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I'm visiting Chicago on my college search (looking at illinois institute of technology) and will be flying to the city tomorrow night.

anyone got some resturant reccomendations? :D (and possibly directions)

You don't want to go to Morton's?

You don't want to go to Morton's?


morton's?

never heard of it.

the closest i've ever been to chicago was when i was 4, visiting relatives in michigan

Morton's of Chicago-The Steakhouse
(312) 266-4820
1050 N State St
Chicago, IL 60610

That's the original location.
Morton's, The Steakhouse, the nation's premier steakhouse group, specializes in classic, hearty fare, serving generous portions of USDA prime aged beef, as well as fresh fish, lobster and chicken entrees. Morton's is famous for its animated signature tableside menu presentation: steaks, whole Maine lobsters and other main course selections, along with fresh vegetables, are presented on a cart rolled to your table, where the server displays and describes each menu item in appetizing and entertaining detail. The menu, which is the same at all locations, features a variety of favorite cuts, including a 24 ounce porterhouse, which is the house specialty; a 20 ounce New York sirloin and a 14 ounce double cut filet. Every Friday and Saturday nights, enjoy our famous slow roasted Prime Rib. Morton's Prime Rib is a double cut, served bone-in and roasted to a perfect medium rare. Due to limited availability of this item, we suggest you reserve your order when making your reservation.
Dining Style: Fine Dining

Cuisine: Steak, American, Seafood

Neighborhood: Gold Coast/Streeterville

Cross Street: Maple

Price: $51 or more

Website: mortons.com

Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm, Sunday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Payment Options:
Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners Club, Discover

Phone: (312) 266-4820

Yum, that sounds good :)

sounds nice. :p

mortons has the best, well, food that i've ever eaten. but they're expensive as hell. the water even tastes better. if you're looking for something cheap, the Nookie's Tree is a damn fine little diner. (they serve greasy spoon food, but it's really good, and they aren't really a greasy spoon.)
they're about 3 blocks north of clark, on halsted. i'll find the address.
3334 N. Halsted.

or try clarks diner for a similar experience. it's aother little diner place, except it's open 24 hours (a feature my insomniac ass loves) just get off the brown or red CTA line at the belmont stop and walk a half block towards the lake.

I thought you were required to go to Ed DeBevick's on any trip to Chicago?

I thought you were required to go to Ed DeBevick's on any trip to Chicago?
i live there, so i've never been :D

wow, thanks

last week i was in rochester looking at rochester institute of technology and we (mom and i) got horribly lost looking for a place called the "dinosaur BBQ" :confused: (the hotel clerk recommended it)

we ended up in the bad part of town, so we ended up going back andeating at the diner across the street from our hotel.


this time, i'm going prepared :D

Gino's East has great pizza. Heck, there are a lot of great pizza places in Chicago (yeah, deep dish!), but Gino's is a *landmark*.

http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/menu.htm

Gino's East has great pizza. Heck, there are a lot of great pizza places in Chicago (yeah, deep dish!), but Gino's is a *landmark*.
Chicago's Pizza (if you ask, i can find the number) is my personal favorite, if only because they deliver until 4 am. once again, insomniac.

And then there's giordano's pizza.

http://www.giordanos.com

We knew the winnner before the votes were counted. At Giordano's restaurant it was unanimous love at first taste. It's pizza was so delicious that we applauded the chef, Efren Boglio. He told us this story:

"My brother Joseph and I both own and cook for Giordano's. We were born ina small northern Italian town near Torino, where our mother was know for her exquisite dishes. Of all her repertoire, though, my family was most fond of her deep-dish, double-crusted pizza, which she made on Easter and stuffed with ricotta cheese.

I loved her pizza so much that when I came to America in 1967 I took a job at a pizza restaurant, pleased to be near my favorite food. but the pizza there was only fair-not nearly as good as Mother's. And, as time passed, I tasted pizzas at other restaurants, I was surprised to find that the very best around didn't approach the worst of those I'd eaten back home in the old country.

So I opened my own pizza restaurant. It was called Roma and was doing all right. But then my brother Joseph came to Chicago, and we decided to close Roma and open a restaurant specializing in Mothers's pizza-one which would be caleld by her name, Giordano. We worked for months, trying to develop a superlative Chicago variation of Mother's pizza; then, in February 1974, we opened Giordano's.

Don't get the idea that we're satisfied, though. We're not. We alter our pizzas as time passes, as the necessity arises. Our first pizzas, for example, had just the right amount of garlic for us, but too much for most of our customers; so we cut down some of it. But besides surveying our customers constantly, Joseph and I go once a week, to different pizza restaurants, in order to taste the competition.

The thing about pizza is that like everything good, it has to have an evolution. To stay the same means to go backward. It wasn't my mother or my brother and myself who invented the pizza we serve here. The recipe probably began with our great, great, great, great, great-grandmother. You ask how long it took to develop the recipe. I'd have to say 200 to 300 years. And it's still developing."

Excerpted from Chicago Magazine

BTW, the New York Times (which I don't trust for regular news, but for entertainment and dining, it's fine) says that Giordano's has the world's best pizza - and I agree.

Many locations in Chicago.

I thought you were required to go to Ed DeBevick's on any trip to Chicago?

you are. daley wrote it into the law years ago.

--snip--
i've actually gotten a little tired of giordianos. although, i spose if you haven't been to chicago before (read:haven't ever eaten a real pizza) it definitely is a good choice.

yeah, that should do it.

i got a text document here with the adresses, so i should be all set

thanks!

i've actually gotten a little tired of giordianos. although, i spose if you haven't been to chicago before (read:haven't ever eaten a real pizza) it definitely is a good choice.
Yes, I'm not a native of Chicago, and I pine for good pizza.

Yes, I'm not a native of Chicago, and I pine for good pizza.
i'm 300 miles away for school. i pine harder.

I never go to Chicago without a stop at the Billy Goat.

http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm

Smith and Willinskis

Amazing Steak.