Chicago MMXII

I do! I'll go look!

It all looks the same.

No veggie burritos at Vortex or EAYC. I got a veggie burger at Vortex. It was alright. That place has a lot of rules.

The neighborhood is nice though. I had fun walking around.

Aw, sad about no veggie burritos at EAYC. I ate them so much. I probably made Jeff eat them.

I'm glad you had fun!

Wow. I just looked up the "rules" at the Vortex. What a bunch of assholes. Sorry I said to go there.

They've got almost as many pages of rules in their menu as pages of food items. I'm usually a really good tipper, but any place that harps on you unrelentingly about how much you need to tip instantly makes me want to be a horrible tipper.

it makes me think that they have been emotionally damaged in some way
kuma's has rules too though

I don't remember it being that bad or being so sexist but this was 12 years ago. And my regular haunts were EAYC and the Brewhouse since I felt a little insufficiently counter cultural to go the Vortex in the evenings.

xp I have issues with Kuma's on that, too. That whole "hostility" approach to customer service. Dumb.

Yeah, I was a little disappointed with that aspect of Kuma's when I finally went there, but the delicious food helped me get over it.

What rules does Kumas have?

That said, we do have some rules we’d appreciate you abide by:

1) We do not take reservations.
2) We will not “put on the game, bro”
3) No music requests.
4) No Minors after 10pm.
5) Our kitchen is only 16×6. Please be patient.

And during patio season (summer):
1) Patio opens when we open it.
2) To go service ends during patio season. Or when the patio is running. Whether it is sooner or later than the dates posted.
3) Patio is open when weather permits.
4) Patio closes Monday- Saturday at 10:30pm. Sundays at 9:00pm.
5) Kitchen is still only 16×6. Please be even more patient.

Nowhere near as off-putting as those Vortex ones though.

At least Kuma's used "please". Vortex was like one notch short of, "if you don't like it, fuck off".

those are all pretty reasonable imo

ugh the 'bar etiquette' rules on that vortex site are the worst

http://i.imgur.com/LpsFp.png

So its run by libertarians then?

I should have posted the whole thing

http://i.imgur.com/MsTdn.png

i am not reading that because i am never ever going there

When I first googled it, the pictures popped up on the menu and it didn't exactly strike me as the type of place that someone in this thread would recommend.

Kumas rules seem reasonable, even appreciated. I didn't even read the rules at Vortex. But it's weird they're 18 and up all the time. It seemed a little douchey in a "cool" way. The thrift clothes/head shop next door had a handwritten pro-Ron Paul sign outside.

I'm at the airport now and there's a lawyer getting very mad about law stuff on his cell. Someone's lawyer recused the judge.

I've had Sprint with my dumbphone and it's been fine.

lol @ the retronym "dumbphone"

I'm down with the 'victimized' explanation -- seems as if some real assholes have been in there before

coupled, of course, with owner assholism

nope, on further perusal, just owner assholism

place reminds me of THE ALLEY too for some reason

Wow, I googled vortex to check out their rules, and I'm fairly certain that it's where I spent New Year's Eve 1999 with my sister. WTF.

same brand of asshole

actually it was New Year's Eve 1998.
xp

(not your sister aj)

Ha ha I was going to compare it to The Alley but I feel bad for Jenny, everyone piling on her restaurant recommendation. It was fine, it really was.

I don't recall ever going into the Vortex. Seems like I would have at some point.

Fyi that La Cocina on Jackson is gone. The John Marshall is taking over all that space. In line at Chipotle now. :/

La Cochina Mexicana.

Ha ha I was going to compare it to The Alley but I feel bad for Jenny, everyone piling on her restaurant recommendation. It was fine, it really was.

It's okay! It was one of three places and it sounds like you tried EAYC first, which is significantly less douchey. I mean, the Vortex has a skull door and that's cool but yeah, either it wasn't that shitty when I lived there or I didn't remember it well enough. Like I said, it wasn't my regular bar.

EAYC looked nice for a drink but they didn't have much on their food menu.

Who's going to Winter Brew this weekend again?

Jordan, my boss just forwarded me an email from a friend who likes M@m@ DD and is going to see them on F@br@y@ 1@ @ the G@@@@ @ill.

xp - I want to but I didn't get a ticket :(

Today's conversation inspired a new display name.

Thank you. That makes my abject restaurant recommendation failure a little easier to handle.

Who's going to Winter Brew this weekend again?

Yo.

sw@g

I also would love to go to winter brew -- didn't realize tickets would sell out so quick!

People are begging for tickets on Craig's List.

why's the man always tryin to keep me down?

:(

Maybe all of you jerks who didn't get tickets can hang out and drink

http://www.alienjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/.chelada-1259.jpg

Whoa weird. I was JUST thinking about clams, Clamato, and "No clam???!!!"

No clam.

It's a clambake in here.

la combinacion perfecta

Do any of you dykes want to meet me for a burger or pancake and a beer? I want company out amongst people.