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5211 N Damen Ave (btwn Farragut & Foster), Chicago, IL
Thai Restaurant · Bowmanville · 13 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: BYOB in style! With ice buckets placed by your table on stands you may feel like upgrading that sixer of Miller Light for something more stylish. But hey, no judgements.
5550 N Broadway St (btwn W Catalpa Ave & W Bryn Mawr Ave), Chicago, IL
Hobby Store · Edgewater · 23 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: So many wonderful games on loving display at this game store, and chances to test most of them out on open-box game nights. One catch: the staff's tastes skew complex. Get your Monopoly fix elsewhere.
Vietnamese Restaurant · Uptown · 150 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: I don't want to know the nutritional value of a Thai iced tea smoothie. I only want to know how many unicorns gave their lives to make this magical concoction possible.
Chris Steele: Pick up a draft beer before you start shopping, nod along to a few live tunes from the in-house jazz band, then go figure out which exotic bit of protein you'll throw on the grill tonight.
1612 W Irving Park Rd (btwn Ashland Ave. & Paulina St.), Chicago, IL
Dive Bar · South East Ravenswood · 43 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: Get here early on a summer evening, colonize a big table on the back patio and hold court with several of your fellow beer lovers until the tamale man arrives with reinforcements.
1531 N Damen Ave (at N Wicker Park Ave), Chicago, IL
Taco Restaurant · Wicker Park · 572 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: On a nice night, skip the long line to be seated and get your tacos from the takeout window to the left. There are too many good things to do in Wicker Park to waste your time in a 2 hr queue.
53 E Randolph St (btwn Wabash Ave & Garland Ct), Chicago, IL
Coffee Shop · The Loop · 316 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: Coffee contains more aromatic and flavor compounds than wine. The good baristas here tease out the best of them. Try a shot of espresso and pourover side by side to taste what I mean.