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Where To Eat: Rock Wrap & Roll

As avid Japanese & Thai food eaters, we’re always on the lookout for new restaurants for each cuisine. However this time we’ve stumbled across one that provides BOTH: Rock Wrap & Roll! Not only do they offer both but they offer an extensive menu for each. We’re talkin’ pages & pages of options. Plus (yes, there’s more), they […]

Where To Eat: Parlor Pizza

Parlor Pizza has long been one of our favorite dinner spots. A massive patio & rooftop for summer nights, a full wrap around bar for happy hours, & tons of TVs inside for watching all of our favorite sporting events. Yet we recently realized just how much we love this place for brunch too. The same […]

Where To Eat: The Cookie Joint

While all of our reviews highlight the best items you should be eating at each restaurant this review is a bit different as you can eat this food in the comfort of your own home. The Cookie Joint, a Chicago based company, serves up delicious cookies, specifically, cookie fries. Inspired by the American classic crinkle-cut French […]

Where To Eat: Doodle’s Doughnuts

Hailing from Northern California where a neighborhood donut shop could be found on every corner, Dana Lanier founder of Doodle’s Doughnuts, was sad to learn this wasn’t the case in other cities. After relocating to Philadelphia, Dana decided to take this matter batter into her own hands. As someone who has baked her whole life & had master cake & […]

Where To Eat: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que may be relatively new to Chicago but the restaurant itself has been around since the early ’80s. While they’re expanded locations the restaurant concept has remained the same. With locations in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, & now Illinois, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que has made quite a name for itself in the BBQ world. After […]

Where To Eat: Erie Cafe

When you think of steakhouses you think of just that, steak & lots of it. Maybe some fish or chicken on the menu as well but it’s not often you find a steakhouse with incredible steak & tons of other options. That is unless you’ve been to Erie Cafe. Locally owned & operated since the ’90s […]

Where To Eat: La Storia

Chicago is home to some of the best restaurants in the world. New places are constantly opening & others are quickly closing their doors. In a city of foodies it’s extremely difficult for a restaurant to make a name for itself. Yet the team behind Ideology Entertainment group has managed to fill an entire block […]

Bake 425

There’s absolutely no time of year I’ll pass on a pizza. From when it’s too cold to even think about going outside to a party by the pool, pizza always seems fitting. Not to mention, I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t like the stuff. Bake 425, a new Chicago company, is changing the way we […]