Poor little blog.  I’ve been so busy it’s been shamefully neglected.   As I constantly lament, I need days that are about 48 hours long so I can get everything done I want to do.

We just got back from a long weekend in Chicago.  When we go there, we spend most all of our time either eating or figuring out where to eat next.  Quite amusing.

Since this is a blog about food – I’m going to throw out links to the various places in the area we hit for food and drink while we were there this time.  If you’re in the city, you might consider stopping at any of them.  I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

The kids live on the north end of the city which means we mostly stay up north for convenience sake.  There is a cafe close to the hotel that does a most excellent breakfast menu.   They also do lunch and dinner, but we’ve never been there later in the day.  I’m not much of a breakfast eater, but my husband is and he loves this place.

First night had dinner at the Four Farthings which is a great place. I’ve been there twice now, great food both times. It was nice enough to sit outside which was terrific.

Friday we  had lunch at a diner near my daughter’s place, but for the life of me I don’t remember the name.  She was happy to see they are now open 24 hours – yet another place to stop for munching in the wee hours after a night out.  That evening we had dinner at a place called Rocks Lakeview. Apparently it just opened recently.  They have another place in Lincoln Park.  It was awesome.  Terrific food!  The waitress was incredible – she did our entire order from memory, special orders and all.  What fun.  Afterwards we stopped at a little bar called Brendan’s Pub which was just a couple blocks down the street from Rocks.  Great place and  not so loud you can’t talk.

Saturday after much shopping earlier in the day, we headed to Butch McGuire’s for lunch. It’s close to the hotel and since it was around 1:30 in the afternoon, it had mostly cleared out.  They make terrific sandwiches.   That night we went Lincoln Park and Sai Cafe – a Japanese restaurant.  Sushi and all kinds of good stuff.  Excellent food once again and terrific decor too.  They had 4 sushi chefs behind the bar.  Very impressive.

Last of all we headed to Clybar – on  Clybourn just north of Fullerton.  Let’s see if I can explain this one… just opened by the brother-in-law of a girl my daughter went to college with… got that?  It’s a Purdue bar (many of the bars pick college affiliations to draw fans).   It was fun, if deafening.  I know most bars go for the loud music thing – I need to carry earplugs.  Otherwise it was a great place.

There you go.  Some eating and drinking suggestions on the north end of Chicago.  I love that area – there are so many things happening all the time.  It’s fun to head out there and spend time roaming about.