downtown restaurant suggestions please
downtown restaurant suggestions please
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downtown restaurant suggestions please
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Post #1 - June 20th, 2006, 2:30 amI will be at the Hyatt Recency at 151 East Wacker Drive for 12 days in July. I am looking for good value restaurants nearby. If anyone knows of early bird specials, that would be even better as we have to eat early(around 5PM)/ Thanks
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Post #2 - June 20th, 2006, 11:05 amYou might want to check out the early evening bar buffet at Trattoria 10. Give them a call first, since I don't when they open or on which days it's offered.
Trattoria No. 10
10 N. Dearborn St.
312-984-1718
A little more upscale and a long walk or a short cab ride away is Custom House, which offers a pretheatre prix fixe dinner ($42) at 5:00 and 5:30.
Here's their website:
http://www.customhouse.cc/"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 #3 - June 20th, 2006, 12:55 pmThe Atwood Cafe has a fixed price pre theatre menu from 5 to 7:
http://www.atwoodcafe.com/
Atwood Cafe
1 W Washington St
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 368-1900
I think you'll find a lot of that type of thing in the theatre district a few blocks south of your hotel. You might look theatre dining and Chicago up in a search engine and see what there is to see.
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Post #4 - June 20th, 2006, 1:55 pmthndrstm,
You sound like a fellow bridge player. PM me, I can help.
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Post #5 - July 5th, 2006, 6:38 pmAny more suggestions? I am leaving in less than a week. Thx
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Post #6 - July 6th, 2006, 4:15 amCould you give us a better idea of what cuisines you enjoy? Since Chicago has so much to offer, almost any sort of dining experience is available, but we need your parameters to help much. How important is convenience/location to you? Do the options have to be within walking distance, or are you willing to take the El or a cab?Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
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Post #7 - July 6th, 2006, 5:10 amCheck out the burger at McCormick & Schmick's bar for $1.95 (with a 1-drink purchase). Regardless of price, I find their burger to be quite enjoyable.
http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/media/Bar_Menu.pdf
McCormick & Schmick's
41 East Chestnut St.
(312) 397-9500
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Post #8 - July 7th, 2006, 12:10 amThe happy hour at McCormick & Schmick's is a good suggestion. Conveniently, a new branch is set to open Saturday, July 8 about a block from the Hyatt. My understanding is that the menu will be much the same and the happy hour will be offered weekdays from 3:30 to 6 (but check to be sure!).
Also in the immediate vicinity is the newest Morton’s, The Steakhouse. They have a discounted bar menu weekdays from 4 to 6:30 and 9:30 to 11. Although I haven’t yet been to either of these new places, I would expect both to be an excellent value (with the discount, that is).
McCormick & Schmick's
1 E Wacker
Chicago
312-923-7226
Morton's
65 E Wacker
Chicago
312-201-0410
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Post #9 - July 9th, 2006, 5:44 pmThx, I actually bought a 100 certificate for M and S at Costco(for 80), get a cookbook too.
