All Entries in the "Eats & Sips" Category
Restaurant Hits during Restaurant Week
Our guest writer Sami Ari( @SamiAri formerly known as @tokyofan) who blogs at SamiAri.net answered our twitter request to write about their Restaurant Week’s gastronomic adventure and so check out his 3 destinations below: The Drawing Room, Mirai Sushi, and Province.
Crafted Cocktails and more at The Drawing Room
You arrive at the corner of Oak and [...]
Be Still My Bleeding Heart
I love sweets and although I am trying to maintain a vegan lifestyle, sweets are often where things really fall apart for me.
Luckily, there is a place in town that can satisfy your need for beautiful, sustainable, decadence while also offering a flavorful, health-conscious choice.
Located in the heart of LakeView, nestled on an age-old corner [...]
Garrett’s Popcorn Celebrates 60!
If you have lived in Chicagoland the past 60 years, then you have been filled to your brim with tasty, melt-in-your-mouth madness at some point in your life. That mouth-watering goodness, that you just must eat until the bag is empty-even-if-it-take-days, is Garrett’s Popcorn.
Alecia Dantico, Social Media Director and I shared similar tales of being [...]
Sample neighborhood history & cuisine with Chicago Food Tours
Whether you’re entertaining out of town guests or you’d just like to be a hometown tourist, Chicago Food Tours is a unique way to explore neighborhoods off the beaten path while sampling delicious Chicago cuisine.
Earlier this month, I was invited to experience their Bucktown/Wicker Park “food tasting and cultural walking tour”. Admittedly, I’d already been [...]
Moondance Diner Makes a Marvelous Breakfast
It’s not easy to find a good breakfast and lunch spot in the suburbs, and when you do, you can expect to wait in line at prime breakfast times. So, it’s a good thing the Moondance Diner serves breakfast as early as 6:30 am, all the way up to it’s closing time of 2:30 pm. [...]
Pop, Pop, Pop to the Popcorn Shop
My husband and I were talking the other day about how our sons are growing up in a whole different world than we did. They will never see a phone actually connected to the wall, or have to read an actual map, or try to find a pay phone when they need to make a [...]
Chocolate Luxury at Graham’s Fine Chocolate
What do you think of when you hear the word decadence? Luxurious, fancy, a bit self-indulgent… As for me, I think of one thing… Chocolate! Creamy, sweet, amazing chocolate. And here in the western suburbs there is only one place to go for this kind of decadent luxury- Graham’s Fine Chocolate.
You name it, they got [...]
Smash Cake: a smashing new place for the kids!
Bleeding Heart Bakery owner Michelle Garcia (mom of 2) is one smart cookie…or cupcake…or just plain smart. She just launched another business that mirrors her vegan self-proclaimed “punk rock” bakery (Bleeding Heart) and this time geared to our little ones called Smash Cake. And after checking it out with my 3 kids, I can [...]
Hot Doughnuts, Fresh Juice at Juicy-O’s
Need a break from kitchen duty? Why not grab the girls and let Juicy-O’s Pancake House in Downers Grove pamper you with a wholesome breakfast like mom used to make? Starting the day out with some deliciously rich coffee, melt-in-your-mouth pancakes and girl talk with the best of friends always seems to make the day [...]
Snackville Junction Diner
Sure, Chicagoland has many “served by train” diners, but Snackville Junction in Evergreen Park was the first. The diner was originally built in the 1950s at its original location on 110th and Hamilton, and went through a few different locations before settling in its current location on Kedzie, just north of 95th St., in 1986.
The [...]
