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GOOD Magazine has an article on "America's Tastiest Streets" and lists Broadway in Uptown among the chosen number. Describing Uptown as a "genuine microcosm of Studs Terkel's home turf" and praising the BYOB policy of many of the restaurants in the area, GOOD lists Silver Seafood, La Fonda Latino Grill, Thai Pastry and (naturally) Green Mill as places to check out when there.
Truth be told, if the fine folks at GOOD wanted to get a more accurate microcosm of Studs' home turf (or, more to the point, be a perpetual seeker like Studs) they might want to check out East 75th Street in Chatham, where they can find Soul Vegetarian East, Lem's BBQ, Army & Lou's, 5 Loaves Eatery, Café Trinidad, and the 50 Yard Line all within walking distance of each other.
Go ahead and name some other streets noted for their eating (that aren't Randolph Street) in the comments.
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rush and state, duh. you've got morton's and lux and carmine's and tavern and hunt club and that irish joint all right there.
who needs anything else?
oh, and bonus! there are hookers!
but seriously, i assume you are looking for a diversity of food choices. I'm not sure...north ave between damen and wood has santullos and piece, cooking fools, (another) Tavern, Cafe Absinthe, Zen Noodle, that little italian deli (I forgot the name), and Las Palmas.
Pretty good stretch of food. French, Pizza, bar grub, italian, asian, mexican.
west devon avenue from 1200 west aaaall the way to about 3000 west. yum!
north clark street from argyle to thorndale (aka andersonville.
south wentworth from 18th to 24th.
north kedzie from irving park to montrose. heck, lawrence!
Nice to see my neighborhood getting recognition. Usually, when I tell people I'm from Uptown, all I get is "oh ... you know, that place isn't as dangerous as it used to be." Gee, thanks.
RIP, Uptown Snack Shop.
I might be biased, but I'll take the 6-block stretch of Lincoln Ave. in Lincoln Square (Berteau to Lawrence, 4200N to 4800N).
From Berteau north:
Cho Sun Ok
Feed the Beast
Jury's
Chalkboard
Bowman's (technically on Leavitt)
Julius Meinl (opening soon at Lincoln/Montrose)
42 Degrees N. Latitude
Tank Sushi
Bistro Campagne
Erba
The Grafton
Bad Dog Tavern
Tallulah
Daily Bar & Grill
Fiddlehead Cafe
Essence of India
Jack Rabbit
Skewers
The Grind
La Bocca della Verita
CafeNeo
Cafe Selmarie
Chicago Brauhaus
The Book Cellar
Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna
Garcia's
Trattoria Trullo
I think we have a winner...
Wow. I am not sure I can beat that list by seg43.
The stretch of Division near me has a bunch of nice food between Western and Ashland. I can't list them all off the top of my head, but we have Crust, Letitzia's, Mirai, Bob San, Smoke Daddy, Cafe Gelato, Coco Rouge, Jerry's Sandwiches, and a bunch more, actually. Not so bad, huh?
thanks for the list seg43...unless i'm catching a flick at the davis, i forget how cool LS is.
i still think the stretch of wabash by my office is pretty sweet. Between lake and washington, a mcdonald's, subway, mrs. field's cookies, gold coast dogs, popeyes, starbucks, and heaven on seven turn lunch time into sophie's choice.
While I admit that I AM biased toward LincSq, 'cause I live there, I do think one of the greatest things about this city is how many lists like the one I did can even be made. The fact that there are so many is a testament to the fact that we have, at least, the best neighborhood dining options in the country, if not the best overall dining experience (which I think we do as well).
My other point with the list is that while LincSq does get a decent amount of love, I think a handful of restaurants in other 'hoods (like the other LS, Logan Sq or Humboldt Park) seem to escalate those 'hoods much more than LincSq's embarrassment of riches does. I don't know why that is, perhaps simply because those 'hoods are currently undergoing an age of rediscovery). But as good as that 6-block stretch is, it still doesn't account for the strips of restaurants on Montrose, Damen, Rockwell, or Western, as well as other standalone outposts (like Spacca Napoli on Sunnyside).
Wherever you live, enjoy what you've got; and if you don't got much, the good news is you probably don't have to travel too far to find more.
seq43: thanks for reaffirming my decision to move to lincoln square :D i knew i had a bevy of good restaurants to choose from, but wow!
Broadway cheap eats with no mention of Tank Noodle? They clearly didn't do bough research.
enough.... Silly iPhone auto correction.
peteypants:
Oasis Cafe on Wabash totally deserves a shout out.
Okay, so now that I've got some great suggestions for stretches of good eating, does anyone care to nominate a street or area for the city's worst eats?
Wells north of Division is not bad.
But for me the best "street" is the new chinatown square. So many regional Chinese restaurants and to top it all Joy Yee noodle shop.
Take away Joy Yee and I'll agree with you on Chinatown Square. There are better noodle shops in Chinatown.
I completely forgot about East 75th Street until my neighbor and I took an impromptu trip to Lem's Sunday and ate chicken and short tips on the trunk of her car. The guy in the truck next to us started quoting Scripture, popped open a Bud tall boy, and offered us wet naps when we were done eating.
Only in Chicago, people. Only in Chicago
worst street? state and rush. gibson's, mortons, tavern on rush, carmines, lux, hugos frog bar, hunt club.
yeech.
that or some chain restauranty area of the mag mile.
Roscoe Village...Roscoe, Damen through Oakley