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FW46778FW46778 Posts: 227
edited July 2009 in The Porch
Hey everyone a few things:

I am flying in the morning of the show and staying at the hyatt.
What is my best bet for hotel transfers? Taxi? Subway? Train? I honestly have no idea.

I am looking for a nice restaraunt to take my girlfriend. She isn't the biggest PJ fan but is tagging along for the shows, so I want to take her somewhere nice Tues or Wed Night. Any suggestions of a good steak house? I know the georgettes or something place I saw on the travel channel is supposed to be good but I am really not all that sure. Any help would be apprectiative.
I used to be MILKwasAbadChoice...Now I am just FW46778...a math teacher in jersey
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  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    my favorite restaurant in the city (though not steak) is 'Chicago Oven Pizza and Grinder Company' on Clark.....hard to describe their 'pizza pot pie' but ridiculously amazing. Across the street from the St. Valentine's Day massacre shooting and steps from Lincoln Park zoo.

    http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/

    as for steak, the original Mortons is consistently good, but I would hit Joe's Stone Crab.....amazing steak

    http://www.joes.net/
  • 58823005882300 Posts: 813
    FW46778 wrote:
    Hey everyone a few things:

    I am flying in the morning of the show and staying at the hyatt.
    What is my best bet for hotel transfers? Taxi? Subway? Train? I honestly have no idea.

    I am looking for a nice restaraunt to take my girlfriend. She isn't the biggest PJ fan but is tagging along for the shows, so I want to take her somewhere nice Tues or Wed Night. Any suggestions of a good steak house? I know the georgettes or something place I saw on the travel channel is supposed to be good but I am really not all that sure. Any help would be apprectiative.


    You want something original to Chicago?
  • IwasBit10IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    FW46778 wrote:
    Hey everyone a few things:

    I am flying in the morning of the show and staying at the hyatt.
    What is my best bet for hotel transfers? Taxi? Subway? Train? I honestly have no idea.

    I am looking for a nice restaraunt to take my girlfriend. She isn't the biggest PJ fan but is tagging along for the shows, so I want to take her somewhere nice Tues or Wed Night. Any suggestions of a good steak house? I know the georgettes or something place I saw on the travel channel is supposed to be good but I am really not all that sure. Any help would be apprectiative.

    Keefer's Restaurant is an awesome steak house. Highly recommend it.
    He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share, his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere.
  • NothingAsItSeems78NothingAsItSeems78 Posts: 10
    A few thoughts:

    1.) Public transportation in Chicago is very simple, reliable, safe, and easy to use. I'd get around using that instead of taxi. Cheaper. www.transitchicago.com

    2.) Steakhouse suggestion would be Gibsons. Never had a bad meal there. And while you'll typically have a short wait, the bar area is big, so you and your girlfriend can have a couple drinks while you wait for your table. http://www.gibsonssteakhouse.com/

    *Other steak joints: Morton's, Ruth's Chris, Smith & Wollensky

    **A personal favorite of mine is a rib joint called Twin Anchors. Not super classy, but the ribs are spectacular and you can drink your fill of Old Style. SInatra used to frequent the place in his day. www.twinanchorsribs.com
  • FW46778FW46778 Posts: 227
    Thanks for the suggestions. Any bar recommednations. We typically hang out in piano, rock bar type places. Any must see bars.

    I am so pumped by the way, doing the sears tower, wrigley, architechture cruise. Can not wait for this trip.
    I used to be MILKwasAbadChoice...Now I am just FW46778...a math teacher in jersey
  • NothingAsItSeems78NothingAsItSeems78 Posts: 10
    Two bar suggestions for music:

    1.) A real touristy place to go - but plenty of locals go too - is a place called Howl at the Moon (26 W. Hubbard St). Unless you and your girlfriend have no pulse, it's hard not to have a good time there. ;-) (www.howlatthemoon.com)

    2.) Joe's Bar (http://joesbar.com/). Huge place - half sports bar/half live music performances. Check out their website for who will be playing the nights you're in town.

    Hate to recommend anything else because I don't know you and your interests, and bars can really be so hit or miss. If I were back in Chicago in your shoes, I'd grab an early steak dinner at Gibson's with some Chianti, then head to Howl at the Moon for deuling piano rock songs with my girl while throwing back some Old Style! :D Have fun!
  • FW46778FW46778 Posts: 227
    nothing as it seems, thanks for the suggestions.

    Some of the best memories i have ever was singing baba oreilly on stage at a piano bar with ed style tambourine in birmingham, al of all places lol.

    Someone rate these steakhouses for me in best order

    catch 35
    gibsons
    gene and georgetti
    I used to be MILKwasAbadChoice...Now I am just FW46778...a math teacher in jersey
  • Tully305Tully305 Posts: 103
    Hugo's Frog Bar......great steak and seafood
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