Back on my El Stop project I headed over to the Wilson Red Line el station to search for some nearby snacks. Right underneath the line is a small Mexican taco shack called Rokito’s. In direct contrast with the rest of the area this place was warm, clean and friendly inside. I was surprised as…
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Flub a Dub Chub’s
“You had me at hello” Awesome name and it would have been rude not to enter to see if this place lived up to a start such as that! The shop is downstairs in the basement and it really is quite a unique spot. The walls are strewn with drawings from kids and big kids alike…
Nookies Edgewater
This place need to advertise itself much better, I headed up to the Bryn Mawr Red Line stop as I had not eaten anywhere up there yet and in my quest to find somewhere near each stop to snack it seemed a fair place to stop. It was a great day for November and I…
Chicken Hut – Possibly the best grilled chicken in town…discuss
Its very simple come here to eat chicken, whole, half, or a quarter. This was one of the first places I ate at when I came to Chicago. It was the grill through the window piled high and the smell of fresh char broiled chicken grabbing at my nostrils and gently pulling me in through the door that did…
The Southern Mac & Cheese Store
Would it surprise you if I told you that this place sells Macaroni and Cheese, I didn’t think so, but it also sells one killer of a toasted cheese sandwich which was what I came here for. Simply and Aptly it is just called “The Sandwich” The menu describes this as Hot Stuffed, Sweet Gena…
Al’s Beef
Ok so there are a few questions, should I be having an Italian beef sandwich for breakfast? Did I have one?, and was it nice? Not really, yes, and it was. Luckily I am not charged with exhalting the culinary heights of Chicago or only seeking out the best of the best. This allows me to…
Frank ‘n’ Dawgs
This is my fourth visit to Frank and Dawgs and I love the place, it is a good job it is not on my block or I would be eating there until I was sick of the place or until I was a candidate for the Biggest Loser (well a serious candidate anyway, just to fend…
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 Soup Box
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…
Etno Village Grill – Great Pork Sandwich
From the train on the brown line between the Diversey and Fullerton El stations I keep on getting distracted by a building with a cow on the roof. OK so its not exactly next to an actual El station stop, but I can see it and the cow means either that it sells meat to eat or…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 