Chicago Restaurants

(xpost: V's B is indeed the bomb. I wasn't thinking about breakfast places...)

JAYMC ON THE MOTHERFUCKING MARK MOTHERFUCKER ARGH ARGH WHY DO I LIVE IN NEW YORK?!!!?!

also, pita inn finally raised its prices.

and oooh lord i could go for some rib tips from heckys. or maybe even robinsons #1.

and a chili cheese dog from the 7-11 on peterson & western

why????

Also, NW side in the hay-ouse: Gale Street Inn on Milwaukee across from the bus/El station has good meaty ribs. Also, the grody-looking Taqueria de Gallo on Milwaukee at Lawrence makes a surprisingly tasty taco dinner combo w/ rice and beans.

Anyone here tried Maya del Sol on Lawrence (roughly 3500 W.) or Monastero's at Pulaski and Devon (I believe)?

OK, Italian places that are pretty good...

-Sabatino's - 4500 W. Irving Park Rd. Very old school and oddly put together supper club-type place with one of the smokiest piano bar areas in the city. I haven't veered much off the pasta/bolognese sauce part of the menu, but the food is good and not too expensive.

-Oliveti's in Des Plaines next to the railroad tracks. Very tasty homemade red sauce.

And a few other more chain-y places that have never disappointed are Cucina Biagio in Harwood Heights (god it doesn't get more bad-suburban-sounding than Harwood Heights) on Lawrence 2 blocks west of Harlem, which is a fancier version of the Suparossa chain restaurants, and Biaggi's on Rand Rd. in Deer Park near Palatine, which reminds me of a Lettuce Entertain You/Maggiano's type joint. Heavenly lasagna, though.

Man, I don't even listen to the Score anymore. Totally burnt out on it. Too many ads, too much Uncle Fuzzy, etc

Rob, I was given a tiny AM radio by a coworker at my new gig, so I've been listening to it most days. I can't get through Mike North's new morning show, though; between his completely ignorant Freerepublic.com-inspired political analysis and the Steve-Dahl-lady-from-Tinley-Park-voiced Anne Maxfield as one of his sidekicks, I find myself having to keep the radio off 'til 10:00 just about every day. Boers and Bernstein (especially Bernsie) are still pretty awesome together, though, and I can tolerate Hood & Buffone. Can't wait 'til the Cubs are off the radar screen, though.

But yeah, if I have to hear about the Totally Hot Skybox and playing pool and darts in the company of Chicago's hottest women one more time...

I started listening to the Score in the mornings to catch up on the previous day's MLB results, and I grew to like Murphy and Fred, with frequent appearances from Jimmy Piersall. Once the NFL season started, I still listened but more impatiently (I don't care about football). And now they're replaced switched Murph with this joker Mike North. Both Murph and North are kind of hyperactive guys, but Murph also seemed really good-natured, whereas North's just an asshole. And apparently a conservative, too. This morning he had someone from Fox News on, which he called his "favorite TV station." They were also deciding whether Pete Rose was one of the greatest all-time liars, and North said, "Well, there are some people that lie, and some people that flip-flop, but that's another story..." ARGH!! I just want to hear people talk about the Cubs!!

Wendy Snyder?

Bhabi's Kitchen - Best Indian food I've ever hard. Get 4 or 5 entrees and take home leftovers. LOVE the brocolli rabe and the eggplant dish, both of them take over 6 hours to cook. The pistachio naan is out of this world. It's indian home cooking.

Riques Regional Mexican Food - Love the black beans with the chips as soon as you walk it, it's extremely hard not to just eat those and be done with it. Great guac, and the best mole sauce I've had outside of Austin.

Other resturants I like a lot, and eat often:

Andies
Handlebar
Pho 777
Tank Noodle

Rique's has the best pico de gallo ever.

Ugh. I heard that too, and that's what caused me to turn off the radio 'til Boers and Bernstein came on.

Wendy Snyder?

Haha, close, but I think Anne Maxfield (a refugee from Spike Odell's morning show on WGN) is actually worse. The way she says "Score" like "Scoo-er" sends shivers down my spine, and not in a good way either. She's the epitome of the annoying-accented frizzy-haired Chicago radio ditz.