Pacific Standard Time, Chicago, June, 2020
Pacific Standard Time (PST) opened in Chicago in the spring of 2019, that innocent year when we all ran around hugging our friends, sitting in crowded theaters and restaurants, not…
Eddie Merlot’s, Lincolnshire, IL, June, 2020
For our second foray into the slowly reopening restaurant world, we chose Eddie Merlot's Prime Aged Steaks and Seafood. Ironically, it was the next-to-last restaurant we visited before the shutdowns.…
Eddie Merlot’s, Lincolnshire, IL, March 2020
It has been a couple of years since I wrote about Eddie Merlot's Prime Aged Beef and Seafood, so let's stop in and see how they're doing. The menu has…
A Farewell to Benny’s, Chicago, February 2020
Benny's Chop House has often appeared on "Best Steakhouse" lists in a city full of great steakhouses. Somehow, I never made it there until it was too late. It was…
Trulucks, Chicago, July 2019
I first visited a Truluck's in La Jolla, California back in 2014 and I wrote about it here. In that review, I lamented the fact that it was so far…
The Albert, Chicago, March, 2019
Have you ever re-visited a restaurant that had been OK, but not great, in the past and be very happily surprised by a much-improved experience? It happened to us on…
Bellemore, Chicago, March 2019
I have posted two previous reviews of Bellemore, last August and last November. Both Valeria and I enjoyed those meals very much, so we decided to return as the calendar…
Michael Jordan’s, Chicago, March, 2019
Michael Jordan's Steakhouse is probably over-represented in this blog, but there is an explanation for that. It is only a couple blocks away from my condo, it is a great…
Bellemore, Chicago, November, 2018
Valeria and I made our first visit to Bellemore, a (relatively) new restaurant in the Boka Restaurant Group, back in August. We were impressed by the ambience, food, wine, and…
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…
