Visiting Chicago (no touristy things please)

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Chiguy1957

The Edgewater on Bryn Mawr & Ashland is a great place to chill with a brew and brisket. All the aforementioned places have a decent beer selection, but are not "gourmet beer bars".

If they're not, then what is? Hopleaf and Map Room in particular are known by beer aficionados across the country.

[Chiguy1957]

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I meant "all of the above" in my post only. I know that Hop Leaf and Map Room have great beer reps. The places I mentioned, Gullivers, Candelite, and the Edgewater don't have the extensive slections is all I meant.

I'm still flummoxed at your selection of Moody's for best burger!

[Drover]

Oh, OK.

Moody's rocks for burgers. Great biertgarten. Pretty useless IMO for anything else. In fact I won't eat there during months when the biergarten isn't open because I can't stand how close together the tables are inside. It also drives me nuts that they're cash-only.

Edgewater doesn't have an extensive tap selection, but they make the few they have count. Very few are wasted on dreck.

[Irishtom29]

Moody's makes an excellent basic burger and fresh cut fries. No fried eggs. I think some people are looking for a burger that's more than a burger, know what I mean?

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by MassVt

I just had to make a note of Giordano's...when I lived in WI, I tried a small pizza from Giordano's....I don't know how anyone can eat more than 1-2 slices..it is simply the THICKEST pizza I've ever seen, or eaten ..you can feel your arteries being clogged as you're eating it. If I ever tried to eat more than 2 slices, I think I would become seriously ill.

LOL... I've been known to devour an entire small (6-slice) stuffed pizza from Giordano's in one evening, if not one sitting. Then again, not everyone is me.

[knitgirl]

Try this site Vacation rentals, private rooms, sublets by the night - Accommodations on Airbnb for places to stay. I can't remember where I heard of it, but it's got listings all over the world. They have listings for bed and breakfast type things where you are renting a room in someone's apartment or house up to renting a whole apartment. When I checked, there were 210 listings in Chicago.

[Chiguy1957]

Well, It's been about two years since I was last disappointed at Moody's. I'll give them another try before I leave the city....sans fried egg, thank you very much.

Re B&Bs. I know a couple who stayed at Gregory House a few years ago and loved it. It's on Gregory west of Ashland. I heard that it closed, but it still shows up on a google search. It's definitely worth checking into.