Mercat is a Tapas bar located on Michigan Avenue. On a day a friend was visiting we decided to check out Mercat which I had walked past on multiple occasions. It was a rather busy day and with the upstairs too busy we ended up sitting down stairs at the bar where the bartender explained [...]
Tag: places to eat in Chicago
Flat Top
Flat Top restaurant can be found not only in Chicago but throughout Illinois, Indiana, and in one spot in Wisconsin. The Flat Top I visited was in the Loop, 30 South Wabash. Flat Top is a make-your-own stir-fry style restaurant. Once seated you take a little wooden paddle like stick and write your name on [...]
Black Dog Gelato
Black Dog is a gelato shop on Damen avenue in the Ukrainian village. The shop is somewhat small with limited seating but there is some more seating outside. It is more of the kind of shop where you get your gelato to go. There is seating by the window and a couple other shops but [...]
Piccolo Sogno Due
Piccolo Sogno Due can be found on Clark Street. It is the second restaurant opened in the city after Piccolo Sogno which can be found on Halstead.(The only title difference being the "Due") We were seated by the window and looked through the menus. They have an extensive alcohol menu and a staff that checks [...]
Bongo Room
A friend and I decided to start a day early with a trip out for breakfast. I've passed the Bongo Room on several occasions but hadn't been in. We got there early on a Sunday. The line in front of us didn't last long. Bongo Room's pancake list is that of a super sweet and [...]
Mindy’s Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate is a restaurant that serves food but also delicious desserts. It can be found on 1747 N. Damen Ave. An easy way to get there is the Blue Line Damen-O'hare stop. A friend and I met to go to Hot chocolate one evening and she got the above pictured, Black and Tan [...]
Stax Cafe
Stax Cafe is a brunch restaurant in University Village/Little Italy. It's found at 1401 W Taylor St. Stax is open essentially monday-sunday 7am till 3pm. (Saturday and Sunday they're open a half hour longer) The easiest way to get there is Blue Line Racine stop or in the Medical distracts pink line polk stop. It [...]
Dimo’s
Dimo's is a pizza place found in Wriglyville.It is open late, till about 3 or 4 am. You look at slices of pizza, ask about it or just order what you want then they'll heat it up for you, whichever concoction you've picked and you can take a seat and enjoy your fill. On Tuesday they [...]
The Noodle
The Noodle is a Vietnamese restaurant in the old part of Chinatown. They have wonderful soups and good pad thai. This is probably not the best place to go on a busy day, when they are packed such as after or during the chinatown parade. It was hard to order some of the drinks because [...]
La Tacorea
La Tacorea is in Belmont and its a mixture of Korean and Mexican food. With mixtures of things such as spicy sweet bbq pork, sesame garlic soy tofu all in burrito bowls or as jumbo tacos, its definably an interesting and fun fusion. It's set up a bit like subway, where they make the food [...]