The Walnut room is a restaurant in the south loop's Macy's. (or Marshall Fields as it use to be called) During the holiday season the side walk on state street is packed with people looking at the window displays. The Walnut room is on the 7th floor and has been open since 1907. It's a [...]
Tag: places to eat in Chicago
White Palace Grill
The White Palace Grill is a 24 hour restaurant that has been open since 1939 and has been featured on Dives Drive-ins and diners on the Food Network. While out shopping with a friend for fish supplies she mentioned wanting to try the place so we did. There is an odd extra door that I'm [...]
Wildberry
Wildberry is a brunch place on the edge of the park. I went on a sunday morning around 11:30 am and quickly learned that I chose their busiest times to meet a friend for brunch. There is an hour and occasionally longer wait on the weekends. Reservations are not possible on the weekends. I waited [...]
Elly’s Pancake House-Closed
Elly's Pancake House is a restaurant open 24 hours that serves any meal at any time. They make wonderful pancakes. I usually get chocolate chip pancakes because it's a big enough portion for me to take the leftovers home and eat them the next day. I also really like that they serve fresh fruit on [...]
Ba Le Sandwiches
I've seen the Ba Le shop before, but I'd never been in. I always assumed it was a nice parisian cafe because between Ba and Le is an Eiffel tower. I was partially right, Ba Le is a fusion of French and Vietnamese food. The restaurant is set up with refrigerators with glass doors lining [...]
Joy Yee Noodles and Smoothies
One of the places I take people to eat is a popular restaurant called Joy Yee Noodles (located in Chinatown). It's usually a popular place because of the smoothie station. During some parts of the summer the smoothie station will be set up like a small town ice cream shop where you order at the [...]
Electric Guest at Lincoln Hall
I don't go to concerts often, not that I don't like to, just that I don't pay close enough attention to the bands I enjoy. A classmate/friend of mine had a favorite band coming into town and needed/wanted someone to go with her (other friends were being mean and she didn't want to take them) [...]
Cafe Hoang
I met a friend for a late lunch, she picked out the place, a Vietnamese restaurant in her neighborhood that she hadn't been to before. It had beautiful Vietnamese music playing (I assume). There were beautiful plants, orchids, bamboo and more and the walls had patterns made by small tile. They gave us a glass [...]