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Recent Reviews
Re: “Xoco”
It took me so long to finally try it, I can't believe mine is the first review: all I can say is the food lives up to the hype!
Re: “Veggie Bite”
The "Italian Beef Melt" was a pretty good vegan unmeat sandwich. The seitan itself was tasty, but maybe a bit dry; overall, though, the over-generous mustardy barbecue sauce made the texture pretty good.
Pleasant, bright room, friendly faces behind the counter, ... and yummy vegetarian options.
I'm not in that part of town too often, but finally made it up to Lake Side Cafe and found it well worth the trip. "Sausage" part of the Chicago Polish was *maybe* a bit dry, but still very good, and kraut and bun part were both excellent -- as were the accompanying salad and the gazpacho I had to start.
Re: “Cafe Nordstrom”
I had the "vine ripened vegetable salad" for lunch -- new since last time I was here. It was a big bowl of chopped vegetables, including tomato, cucumber, asparagus, artichoke, more -- with goat cheese and a thin crackery-and-cheese crouton sort of things: very good. $8.25 price maybe a bit high, but same could be said for most places in this part of town. Lemon bar for dessert was also good, but a bit too sweet for my taste.
Recent Comments
Re: “NATO uncovered”
@jeffrey harley, @Ben hates Twitter -- Rwanda?
Re: “Tribune Company does deal with Journatic”
So how's it pronounced? Ending with "attic" or like "lunatic"?
Re: “Best BYOB”
Thanks -- I've just corrected the address.
Re: “Feminism—and the trivial women who take it seriously”
The Media link in the drop down menu now goes to the right place. Thanks for the catch. (And let this example serve as a warning about the dangers of copy and paste.)
Re: “The Brand Brewing complex: To raze or not to raze?”
It just seems there's a general lack of creativity on the part of (big?) developers. This building could be repurposed in all kinds of interesting ways, including for retail. It seems developers too often prefer to demolish and start over, remaking the neighborhood in their image instead of trying to be part of the local culture.
Re: “Lake Michigan politely returns our trash”
Reminds me of Half Man Half Biscuit lyrics. In "Breaking News," among those "arrested in connection with 'Annoying The Nation'":
"People who moan at the council about the streets being full of litter, not stopping to think that it is people who drop litter, not the council;"
"And a council worker who dropped litter."
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