Eating out - advice and options

[probablyimnotsure]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Because it's EXTREMELY hard to get into. I have eaten there before and was extremely lucky to do so. Every seat for a 3 month period is sold in advance at about $200/person within minutes, and if you want to buy it afterwards, you have to find someone to do it and it's usually at least $300/person or more.

Yeah they didn't give parameters, but I'm being realistic. It's not even that it's expensive..it's not something you can just call in and reserve like almost every other restaurant in the world. You might as well suggest Alinea while we're at it.

EDIT: I see you did. They are backed up usually 3 months in advance too and they don't give a **** who you are. They have turned away Jay-Z and the president of China trying to get in and told them to wait in "line" like everyone else.

I bet you they've let in Barack Obama.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Jesse69

I'm not into $210 meal places like Alinea... For that I could get many decked out meals at my favorite hamburger place, Culver's. I looked at Alinea's pic gallery of their food and I was not impressed.

You don't deserve to post in this thread anymore for your comments here. Anybody who cites Culver's as a good burger place doesn't deserve to have a high opinion on food no matter what. You could have picked another place but you picked ****ing mediocre chain. It must suck to have never had good food before.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by probablyimnotsure

I bet you they've let in Barack Obama.

I guarantee you they haven't. They are extremely strict on their reservations. You have to wait in line ...no matter how ****ing rich, famous, and/or powerful you are. trust me.

[Attrill]

Originally Posted by marothisu

I guarantee you they haven't. They are extremely strict on their reservations. You have to wait in line ...no matter how ****ing rich, famous, and/or powerful you are. trust me.

Yeah, he most definitely hasn't been there. Every time Obama has gone out to dinner during a trip back to Chicago it's been very well reported.

Next isn't all that hard to get into if you can be flexible with your schedule. They post reservations that open up on Facebook and Twitter all the time, there have been a few this posted this week. I've gone a couple times by grabbing a same night reservation as soon as they posted it. They also release extra tickets during the course of a menu run, so you just need to pay attention. It's actually easier than getting into Schwa, where even if you have a reservation they're likely to cancel it on you.

[Attrill]

Originally Posted by Jesse69

I'm not into $210 meal places like Alinea... For that I could get many decked out meals at my favorite hamburger place, Culver's. I looked at Alinea's pic gallery of their food and I was not impressed.

I can certainly understand not wanting to spend $210 on a meal, but to compare it to Culver's?!?! It's not even that great of a burger place.

[Lucky Clover]

If you want a place at night, say 1 am... go to Hub 51. Just had their filet mignon steak tacos. A little pricey but really not bad. Nice environment too.

[jwaiter]

Trenchermen Restaurant, Chicago - Michael and Patrick Sheerin, Matt Eisler and Kevin Heisner

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