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Let’s talk about Omelettes

16 Nov

The omelette has been a breakfast staple across the globe for many years. The French word omelette came into use during the mid-16th century but earlier versions of the word, like alumelle or alumete, appeared in texts as early as the late 1300’s. The first recipes for the egg dish started to appear in the […]

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Our website has changed, but we sure haven’t!

10 Nov

You may have noticed some changes since the last time you’ve been to our website.  We have done a complete overhaul and debuted a great new design!  What do you think? Don’t worry, the website is all that we have changed!  Our killer menu, great location and friendly staff is still intact and ready to […]

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All Hallows’ Evening

26 Oct

Halloween today might mean tons of candy for the kids and risqué costumes for the adults at the bar, but the tradition started long before the candy corn was ever invented. The name Halloween is a contraction of All Hallows’ Evening, which was a feast influenced by Celtic harvest festivals with possibly pagan roots, particularly […]

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A toast to French toast

19 Oct

French toast, which has also been called eggy bread, German toast, gypsy toast and Spanish toast, might be one of the oldest breakfast dishes still being served today. Some of the earliest recipes for French toast can be found in Latin recipes as early as the 4th century. The dish became widely popular during medieval […]

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Go Cubs GO!

12 Oct

Playoff baseball fever has hit Chicago as the Cubs look to finally put a 107 years of misery behind them. A team of exciting young players and the perfect manager are looking to make the “curse of the goat” and all the decades of heartbreak a distant memory them as they start a new tradition […]

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Bear down, Chicago Bears!

7 Sep

We may have two baseball teams in Chicago, but one thing all residents can agree on is the love and support of their football team. The profession football season is ready to get started and our Monsters of the Midway will get started at home this weekend. Going to a Chicago football game is an […]

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Take it easy this Labor Day

31 Aug

To many American’s the Labor Day holiday represents the end of summer, but it was established to honor the American labor movement and the workers whose contributions have added to the strength, prosperity and well-being of their country. Labor Day was first promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, who organized […]

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A brief history lesson on the American waffle…

24 Aug

There are few dishes that are more American than chicken and waffles. One theory suggests that waffles started to become a staple on American breakfast tables after Thomas Jefferson purchased a waffle iron from France in the 1790’s. While many people think of chicken and waffles as a southern dish it does not appear in […]

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Summer is not ready to call it quits

17 Aug

The heat of summer has finally arrived in Chicago as a busy month of August continues on.  Despite all the “back to school” sale ads you’ve been seeing lately, summer is not ready to call it quits just yet.   Our Chicago baseball teams just wrapped up their cross-town series as they both are set […]

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Street fests in Chi-town

10 Aug

One of the best parts of about living in Chicago during the summer are the neighbor street fests. Every weekend from May until September there are multiple fests going on throughout the city, each celebrating the uniqueness of their neighborhood. Whether you getting your 80’s fix in Roscoe Village, ribs in Lincoln Square or the […]

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