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The other day when I was at the office, I had a hankering for some good old fashioned fried chicken for lunch but hated the idea of settling for the

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This past weekend, I had the chance to visit an authentic Mexican restaurant in Berwyn called El Meson, a nice sized store front space at 5710 w. Cermak/22nd street between

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Another lazy Friday. The cold weather is kicking in, it’s getting darker earlier, and the temptation to slack is at an all time high. Of course we decided to order

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Five Guys Burgers and Fries (locations popping up all over Chicago’s north side) provided an incredibly satisfying burger and fry fix.  I, however, have had to endure an endless round

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On this particular weekend, we had a pretty heavy schedule. Friday we planned on going to Rosa De Lima , which is the Latin American restaurant at Armitage and Western

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Jamaica Jamaica Cuisine & Fresh Juice Bar was such an accidental find, but it was such a good idea to stop in. We had taken the Purple Line up to

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Alma Pita, just west of Wilson and Magnolia in Uptown, does it every flippin time. We’ve gone here a few times now, and it’s pretty consistently delicious. Alma Pita serves

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Standee’s (Granville Red Line stop) is one of those places that attracts you with its nostalgic sign, wrap around counter, and vinyl seats. I first went to this place about

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Breakfast. The meal that defines the day. This particular morning was filled with a chance that it may keep raining or it may not. So we headed to Arnold’s at

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This is basically what we live for. We tried to go to Mixteco on Ashland and Montrose, and they told us it was going to be a 40 minute wait.

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We went down to the Renegade craft fair last week, and wanted to tell you quickly about this place called Smoke Daddy on Division between Damon and Ashland. All we

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The other night, we hit up Duck Walk on Belmont just east of the Redline. Let’s start off by saying this place always seemed bigger from the outside; we got

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We were in the mood for a light dinner and we were exploring with a long walk north when we found Flourish, a little cafe/bakery located just steps away from

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I love bar food.  Give me some fried appetizers, a burger and fries, and I’m one happy girl. So when Clark suggested we duck into Black Rock on Damen (just

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During our frequent trips to the North Center area, we’ve passed a number of restaurants that we have been telling ourselves that we would stop at, but never get around

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Wow, the summer is surely kicking our butts over here at OffTheEatenPath. We haven’t been reviewing a whole lot — the end of the summer tends to fill up quickly

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So one sunny/cloudy/sunny/cloudy and very humid afternoon, Lois and I decided to head down to the Lincoln Park Greek Fest, being held on Sheffield, south of Diversey, with the intentions to get our “food

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Another day, another restaurant. This week we ventured down to Irving Park and Oakley to visit a long time favorite, Chicago Joe’s. The weather was about as nice as it’s gotten

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On the corner of Montrose and Sheridan, across from the Jewel, there’s this place called Jake’s that “serves breakfast anytime”. Its windows are painted with crazy characters resembling food - from

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For all of you Mexican food lovers, you know you can’t even front on what I’m about to drop on you. Do the words La Pasadita mean anything to you?

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