OK so after several pints of English Ale it was time to find some food to soak it all up. I really fancied a burger of some sort but I was in England and to be honest it is not as easy to find a good one here at 10pm as it would have…
A traditional night out in England – Friday Night Pub Crawl
If beer was food then this blog entry is about consuming a lot post work on a Friday night. It does lead up to a Food Blog entry but that is a seperate post. This Friday I was back in my home town of Nottingham becoming reaquainted with some English Beer and some of my old drinking…
Sausage and Mash – English Comfort Food
It is nearing the end of my first full week over in the UK and it has rained nearly every day. I guess that I did wish for some rain when I came over as I do miss the English rain. But now to be honest I am bored of it and I could do with so…
A rather nice lunch at Browns in Nottingham
Still in the UK and we were out celebrating both my Mother’s 65th Birthday and on the side St George’s Day. The place of choice for lunch was Browns, it is a bit more upmarket from my usual hot dog, burger, grilled cheese type places that I frequent off the elevated railway, but then again I…
Gonalston Farm Shop – A little peek into the English country shop
For the next month I am going to be over in the UK mostly in my home town of Nottingham. So there will be very little hunting along the el line but I shall still share my ‘off track’ food experiences. One of the first ports of call is to the Gonalston Farm Shop which…
Flashback – DC Sarnies in the suburbs
Now DC Sarnies is nowhere near Washington and it is nowhere near the Elevated railway where I ususally hunt but its worth talking about and visiting. Primarily a slightly upmarket build your own sandwich and burger establishment it is somewhere between resturant and deli come bar. It is located out in Deerfield next to the…
Beneath the Loop track – Boni Vino
Right underneath the Loop rail line at Van Buren and Clark a footfall from the La Salle and Van Buren El stop, Boni Vino lies in wait, It is pretty unpreposing with a Pizza joint like sign that advertises Pizza and fine Italian food and cocktails. It was hard to know what to expect. A…
Safari Cup Coffee
Southport is pretty much the last stop on the non-loop section of the Elevated Brown Line that I had not recorded eating at. I have been down numerous times and I kept trying to get to Southport Grocery and Cafe but it was always too packed or I was too late. So when I heard…
Fox and Obel
I was so disappointed with my grilled cheese sandwich at Fox and Obel last week that it has taken me all week to get around to writing about it. As I was waiting for it to arrive I had tweeted that I was about to get one, and Fox and Obel had tweeted me back…
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…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 