3 day bender with friend from out of town ideas

My friend is visiting for a boy's weekend starting today. Planning an itinerary, looking for ideas: interesting food, music, clubs, late night stuff:
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So Far:
Friday 3 meet at office, millenium park, art institute, arch cruise, MCA
6 Martini;s Oysters at Shaws (music?0
5:30 Honky tonk country at empty bottle 5:30
Buddy Guys 5:30 Blues

Avec at 8
10 Some club or such


Late night food

Saturday:
Breadfast, edgebrook? dinner G Wiv mentions? Or other
Morning Work out at health club


mid day?


Penninsula Martinis at 5
9 Dick Dale double door
Robbie Fulks Fitzgeralds
Old style polkoholics 10

Green Mill
Pho


3am Korean



Sunday

Maxwell market
China Town.
(rest of sunday still in flux

Any thoughts from the experts
We like cigars, blues, off the beat food, etc

Forget the heading before

Psychchef,

Your food ideas sound pretty good, just make sure that whoever is handling the oysters at Shaw's isn't smelling them for freshness before serving you. Generally a bad sign.

As for Blues, Buddy Guy's Legends is a pathetic, oversized, unfriendly, overpriced, dismal, dirty tourist trap. I'd say, go see Jimmy Burns at Rosa's tonight (Friday 11/4). Much better music and atmosphere, plus the all-night taqueria nearby on Armitage ain't half-bad. Enjoy yourselves, "boys" . . .


Reb

Well, I s'pose this is time for me to make my annual (and tossed aside) rec of the Division Street Bath's. On one hand, the place is as grimey as they come. All rough concrete, worn carpet and dingy lockers. And you can waddle around in a torn sheet that appears to have been purchased at the Ward's liquidation sale. On the other hand, there is nothing like it around anymore. You will intermingle with scary Russian types, near north insurance brokers, and various people above and below them on the respectable chain. The Jacksons might be there, and I do not mean Tito, Janet or Jermaine. Yet, it is more than a people observing paradise. There is serious raw, toxin free-in', euphoria inducin', remedy of the ancients, heat. Heat so powerful that one is near forced to pour buckets of ice cold water in relief every five minutes or so. The in-the-know and secure take the cleansing several steps further with oak leaves and such--details left off of this G rated forum. Of course, when fully spent from the heat, all those toxins are quickly added thru shots of vodka, sweet strawberry pop, broiled skirt steaks and salads with big chunks of salami and cheese. This should be a LTH stalwart, yet never is.

Details on the Bath's can be found here

Three more obvious suggestions:

- The bar at the Berghof, so you can get a preview of what God's saloon looks like.

- The Jim's vs. Maxwell Express challenge

- One of the "cabbie" joints like Kabbabish for late night Pakistani home cooking.

Have you seen Dick Dale before? If not, I would highly recommend checking that show out. Incredible performer and definitely not getting any younger.
Also, a late night trip to Carol's Pub would be a good choice if you like country music.


Carol's Pub
4659 N. Clark St.
773-334-2402

As for Blues, Buddy Guy's Legends is a pathetic, oversized, unfriendly, overpriced, dismal, dirty tourist trap. I'd say, go see Jimmy Burns at Rosa's tonight (Friday 11/4). Much better music and atmosphere

Jimmy Burns at Rosa's = $10

Jimmy Burns at Buddy Guy's = $10 (11/7, 11/21)

Sure, it draws more tourists because it's just behind the Hilton and more accessible to the downtown entertainment scene, but it really depends on who's making the music. By the way, are you going to BG's at 5:30? The show doesn't usually start till 9:00 at the earliest.

What the Rebbe said.

But if your friend is a little too whitebread for the west side, Jimmy Johnson is appearing in the Green Zone at B.L.U.E.S. Ask him to play "I Stand Alone."

On your way to the Polkahokics at the Lincoln Square lanes stop by the Neidersachsen club for their annual potato pancake cookout. Neidersachsen is the small building sandwiched inbetween the Old Town School of Folk music and the Daly Bar and Grill.
http://chicagopolkaholics.com/pshows.htm

How in the world can a "bender" in Chicago be complete without at least one evening at the Map Room, hands-down the world's greatest bar for people who love great microbrew beers and specialty beers & ales from around the world.

2nd, 3rd, and 4th the Green Mill... especially Saturday nite after about 11PM when the Sabertooth Quartet takes the stage... easily Chicago's greatest "house band" jazz ensemble.