downtown's best comfort burger needed

after shopping on the miracle mile monday i will be in desperate need of a comfort cheeseburger. where is the best one in the vicinity?

couple of ideas: weber grill, smith & wollensky

blackie's on grand?

Rosebud has $5 burgers with great fixings from 1-3 or thereabouts on weekdays.

Siun wrote:Rosebud has $5 burgers with great fixings from 1-3 or thereabouts on weekdays.

Rosebud on Rush
720 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2504
(312) 266-6444

Approximately behind Saks Fifth Avenue.

David Burke's Primehouse offers their 40-day dry aged prime steak burger on their lunch menu, available till 3:00.

David Burke's Primehouse
616 North Rush at Ontario (in The James Hotel Chicago)
312.660.6000

Too bad you won't be shopping on Friday, David Burke has a "cab and cow" special - 2 5oz burgers, 2 3oz cabernets, $15 Every Friday - see details on
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 0513402963

leek wrote:Too bad you won't be shopping on Friday, David Burke has a "cab and cow" special - 2 5oz burgers, 2 3oz cabernets, $15 Every Friday - see details on
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 0513402963

It's also on the events page on Burke's website here.

You could call the restaurant and ask if maybe just maybe they could do that for you on a Monday. The worst that can happen is they say no, which is no big deal, and maybe they can do something else for you instead.

Usaimprov wrote:after shopping on the miracle mile monday i will be in desperate need of a comfort cheeseburger. where is the best one in the vicinity?

"Miracle mile"?? If you're in L.A. why are you posting here?

basis wrote:blackie's on grand?

The Boston Blackie's on Grand closed several month ago.

Umm...Michigan ave. In Chicago is known as the miracle mile

Usaimprov wrote:Umm...Michigan ave. In Chicago is known as the miracle mile

Nope. The Miracle Mile is in LA. The Magnificent Mile is in Chicago.

I'm not sure what a comfort cheeseburger is but I think the burger at Naha is pretty outstanding and ranks among the top burgers in the city. The fries are also excellent.

Naha
500 North Clark Street
Chicago Illinois 60654
phone 312.321.6242

magnificent...miracle...whatever. i am concerned with a cheeseburger

thanks all...i will try rosebud

leek wrote:

Siun wrote:Rosebud has $5 burgers with great fixings from 1-3 or thereabouts on weekdays.

Rosebud on Rush
720 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2504
(312) 266-6444

Usaimprov wrote:thanks all...i will try rosebud

I hope Rosebud on Rush puts out a better $5 burger than the one I had at Rosebud Trattoria earlier this year. I didn't find that burger very comforting.

Just realized we were at the Rosebud Trattoria when we had the $5 burger - it was quite good, enormous, cooked precisely as ordered, and definitely came on the pretzel bun. Not sure if it compares to the one on Rush since I've never been - not much of a steakhouse sort. My work team was looking for quick good lunch and since the line at Xoco was too long, we headed here. While not the best burger I've ever had, it was quite tasty and at the price, a good deal in a nice setting with good service.

Any of the downtown steakhouses will provide you with an awesome burger at a price.

David Burke's 40 day dry-aged steak burger w/ garlic spinach, fried shallots, and bacon mayo on a potato roll with truffle asiago fries! $12 Mon-Fri during lunch. Mmm!


Burger.

That sounds awesome, but probably not a "comfort burger".

(Although given that my thread contribution has apparently closed, you did better than me!)

Okay, I'll give. What is a "comfort burger"?

just one of those rewarding greasy burger that hits the spot after stressful xmas shopping on mich. ave

nsxtasy wrote:Okay, I'll give. What is a "comfort burger"?

Apparently, a food favored by people who mistake Chicago for LA.
Also, the person asked for downtown. All of the places listed were north of the river.
Maybe we should all provide somed downtown options. Lloyds? Not a lot of good options.
Edited to add:.
Assuming the person meant "Mag Mile" rather than "Miracle" why bother heading south to downtown after shopping? As others have noted, Streeterville and River North have a lot of great options.

Double cheeseburger at Billy Goat.....along with the atmosphere and banter with Jeff the bartender on weekdays.......what could be more "comforting"

Epic Burger, but that could be South Loop.

http://mmonks.com/ - in the Loop.

DML wrote:

nsxtasy wrote:Okay, I'll give. What is a "comfort burger"?

Apparently, a food favored by people who mistake Chicago for LA.
Also, the person asked for downtown. All of the places listed were north of the river.
Maybe we should all provide somed downtown options. Lloyds? Not a lot of good options.
Edited to add:.
Assuming the person meant "Mag Mile" rather than "Miracle" why bother heading south to downtown after shopping? As others have noted, Streeterville and River North have a lot of great options.

"Downtown" is neither an official neighborhood nor a community area, and therefore doesn't have officially-defined boundaries; as a result, it seems to mean different things to different people. To you, "downtown" apparently means the Loop. To some of the suburbanites I know, "downtown" seems to refer to all parts of Chicago that have high population density and lots of bars, restaurants, etc. for them to patronize ("We're coming downtown for a Cubs game, want to meet us at Murphy's for a beer?"). The most consistent definition for "downtown" that I've been able to come up with is "closer to the Loop than where I live".

I personally don't use the term when other city dwellers ask me where I live, because it's vague & meaningless, and saying "Gold Coast" will tell them exactly what they want to know. But when out-of-towners ask where I live, I tell them "downtown Chicago", because it answers their question without a need for additional explanation (and they probably don't care anyway).

In summary, I think it's safe to assume that the OP will spend the day shopping on Michigan Ave (which is in "downtown Chicago" in the OP's estimation), and would like to grab a burger in the immediate vicinity.

Looking to suburbanites (and I'm using the term in reference to people who rarely enter the city limits) for a definition of "downtown" is like asking Moldovans to create a Chicago tourism flyer ("Al Capone! Bang-bang!")

spinynorman99 wrote:Looking to suburbanites (and I'm using the term in reference to people who rarely enter the city limits) for a definition of "downtown" is like asking Moldovans to create a Chicago tourism flyer ("Al Capone! Bang-bang!")

The point I was trying to make was that we shouldn't bust the OP's balls by nitpicking when their intent was clear.

Khaopaat wrote:

spinynorman99 wrote:Looking to suburbanites (and I'm using the term in reference to people who rarely enter the city limits) for a definition of "downtown" is like asking Moldovans to create a Chicago tourism flyer ("Al Capone! Bang-bang!")

The point I was trying to make was that we shouldn't bust the OP's balls by nitpicking when their intent was clear.

The Internet is no place for people with delicate balls.