For sometime now I have been walking along Clark St to various other eateries and keep on passing by the “Sandwich me In” sandwich shop. Each time I think ‘dang it’ I could have eaten there, but then another week passed by and I had forgotten to try them out. So this weekend I was…
Category: Belmont
Blog Anniversary – Return to Cheesies
Each time I pass Belmont on the El I look down and see Cheesies, the scene of my very first blog post. As it was the anniversary of me starting The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt project I thought it would be appropriate to go back and have another of Cheesies really tasty sandwiches. Since I was…
I just met Weird Harold at Stella’s Diner
I am easily sold on places to eat, and when Stella’s Diner in Lakeview followed me on Twitter this week, I felt I would repay the compliment by stopping off for a bite to eat. I have to say that it really is a quite a quirky place inside, nice art work on the walls…
Nhu Lan – Saigon Subs, ‘just about right …fresh and light’
So where is that arrow pointing? Looks like it is pointing into some sort of food establishment, maybe I should follow it across the road to see what is over there? Getting over there it was a Saigon Sub shop, “looking spicy”, I was getting excited. Nhu Lan seemed to be all about the subs,…
Melrose Diner – Almost the best grilled cheese on offer “a tale of two halves”
After visiting Falafill last time out I realised that there was so many more places to eat in this area. I had already clocked the almost vintage sytle sign for Melrose Resturant on a few occasions and today I was really in the mood for some diner food. In my head as I passed down…
Filling up at Fallafill – Chickpeas gone wild
I am starting this blog entry with an explanation of what a Falafel is, purely for the benefit of my good friend Kristian, he asked me once before but I though that he would appreciate this in picture form. It was on the chalkboard wall at Fallafill so perfect. So anyhow I found myself wandering down from the Belmont…
Sinbad’s – Falafel House
Sinbad’s is just a short stride from the Belmont Red, Purple and Brown line stop in Lakeview. I wasn’t really heading out looking for Mediterranean Cuisine, I was looking for something simple and reasonably healthy, so what was I doing in Belmont. There are lots of places to eat, but somehow I was drawn in through…
Clarkes on Belmont
This is one of those places that I have a soft spot for even if I am not always enamoured by the fare. When I first moved to Chicago in 2010 I found myself stepping off the El at Belmont on my way to the Chicago Apartment Finders office in hunt of somewhere to live. Right…
Lina Pita – Authentic Moroccan Cuisine
I haved walked past Lina Pita a number of times and from the outside it really does not look much. However there was this picture in the window of a tagine that always caught my eye. So in the mood for something in a bowl I made a special trip over to Belmont to see…
Chicago Bagel Authority
After much success scoffing a number of steamed bagels at the other CBA location in Armitage, I felt it was time to sample the offerings at the Lakeview location, purely for quality control purposes you understand and also because their bagels are just so moist and tasty. This location is right next to the Belmont CTA…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 