The Pick Me Up Cafe is located at 3408 N. Clark Street. The Pick Me Up Cafe is a restaurant/cafe/ and bar open late or until early in the morning. The restaurant serves vegetarian and vegan friendly options. A friend had mentioned it earlier in the day and we found our way there after lunch [...]
Tag: places to eat in Chicago
Cheesie’s Pub & Grill
Cheesie's is located in Lakeview and Evanston. The one I went to is at 958 W. Belmont Ave., right off the Belmont brown/red line station. It's a greasy grilled cheese pub. I went during lunch and ordered a lunch special which for the price of a normal full grilled cheese they also throw in [...]
American Girl Place Cafe
The American Girl Place Cafe is located at 835 N Michigan Ave. It is attached to the American Girl store. When I was younger I loved American Girl dolls, which is interesting because I found dolls either creepy or I viewed them as collectors items to be kept in boxes until they were worth something. I [...]
Kopi: A Travelers Cafe
Kopi is a cafe in Andersonville located at 5317 N Clark St. The cafe is filled with bookshelves of journals and travel guides, shelves and shelves of Lonely Planet. With a little shop of items for sale in the back. Art lines the walls that rotates and the shop occasionally hosts live music. The cafe [...]
Waffles
Waffles is a restaurant found in a couple locations in Chicago. They are open from 8 am to 7pm Monday through Friday and from 8-3pm on Sundays at their 1400 S. Michigan location. They have one more location in Lakeview. I went to the one on Michigan in the South Loop. Since it was still [...]
Bite Cafe
A friend and I headed to the bite cafe in the Ukrainian village for brunch. There isn't a direct train line to the spot and since it was Sunday the busses were not coming by very often. I walked pretty far from the blue line to the Bite Cafe. It wasn't a bad walk, there [...]
Pingpong
Ping Pong is a restaurant located on 3322 N. Broadway. A friend and I ended up going to Ping Pong because the place we'd planned to go to was closed and after wandering around decided to go in and check out the menu. With old music, and a 50s feel of American or Europe fused with [...]
Dunlays on the Square
Dunlays on the Square is located in Logan Square. It is a bar and grill with outdoor seating at 3137 W. Logan Avenue. While there I tried their Fish and Chips. I got their beer battered cod with a side of cole slaw and exchanged the french fries for sweet potato fries. The food was [...]
Freshii
Freshii is a restaurant chain of healthy food. I'd never seen one before coming to Chicago, but apparently this chain makes its way around and even to other countries with the idea of fresh healthy food for reasonable prices. You can order something they already have a set recipe for, or you can create your [...]
Tweet
Tweet is a brunch place near Argyle at 5020 North Sheridan. The breakfast place is super friendly towards people in need of gluten-free options but can get pretty packed. Tweet is open from 9 am to 3pm and they stop seating people around 2:45 pm. restaurant is a cash only restaurant and is attached to the [...]