One of the first places I ever ate in Chicago was at Clarkes on Belmont near to the Belmont El Stop (read more here). I had come up here looking for an apartment and there was an agency just along the road that I had spotted when checking out the area. That place was great…
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Eggsperience the breakfast in River North
Eggsperience was one of the first places that I ever had breakfast at in Chicago. I was staying in a hotel just near to the Grand El stop on the Red line while I looked for my first apartment in the City. Over the years I came back here pretty often, sometimes sitting up at the…
Yolk in Streeterville – Two Eggs and Meat option so that will be erm….Bacon
I have walked past this particular branch of Yolk located at 355 E. Ohio Street on the corner of Grand & McClurg in Streeterville on many occasion on my way back and forth towards Navy Pier but until this day I had never walked in. I had been to one of their other sites…
Twenty Four Hour Comfort Food at 3 Star Coffee Shop – Upper West Side, Bacon, Egg, Sausage and erm Cake!
Late night or early morning the brightly lit yet restrained sign of the 3 Star Coffee Shop shines like a beacon signalling the location of some good classic diner food and more importantly the American version of the ‘All Day Breakfast’. I am not sure what time I rolled into this spot, it was sometime between 12pm and 4 am after the…
English Farmers Market – Meat, more meat, bacon and scotch eggs
I love a good farmer’s market, whether in the UK or the USA you can always be assured of getting your hands on some good local produce. In Chicago you are usually getting fruit and vegetables from Illinois and the surrounding States of Michigan and Wisconsin. In Nottingham it was meat and dairy from Nottinghamshire,…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 