Taste of Chicago '02

[Tommy Boomfiger]

who's going? i know there arent a whole lot of chicagoans here, but im asking anyway. im probably not going cuz almost everyone i know is busy until the 4th and i could probably do without all the greasy, fatty, deep fried food :munch: but its soooooooo tempting :drool:. gotta get the staples: turkey leg, corn on the cob, deep dish pizza and cheesecake :love2: (i didnt forget anything, did i?) and theres still some more good stuff to get :P.

[verve247]

Oh Man do i envy you. Every so often i'll have Lou Malnatis UPS some of their delicious frozen pizzas out here for just a taste. Not the same but beats anything you could find out here in California.

[Freelance Superhero]

what is this "taste of chicago" business you speak of?

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
what is this "taste of chicago" business you speak of? its a big festival in chicago's grant park from june 28th to july 7th. the city closes off some of the streets in the area and chicago resturaunts set up tents and sell an assortment of chicago style food. there is food from chicago staples like pizza and cheesecake to "different" foods like barbecued alligator and ostrich. i hear this year one resturaunt is selling wild boar meatballs. there are also shows, music carnival rides and fireworks on july 3rd.
Taste of Chicago page (http://www.ci.chi.il.us/SpecialEvents/Festivals/Taste2002/)
List of restaurants and thier menus (http://www.ci.chi.il.us/SpecialEvents/Festivals/Taste2002/Restaurants.html) definately check out Grizzly's Lodge's menu.

[molecularfire]

WOOOHOOO!!! Came back just in time to catch it. :thumbup:

[g222leav]

hey, i'm going to be going tomorrow with my girl to try and catch the fireworks...try and see me there!!! yea right with all humongous crowds.

i was there sunday night, had some fried dough and some ice cream. i think i'm gonna go and get some rib sand-miches. anything you can suggest?

have fun man...oh yea, and it's hot...HOT...HOT damnit!

[brain]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
what is this "taste of chicago" business you speak of?

Mmmmmm.... Turkey legs.

[Freelance Superhero]

i bet something like this is expensive to attend... that is, i'd have to have enuff money to try everything i might want to try... not to mention paying for a plane trip out there...

[brain]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
i bet something like this is expensive to attend... that is, i'd have to have enuff money to try everything i might want to try... not to mention paying for a plane trip out there...

Admission is free. You just need to pay for food tickets.

[ApltnHkyMutt]

sounds awsome.. i love food!

[Freelance Superhero]

Originally posted by brain


Admission is free. You just need to pay for food tickets. yeah, that's what i figured... we need to have a taste of LA or something... yeah, i'm sure there'd be a lot of freaky stuffs, but ya gotta take the good with the bad, right?

[brain]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
yeah, that's what i figured... we need to have a taste of LA or something... yeah, i'm sure there'd be a lot of freaky stuffs, but ya gotta take the good with the bad, right?

We'd have soy cheese logs w/ a side of curb and cow loogies. Damn LA new age freaks.

[Cheesypuff]

Mmmm...taste of LA...fired tiedie shirts! I really want some food right now...how much does the food tickts cost? I think I shall drive on up there have a taste of this Taste of Chicago. Can't be that far from Cali!

[molecularfire]

Hey, where is the taste of chicago at? (street names please). Also, where can I park. I'm coming from Waukeegan. Thanks. :)

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by molecularfire
Hey, where is the taste of chicago at? (street names please). Also, where can I park. I'm coming from Waukeegan. Thanks. :) its in grant park. its bordered by michigan ave on the west, lake shore dr on the east, i think monroe on the north and balbo on the south. parking will be hard, and for the 3rd and 4th damn near impossible. i would park a little bit away and take public transportation or a free city trolly. check out the faq page on the taste web site.

[molecularfire]

Cool Thanks. Just checked it out. Actually, saw it by accident while looking for the fireworks display (also grant park). Are you going to the fireworks display?

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by molecularfire
Are you going to the fireworks display? nah, none of my friends can or want to go, plus i have at least 3 parties tonight. ill probably visit the taste friday or saturday.

[Markel]

I've been down to the taste a couple of times. But I don't have much of a desire to go. Most of the stuff you can get in better condition in a restaurant (without having to fight the crowds, heat, etc.) at a cheaper cost. I mean, you can get deep dish pizza, corn on the cob, egg rolls, cheesecake, etc., any time you want (and freshly cooked where appropriate).

I'm glad to see that they are adding (or rather, returning to) the idea of some interesting "tastes" of a greater variety. That's what the Taste was supposed to be when it was started (I think Rich Melman was a big force behind it).

[g222leav]

i *just* got home from the fireworks show, i finally got to the taste around 7:30 after hours of traffic. we got some grub...bbq rib and bbq chicken sand-miches, some corn, some cherries...a turkey leg...hahaha

finally we luckily found a great spot by the lake shore to catch the fireworks display. it was really entertaining to say the least. the walk back to the car was entertaining too.


afterwards we went to mario's on taylor by uic to get some good ole lemonade (or water-ice as we call it)...fun night...

[molecularfire]

Man... what a coincidence. My friend and I was also right next to the lake to catch the fireworks display. We then also went back to UIC (my friend is taking classes at Rush and lives in the UIC dorm) to grab some chow. Unfortunately, neither of us knew of any places to eat that were open, so after driving around for a while, we gave up and stopped off at the Jewel Osco and grabbed some stuff to make sandwiches. :D

[g222leav]

OMG, you have no where to go? geez, greektown is always a good back up. go to jackson and halsted...right there at that corner there's three greek resterants taht are open 24-7, so anytime of the day you can nab some grub. if you have a car, go down by 26th st and try ricobene's, get a breaded steak sandwich, good stuff. there's a lot of crap open late night, u just gotta know where to find em

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by g222leav
there's a lot of crap open late night, u just gotta know where to find em :stupid: the problem is that if youre not from the city, you dont know whats open. i remember when i was 15 i spent a few days downtown with a few 30 or so friends and when we got hungry at 3 in the morning we couldnt find anywhere to eat and we all got packed into 4 cars so driving around was a pain. all of us were from the burbs or michigan so none of us really knew any good places to eat at. we ended up going to this taxi joint called "baba's". they had really good indian food but the service was horrible and the place really wasnt designed for 30 people. other than the food, the place was pretty nasty. now that i can drive and i spend more time downtown, its nice to know places to go in the middle of the night

[Tommy Boomfiger]

i might go to the taste on tomorrow umm... today, friday, for those of you who have gone, what should i get? something different and good.

[molecularfire]

/frantically writes down late night places to eat

Thanks for the info. g222leav. It will definitely come in handy. :D

[Mpowered]

I might go today. It should be nice and cool by the lake today :cool:

Hey Tommy, wanna roll with me there?

[Tommy Boomfiger]

never got to go after all. but like Markel said, i can get this food anytime, just not in one place. of course i wont miss the half a million sweaty drunk people who are swallowing down food like they hadnt eaten in a month :P