Valerie, New York City, December, 2019
We were in New York City for a few days in December to visit some friends and enjoy some holiday cheer. The highlight was Slava's Snowshow, an absolutely delightful theatrical…
Steadfast, Chicago, November 2019
We visited Steadfast back in October, 2016 and December, 2017. We enjoyed it both times, so it's about time to take another look. One of their specialties is a whole,…
Katana, Chicago, May, 2019
The popularity of Japanese restaurants in Chicago seems to be growing rapidly, at least by the number of new ones that have appeared recently or are scheduled to appear soon.…
Chocolate Mint Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Prairie Grass Cafe, Northbrook, IL, 2019_01
Prairie Grass Café, Northbrook, IL, January 2019
As the 2018/2019 Holiday Season was winding to a close, Valeria and I decided to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a warm day (for January) and we thought…
Swift & Sons, Chicago, September 2018
Chicago has a long history of great steakhouses stretching back to 1865. That's the year the Union Stock Yards opened to slaughter and process farm animals brought in, primarily by…
Portsmith, Chicago, June, 2018
Chicago has always been a great town for steak lovers, but good seafood restaurants have been harder to find if you wanted more than a fried fish sandwich. Happily, more…
Booth One, Chicago, April 2018
Way back on October 1, 1938, a restaurant called The Pump Room opened in a hotel that was then called The Ambassador East. Over the next 40 years or so,…
Carson’s, Chicago, March 2018
Devoted readers (there must be one out there somewhere! ?) will remember that I visited the downtown Chicago location of Carson’s Prime Steaks & Famous Barbecue back in July of 2016.…
Steadfast, Chicago, December, 2017
It was just over a year ago that we paid our first visit to Steadfast, the main restaurant in Chicago's Klimpton Gray hotel. We enjoyed it, as I wrote here.…
Empire Steakhouse, New York, November 2017
New York. The Big Apple. The City that Never Sleeps. When people around the world think of a city in the United States it will very likely be NYC. Most…
