old building. I would say that if you blinked you would miss it but there are enough signs that you would probably choose to miss it. If you didnt know anything about…
Author: myfoodhunt
Haute Sausage Food Truck
Oh Twitter you are a beast, you taunt me all day with your updates of Food Trucks circling the city and you know full well from your “Where are you” feature that I am many miles away working in the North Suburbs. But occasionally a small window of opportunity presents itself. Like a Storm Chaser watching the radar for touchdowns,…
Noon O Kabab
Do not let the name fool you, this is way more than just a kebab shop. Noon O Kabab specializing in Persian Cuisine is at Kedzie and has two spaces at the same location. A sit down resturant on the corner of Kedzie and Leland Ave and a take out on Kedzie adjacent to the El…
Marmalade – Great breakfast and brunch
Marmalade is a great breakfast, brunch, or lunch spot on the corner of Montrose and Damen, about 5 mins walk west of the Montrose brown line at 1969 W. Montrose Ave. The 50 and 78 buses stop right outside too. The owner Gus is very welcoming and you can often see him out an about in…
Magic Grill – Not pulling a rabbit out of a hat
Kimball. Is this this the end of the line or the beginning of the line? Despite the first sight of popeyes chicken as I left the station, with the sun shining and the temperatures in the 80’s, spirits were still high. Everywhere looks good in the sunshine and this helped to counter the paucity of…
‘Girl in a Food Truck’ Ethyls Dive Bar Truckin Thursday
“Flashes of white electric light as the sparks from the track illuminate the night, the rattle and roll of the train as it hops and bumps its way over the elevated sleepers. The Hancock looms into view, the tall buildings illuminated in pink, the brown line twists and turns its way south into the loop, gentle…
First Slice (Albany Park) – Great Cause, Great Food, Even Great Salad
First Slice in Albany Park is one of a group of three community service non profit cafes in the Chicago area. This one is located at 4664 N Manor Ave, Chicago between Francisco Ave and Leland Ave, and is practically 5 steps from the Francisco Brown Line El Station and it is almost impossible to…
Wishbone Northside – “Southern Reconstruction Cooking”
I didn’t see this sign until the way out but by then I had kind of worked out that the theme was slightly southern by the proliferation of southern styled specials on the menu such as jambalaya and poboys. Apparently ‘Southern Reconstruction Cooking’ means made-from-scratch traditional recipes with healthier ingredients for yankee tastes’. I suppose…
Budacki’s Drive In – What more do you want? Dogs, Burgers, and Italian Beef
If ever there is a guilty pleasure heading my way then this place fulfils it. Cheap Dogs and Great Signage, enough to draw you in and prices that walk the food away. At the end of a sunny October Chicago day with temperatures flirting with the low 70’s, it was impossible to resist the temptation of a Chicago Dog …
Snappy Shrimp – Is it snappy? Fried Fish things near to Damen
If I ever really wanted a place to be good then this was probably it. I really love crispy shrimp and made a schoolboy error in reading some reviews that implied that this was the place to get them. I am not saying that they were wrong just that I felt left flat by my…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 