It is not always easy to find anything decent to eat at Chicago O’Hare airport, especially if you are flying from one of the smaller airlines on one of those tiny bare concourses that are bereft of any reasonable dining options. I was fearing the worst when I was flying back with British Airways and…
Category: Blue Line
Kuma’s Corner – Massive Burgers, Rock Music, and Beer = Perfect place to take your Mum for lunch
I had heard a lot of talk about Kuma’s Corner and it’s infamous burgers. “Big burgers”, “Hard Rock music”, “Long waits, but worth the effort” seemed to be the general theme of those conversations. So with my Mum in town and knowing that she likes a good US Style hamburger I figured it was a…
IHOP early morning breakfast desperation
Some days missing the train can be a blessing and some days a pain, but on this occasion with the sun shining in the brisk cool air I was happy enough and spotted a IHOP sign in the distance and thought…why not? It is not really somewhere that I would ever have planned to go…
Tortas Frontera a better option at O’Hare
I don’t usually look for any breakfast when I am passing through O’Hare but this week I was going from terminal 3 over to New York and I had an hour to spare. Walking up towards the Food Court somewhat fearful of what might await my tastebuds and early morning stomach I was pleased to…
La Pasadita – don’t blink there really are three of them
This was another accidental food hunt down the El Line. Originally I was sitting on the number 50 CTA Damen bus heading to Roscoe Village to pop in on the Roscoe Village Burger Fest. I had not read my dates properly and I was a day early so I stayed on the bus and rode…
Filling my belly at Belly Shack, with an Asian Dog and an encounter with my arch enemy the brussel sprout
Heading back out onto the El Stop Hunt I tracked South down the Blue LIne and dropped off at the Western (O’Hare branch) stop. Nestled down beneath the line was BellyShack. It seemed appropriate to weave my way across the busy road to see what sort of food this place had to offer. Contrary to…
The ‘New’ Mic Duck’s Drive-In
Some time ago a friend complained that I hadn’t written anything for a few days and then it was all about Food Trucks in New York. My response was that I did not like the places I had visited in Chicago that week and they weren’t worth going back to. He commented that part of the…
Cafe Mustache at California
With unseasonal Chicago temperatures hitting the 80F mark for another day on the first day of Spring! no less, it felt more like California than Illinois, so in the spirit of stately brotherhood I decided to head down the Blue Line to the California CTA station. Just along from the El stop on North…
The Scotch Egg hunt. Day 1 (JAM in Logans Square)
This week I am on a mission to hunt down and consume as many different Chicago chef inspired scotch eggs. In order to do this I had to break my golden rule of doing any kind of research before I jumped on the Elevated railway to hunt for food. I was hoping that my google…
La Tapenade Mediterranean Cafe – O’Hare
O’ Hare is right at the end of the Blue Line and it is not that often that I have had a chance to knock this one off on my el stop blog list. Sadly for me I have to travel to New Jersey for work this week the only upside being that I get to spend…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 