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…
Kitchen Sink – Berwyn
I can admit to being a bit of a snob, which is surprising considering that I spend most of my time traipsing around Chicago and New York eating junk food or ‘posh’ junk food. However I confess that I often judge the chances of finding somewhere decent to eat by an El station by…
Gorilla Cheese NYC Food Truck
Walking along West Montrose towards the Wilson Red Line from the Montrose Brown Line stop in the sunshine I saw a familiar face up on the wall and it created a brief flashback to the previous weekend. King Kong had clearly headed back over to New York from Chicago, perhaps he thought that everyone had forgotten about…
The Scotch Egg Hunt day 2: Iyanze at Wilson
I was not even out on a Scotch Egg Hunt I was just strolling past the Wilson Red Line CTA station on my way to Target when I was distracted by a West African Resturant across the road. I just had to check it out to see if they had anything I had not tried before. Then to…
Flirty Cupcakes Food Truck
Walking towards the Quincy CTA stop to jump onto the Brown line home I was bemoaning in my head the lack of places to eat nearby that were not chains such as Dunkin Donuts or McDonalds. I was thinking that I was going to struggle to find anything decent to eat and blog about in…
Murph’s
The sun was shining so instead of catching the CTA 78 bus between Montrose Blue Line and the Montrose Brown Line stations I decided to walk and see what food I would chance upon on the way, 25 minutes later a ramshackle hot dog shack came into view. Inside I was slightly disapointed not to…
Susie’s – a ramshackle kind of a place serving dogs and the like
Suzie’s ‘drive through’ appears to have had a good deal of press and acolades over the years, even being featured on “Chicago’s Best” so I felt I had to try it out even though it is not directly on a CTA El Stop, it is on my daily walk home down Montrose Avenue between…
Beechers – Cheese Emporium NYC
Just between Union Square and the Flatiron building is Beechers, it is actually right next to the new location of ‘Craft’ Tom Coliccio’s resturant, so it is in good company. It describes itself as a store and cafe and it certainly was a striking and very pleasant space to eat lunch in. I…
Seoul Food Wagon
I chanced upon the Seoul Food Wagon in Union Square on a small trip last weekend to New York City. It was such a good looking truck I felt I had to give them a chance and sample their fare. On occasion I really despair, I stood in the queue, or line if you like,…
City Provisions delicatessen
Finally with the sunshine out and a clear blue sky I had the time and the energy to get back out on the El Stop Food Hunt. Thanks to advice from Twitter I headed over to Wilson and Wolcott following the curve of the Brown line to find City Provisons. Located right beneath the line in…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 