Chicagoist: GOOD Magazine Likes Eating on Broadway

fosbjos

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:09:00 -0600

Roscoe Village...Roscoe, Damen through Oakley

I_h8_toyota_and_BT

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:53:21 -0600

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.

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:49:49 -0600

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

indianbadger

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:31:08 -0600

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.

jasmine

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:18:19 -0600

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?

ubiquityx

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:06:43 -0600

peteypants: Oasis Cafe on Wabash totally deserves a shout out.

Benjy Lipsman

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:29:47 -0600

enough.... Silly iPhone auto correction.

Benjy Lipsman

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:26:40 -0600

Broadway cheap eats with no mention of Tank Noodle? They clearly didn't do bough research.

Shannon

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:08:59 -0600

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!

seg43

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:27:40 -0600

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.

peteypants

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:17:39 -0600

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.

The Meteorologist

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:59:28 -0600

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?

seg43

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:28:29 -0600

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...

groggy

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:27:58 -0600

RIP, Uptown Snack Shop.

UTV

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:42:43 -0600

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.

cookie66

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:41:37 -0600

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!

I_h8_toyota_and_BT

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:34:59 -0600

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.