If you know me, you know I am not a "foodie." I don't really even know what that means, but I take it as someone that eats at a lot of unique restaurants and can instagram cool pictures of various dishes :) I wish I was a foodie, because that would mean I also have great taste in food. However, again if you know me, you know I only eat plain food -- literally -- plain cheerios, plain noodles, plain hot dog... aka the palette of a 5 year old. This isn't because of a diet, it just really is what I like; I know it's weird. Anyways, I do like trying new restaurants, and I always tend to find something good to eat at most of them. If you live in Chicago, you know it's very easy to spend your money eating out. Yet, I feel like I ALWAYS eat at the same places-- Hub 51, Portillos, Oysy, Sushi X, Quartino, etc... these places are great, but I really want to try some new spots ... sooooo I asked someone who I would consider an awesome "foodie." Yes, her pictures on instagram of hamburgers or whatever from Au Cheval have looked awesome :) She gave me a VERY long list of restaurants that she has wanted to go to, and I give her props because she has checked off a significant amount of them already! So drum bells... here's the list for all of you to try and make an attempt at yourselves. I'm sorry if you don't live in Chicago--they are only Chi Town places:
I put a red x next to the places I've been to..and the more x's next to the name, the better I thought it was.
DINNER:
1. Piece
2. Blue Frog
3. 25 Degrees
4. Twist
5. Le Ideas
6. Fat Rice
7. Bar Pastoral
8. Irazu
9. Athenian Room
10. Little Goat
11. Carnivale
12. Tortoise Club
13. Siena Tavern xxx
14. Davanti Enoteca xxx
15. Kumas
16. Tango Sur
17. Lao Sze Chuan
18. Embeya
19. Gemini Bistro
20. GT Fish and Oyster
21. RL
22. The Local
23. Prasino
24. Carriage House
25. Tavernita x
26. Boarding House
27. De Cero
28. Jellyfish
29. Oon
30. Barn and Company x
31. Chicago Q
32. Flight 1551
33. Purple Pig
34. Taco Joint
35. Province
36. Violet Hour
37. Au Cheval
38. Ada Street
39. Storefront Company
40. Goosefront
41. Untitled
42. Bar Toma
43. Nellcote
44. Balena
45. Roka Akor xxx
46. Ombra
47. Fish Bar
48. Next
49. Perennial Virant
50. Vera
51. Telegraph
52. Acadia
53. Rustic House
54. Yuzu Sushi and Robata
55. Grill
56. Butcher and the Burger
57. Mama Milano Pizza Bar
58. Urban Union
59. RM Champagne Salon
60. Grange Hall Burger Bar
61. Bavettes
62. GEB
63. Joe's Stone Crab xxx
64. Piccolo Sogno Due
65. BellyQ
66. Trenchermen
67. Sushi-O-Sushi
68. Pump Room
69. Big Jones
70. Dragon Ranch
71. Nomi
72. City Tavern
73. Central Standard
74. Maude's Liquor Bar
75. Blackbird
76. Hemas Kitchen
77. The Bristol
78. Market xx
79. Ay Chiwowa
80. Vivo
81. Girl and the Goat xxx
82. La Madia xxx
83. Farmhouse Tavern
84. Greek Islands xxx
85. Slurping Turtle
86. Chicago Pizza Oven & Grinders
87. Cafe Ba Ba Reeba xx
88. The Bedford
89. Grace
90. Bub City
91. The Pubilcan
92. Mindy's Hot Chocolate
93. The Aviary
94. City Winery
95. Big Star xx
96. Coast
97. Baume and Brix
98. Rootstock
99. JRocco's Italian Table and Bar xxx (my roommate's dad just opened this--amazing)
100. Sunda
101. Sushi Samba xx
102. Alinea
103. Zed 451 xx
104. Osteria Via Stato xxx
105. Paris Club
106. Folklore xxx
107. Tavern on Rush xx
108. Gibsons xx
109. Hugo Frog
110. RPM xxx
BRUNCH
1. Ann Sathers
2. 2 Sparrows
3. Bongo Room
4. Hash House A Go Go xxx
5. House of Blues
6. The Savoy
7. Tavernita x
8. Curio
9. Southport Grocery
10. Brunch
11. Fire Cakes
12. Glazed and Confused
13. Donut Vault
14. Cooba
15. Kanela xxx
16. Tweet
17. M. Henry
18. City Winery
19. Bad Happy Poutine xx
20. Meli xxx
21. Yolk xx
22. Benchmark xx
Yeaaah, my hand hurts from typing all of that out, but I hope this gives you many years worth of new places to try! My first attempt at one of these is definitely going to be Jellyfish for dinner. I can't wait; it looks amazing.
www.jellyfishchicago.com
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here for the link to Jellyfish :) Pretty trendy looking, right?
Enjoy!
