River North area dining
River North area dining
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River North area dining
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Post #1 - March 11th, 2009, 8:45 amI have family coming in and staying at the Sheraton River North. Any suggestions for fine and a little less expensive than "fine" dining in the area? No Chinese restaurants was a request. Thanks!
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Post #2 - March 11th, 2009, 11:41 amWe enjoy taking out-of-towners to Atwood Cafe. It's a historic art-nouveau space with lovely food and service at below fine-dining prices.
Atwood Cafe
1 W. Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Tel: (312) 368-1900
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Post #3 - March 11th, 2009, 12:35 pmIn the 'less expensive than "fine"' category, there's Cyrano's. Solid French bistrot food.
Cyrano's Bistrot
546 N Wells St
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 467-0546
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Post #4 - March 11th, 2009, 1:17 pmHUB 51
51 W. Hubbard
Chicago, IL 60610
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Trader Vics - Chicago
1030 N. State St
Chicago, IL 60610GOOD TIMES!
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Post #5 - March 11th, 2009, 3:24 pmGreektownSteve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #6 - March 11th, 2009, 4:12 pmYou'll be in walking distance of Coco Pazzo Cafe (assuming we're talking about the same Sheraton), a good source for mid-range Italian:
http://www.cocopazzocafe.com/
Beyond easy walking distance the options are countless."The fork with two prongs is in use in northern Europe. In England, they’re armed with a steel trident, a fork with three prongs. In France we have a fork with four prongs; it’s the height of civilization." Eugene Briffault (1846)
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Post #7 - March 11th, 2009, 4:30 pmI've had great success, especially with our family's picky eaters, if that's a concern, at Petterino's. It's a LEYE restaurant and if you don't want a steak, the entrees top out at $24 or less. Steaks are a little less than $40 and sides (for two) are five or six bucks. It's crazy busy before curtain time and nice and quiet afterwards... lunch gets rushed at noon and clears out by one-ish.
http://www.petterinos.com/
Petterino's
150 N. Dearborn
Chicago IL 60601
312.422.0150"Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it’s too sweet, it’s bound to be hiding something."
— Lyle Lovett
"How do you say 'Yum-o' in Swedish? Or is it Swiss? What do they speak in Switzerland?"- Rachel Ray
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Post #8 - March 11th, 2009, 4:37 pmThanks for all of the suggestions. I'll run some of these by them.
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Post #9 - March 11th, 2009, 5:31 pmmchodera wrote:I've had great success, especially with our family's picky eaters, if that's a concern, at Petterino's.
And, as I must do every time Petterino's is referenced, I'll mention that they have the best scratch-made chocolate pudding in the city.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #10 - March 11th, 2009, 5:37 pmRiver North? Not too expensive? Here's my go-to option:
Lou Malnati's
439 North Wells Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 312.828.9800
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Post #11 - March 11th, 2009, 5:42 pmClub Lago?
Club Lago
331 W. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60610
312-337-9444Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #12 - March 11th, 2009, 6:02 pmThis thread http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=17294 is lunch recs near the Gleacher Center (across the road from the Sheraton) but a lot of the suggestions are good for dinner too. For something casual, particularly late, Fox & Obel Cafe is a good choice.
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Post #13 - March 11th, 2009, 8:02 pm
I'd second Club Lago. It has an old-school Italian feel, rather like the places you always see in mob movies. (In fact there are signs on the wall that scenes from some movie or other was filmed there.) That might be fun for out of town guests.
