The Pleasant House pub at 2119 South Halsted Street in Pilsen was on my must visit list on my latest trip back to Chicago. I was a great fan of the Pleasant House bakery in Bridgeport and when I read last year in the Chicago Tribune that the husband and wife team behind that place Art and…
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Duke of Perth – Scottish Beer and ‘All you can eat Fish and Chips’
There are so many Irish bars in Chicago that sometimes it gets a bit boring, so was nice to find The Duke of Perth which is a Decent Scottish pub over in Lakeview on Clark Street. I am sure that for its regular punters it is a great neighbourhood bar, but for many of us…
Epic Fish and Chip hunt Failure – Nick’s Fishmarket Bar and Grill
On the face of it this place should have been right up my street. An uplit bar glowing blue neon, glass everywhere, a cold glass of Pinot Grigio and a mild hint that maybe the beautiful people would be arriving at any moment to sip on a few cosmopolitans. The menu had some decent fish…
Fish and Chips at the oldest pub in England
If you are drinking beer at the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem”, the oldest pub in England, then why not consume a plate of Fish and Chips to go with it? There is no good answer as to why not, so I took the safe option and did just that. Although it was quite tasty it was a…
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…
Off Track NYC “A Salt and Battery”
For an expat Englishman there is a constant search for good fish and chips, not just abroad but in the UK also. Some surveys will claim that Curry is the number one takeaway in the UK these days, but ignore that it is Fish and Chips, and that is what we seek and crave when overseas….
The Red Lion – Real Ale, Fish and Chips, an English Pub in Chicago
On the search up the Brown line for places to eat, one of the stops I had not yet visited was Rockwell. The El Stop is on N. Rockwell St and they are a couple of obvious options near to it; Rockwells Neighborhood Grill, and the Pizza Art Cafe, but as an Englishman I was in the…
