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Hey folks, if you get a chance and haven’t already, skip on over to PeaceLoveFood and checkout our very very very long writeup of our meal at Alinea. If you don’t get a chance, no worries, but if you like food, you’ll probably find it pretty interesting.

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Today’s review is of the Mexican restaurant Lalo’s. The location I went too was at 500 N Lasalle, in Chicago’s River North area. Lalo’s is a big place, with a bar on the first level and some seating in the bar area, with the majority of the space upstairs. The decor is […]

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Today we venture to the River North location of Boston Blackie’s, on the corner of Grand and St. Clair, one block east of Michigan Avenue. Boston Blackies, perhaps ironically, is a Chicago based restaurant with 5 locatioons in and around the city, so you don’t need to be in the heart of Chicago to […]

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Today, lunch was provided by the friendly folks at Dick’s Last Resort. Dick’s is a chain restaurant that has a location in Chicago, just off of Illinois near Navy Pier. Dick’s is definitely a novelty type restaurant in the sense that it has a Hard Rock/Planet Hollywood feel like you’re never going to […]

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Today I met a friend, Phil for lunch at a small Mexican restaurant called Puerto Vallarta mainly because I was in the mood for Mexican food.
Walking in from the noonday sun, the interior seemed to soak up light. Not that it was dark or dreary inside, but the tans and beiges sucked in the […]

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