DavidM wrote:Thanks for your suggestions - we had a fantastic time in Chicago. If it hadn't been for the trip we'd never have thought to visit but the place was so nice and the people so friendly (best shop assistants I've ever encountered) we'd recommend it to anyone over New York.

David-

Yeah! You're the best type of visitor -- you became a de facto LTHer by taking us up on some of our recommendations. I'm glad you liked them and even more glad you had a nice time (despite this dismal weather we've been having).

And thank you so much for letting us know how it went. It's good to know "this recommendation was spot on, this one, not so much"

Dear DavidM,

I found this thread too late to suggest anything, or I would have said that for the best steak in town your hotel was just as close to Keefer's, which on this forum has often gotten the highest praise among Chicago's many excellent steakhouses, as you were to Smith and Wollensky (also great though).

But I am glad to see that from the choices on your short list you picked Frontera Grill. That's what I would have picked if I were you, or if I had the pleasure to take an out-of-town visitor to dinner here.

I am just sorry to see you've already come and gone because I am dying to visit England again and wanted to ask if you wanted someone to carry your bags for you on the trip back ... oh well, better luck next time!