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Forbes traveler names Hopleaf one of america's best beer bars
Saw the link over on Buzz's blog (he's been posting a lot of good stuff!) about Forbes Traveler's best american beer bars. I decided to skip through it and I found one of my favorite spots here in Chicago! At our old apartment in Uptown, we lived within walking distance of Hopleaf and visited it quite a few times. The bar is amazing and always packed, but they make some mean bavarian-inspired food as well. If you're ever in the area, be sure to check it out! Now we live far away in Bucktown/Wicker Park, but there's a nearby place ...
Posted on: 2008 March 04
Filed under: Fun, Health & Lifestyle, Life
bar, beer, chicago, hopleaf, themaproom
Bin Wine Cafe plus Pint, a beautiful night
Had an excellent time out with Jacqui last night. Ran into her coming out of Cooking Fools with two big chunks of tasty looking cheese in hand. We walked to Bin Wine Cafe where we each had a wine flight, shared a cheese plate, and devoured a large order of their tempura green beans. Once complete, we walked practically next door to Pint. We drank $4.00 Blue Moon pints for a couple of hours while laughing, talking, and generally having a good time. Oh, I think we also ate some potato skins in there somewhere! We started at 6pm and ...
Posted on: 2008 March 01
Filed under: Fun, Life, Partying
beer, bin36, binwinecafe, bluemoon, cheese, chicago, cookingfools, drinking, food, fun, greenbeans, illinois, pint, tempua, wickerpark, wine
Cooking Fools: a review
Earlier in the week, while walking past Cooking Fools (Yelp page), I noticed they were having a sale on Fat Tire and Delirium Tremens, two of my favorite beers. I didn't have any money on me at the time (walking home from the gym), but I vowed to stop in. The fact is that I had meant to stop by Cooking Fools for quite a while. They cook up a large number of extremely delicious looking meals, roast whole chickens, and baguettes fresh each day. They also sell a wide variety of tasty wines and beers, and even their own ...
Posted on: 2008 February 22
Filed under: Health & Lifestyle
beer, bucktown, chicago, cookingfools, deliriumtremens, food, meals, wickerpark
by Clint Ecker
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