jim wrote:Best pizza I've had in chicago is a place just north of Wrigley Field called ... [expletive]. Forgot it's name. It's just north of Wrigely Field though on Addison.
I think you went to D'Agostino's, which is a bit west on Addison. I have not been but I hear it's great.
There's a very good place a block away called Mista that serves organic thin crust pizza. It's quite good. The deep dish stuff is pretty meh, though I did have a stuffed spinach pizza from Bacinos last week that was pretty good. I wouldn't bother with Giordanos.
If I were going to advise a foreigner on cities to visit in the US I think I would go: New York (i guess it's mandatory, I personally don't care for it), Miami, New Orleans, and San Francisco. I think each of those are so different and so unique and so cool in their own ways. The midwest is just blah, and while Chicago might be top 10 on my list (which is good), it's not near the top. But if you could visit the US, those cities plus maybe Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon would be a nice vacation.
jim wrote:Best pizza I've had in chicago is a place just north of Wrigley Field called ... [expletive]. Forgot it's name. It's just north of Wrigely Field though on Addison.
I think you went to D'Agostino's, which is a bit west on Addison. I have not been but I hear it's great.
There's a very good place a block away called Mista that serves organic thin crust pizza. It's quite good. The deep dish stuff is pretty meh, though I did have a stuffed spinach pizza from Bacinos last week that was pretty good. I wouldn't bother with Giordanos.
That doesn't sound right. It's basically at Addison and Dakin. Maybe a block south of Daken. If you take the red line and get off at Addison, it's across the street and just to your right.
jim wrote:Best pizza I've had in chicago is a place just north of Wrigley Field called ... [expletive]. Forgot it's name. It's just north of Wrigely Field though on Addison.
Addison is an east-west street that is south of Wrigley. Google says these places are close:
Chicago is worth a visit if you like art and architecture. But beyond that, it's just a nice city with a pretty lake, big parks, and a reputation for gangsters and winds (which in truth refer to its politics, and not its weather).
New Orleans is very unique, from what little I have imbibed of it. And Vegas, though I never been, strikes me as uniquely American.
Chicago is great when I'm in the mood but I'd never be in the mood long enough to want to live there, or any big city for that matter. One of the big draws for me was always to buy music and movies but with the availability over the internet, the trips to Chicago for this reason have dwindled in recent years. We still go quite often to hear live music. And by the way, Chicago style pizza might be the greatest thing ever created on this earth.
Hungary Jack wrote: Vegas, though I never been, strikes me as uniquely American.
Expound.
An improbable, if not shocking, glittering oasis that ascends from a God-forsaken desert whose sole purpose is to entertain, engorge, debauch, and generally unleash hedonism for those who travel for that express purpose. It's not a city, it's an adult amusement park and a monument to an arrogance of materialism and consumption over mother nature.
jim wrote:Best pizza I've had in chicago is a place just north of Wrigley Field called ... [expletive]. Forgot it's name. It's just north of Wrigely Field though on Addison.
Addison is an east-west street that is south of Wrigley. Google says these places are close:
Ian's Pizza
Bacci Pizzeria
Paulie's Pizza
It's not any of those. If Addison is an E/W street than it's not on Addison. The street just east of the stadium, walk down that one for 4 blocks and there is an awesome pizza place on the right. It's right next to a pretty lousy Thai place that doesn't serve booze.
edit ... it's on Sheffield and the place is called Pizza Rustica. Google maps is awesome.
Hungary Jack wrote: Vegas, though I never been, strikes me as uniquely American.
Expound.
An improbable, if not shocking, glittering oasis that ascends from a God-forsaken desert whose sole purpose is to entertain, engorge, debauch, and generally unleash hedonism for those who travel for that express purpose. It's not a city, it's an adult amusement park and a monument to an arrogance of materialism and consumption over mother nature.
Sounds more Chinese than American when you put it that way.
