Monks Pub in Chicago established in 1969 is as old as myself and that was reason enough to head over to the Loop to seek it out for a pint and a bit of food. The other reason being to meet up with an old friend who was working downtown and was recommending the place….
Category: the loop
Wow Bao “Potstickers for breakfast when hungover does actually work well”
Even as I start thinking about this post, I feel it verging dangerously close to turning into an advertorial for Wow Bao. I am sure that I can end that thought process quickly if I confess that I often have used Wow Bao as a hangover cure. There is something so satisfying and light about the consumption…
Sugar Bliss – “Mini-cupcakes for when you want to pretend that it’s OK to eat lots ‘cos’ their small”
I like the odd cupcake on occasion, but sometimes it is hard to decide which one to get, and I often wish that I could manage to eat more than one so that I could try a few different flavours. Luckily for me while alighting from the Elevated Rail tracks at Madison and Wabash I stumbled upon The Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique where…
Return to the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza
Last year I sampled some of the food at the Chicago Christmas Market in Daley Plaza, and to be honest I was not that impressed and was a bit rude and dismissive of their efforts. Well anyhow this year, not that I am promising to be any more generous but I thought that I would give…
Three J’s BBQ – West Indian and Jamaican Food off the back of a van
Strolling across the road from Daley Plaza I spot the Three J’s Jerk Chicken van on the corner. It said ‘Stop Me’ on the back, but it was already stopped so it was me who stopped just to get a photograph so I could record the number to track the resturant down. As I walked…
Pollito’s Grill and Rotisserie
Pollito’s is another of those lunch time /early evening food outlets just alongside the el train, or rather just beneath the El train at Washington and Wells. I approached it at dusk, about 4.45pm and was not sure if it was still going to be open as many of these places in this part of…
Westminster Hog Dog, chorizo heaven sourced under the rails and eaten in the park, ah Chicago Summertime
When I first saw the Westminster Hot Dog joint at 11 N Wells St, I was heading off the El Train at the Washington Wells EL stop and it was closed, and I kept going back to a closed store until I discovered that it is only opened during the lunchtime rush 10.30-3.30 weekdays. A rookie mistake when…
Christkindlmarket Daley Plaza
I love a good German Christmas market, but you know I do know that they are just a really poor imitation of the real thing, and I wish that people would travel to experience the real thing. Is that harsh? I don’t think so, having eaten some really bad food at some of these clones that…
Big Star Food Truck
Just caught Consuelo the Big Star Food Truck alongside Presidential Towers in the West Loop, it was a little bit chilly out but not cold enough to resist the lure of some food truck food offerings. I was really only in the market for a quick taco, but I was tempted and persuaded by the…
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…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 