There is something special about taking a friend to a place you know that they will love for the first time and no trip to Princeton would be complete without a visit to the Triumph Brewery. That was my pleasure last week, I had sold Triumph on the basis that it was a brew…
Bagel Nosh – East Windsor New Jersey
OK I admit that this post is a total indulgence. When I lived and worked in New Jersey this was my best lunch and breakfast option, whether it was a breakfast sandwich, a club sandwich at lunch or a salad when I was on Atkins, Bagel Nosh supplied them all. I doubt any readers will…
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…
El Llano – where chickens’ transform into Colombian Gold
I have had my eye on El Llano for a while, usually when I see double L’s at the front of a name I am in Wales, but tonight I was entering a little Colombian haven. I wasn’t really sure what I fancied, but some sort of grilled or roasted chicken was high on the agenda….
Mangis hit or miss?
Walking down from the Addison Brown line stop you could be forgiven for passing by this joint. I did on my way passed to whole foods at Paulina, walking passed several fitness centres before being snared with the thought of a sneaky hot dog In the end I was not wowed by the offerings but…
Flashback – Jakes Pup in the Ruf
This time last year I was fighting my way through snowpocalypse on my way to Chicago and a new stage in my life. Flashback a couple of weeks to that brief little attempt at winter and I was out soaking up the freeze. Boy was it cold at the beach and what more does one…
Golden Angel – old school diner
Sunday breakfast sometimes ends up being brunch and on occasions like this weekend gets dangerously close to dinner. Wandering along Lincoln Avenue debating whether it was too late to jump on the el to find a new stop and a new eatery I passed by the Golden Angel Resturant and Pancake House for about the…
Fish and Chip hunt leads to the New England Seafood Company
Some days I really crave some good old fish and chips, but sadly it is hard to track down, so I was delighted to find this decent offering near to the Paulina Brown Line stop. The New England Seafood Company sells East Coast Boston type fare, well at least I assume it does as I have…
Sweet Station – Chicago Chinatown
Its cold, its a Sunday, there is football on the television, oh and its getting dark. So why stay in when you can get on the el and ride 45 mins down the red line to Chinatown for no other good reason than you fancy some potstickers? It was closer than a 2hr flight to…
Chicago Bagel Authority
After much success scoffing a number of steamed bagels at the other CBA location in Armitage, I felt it was time to sample the offerings at the Lakeview location, purely for quality control purposes you understand and also because their bagels are just so moist and tasty. This location is right next to the Belmont CTA…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 