Chicago!
by shoshanna
I just got back from an awesome trip to Chicagoland. Basically I just spent the whole time eating. The best part was going with my family to Max & Benny's in Northbrook, a Jewish deli-restaurant-bakery. This is the kind of place that has both thin and thick challah french toast on the menu, because Jews are picky. We had blintzes, bagels, whitefish salad, latkes, corned beef and fluffy rolls and egg creams. Heaven. I brought back hamantaschen and rugelach for my friends.
The other really exciting thing was the architecture. Pretty much the entire suburban periphery of Chicago was built between like 1955 and 1965, so everything, from the modest family homes to the deli to the post office, is done in super hot, Prairie-influenced, space age, modernist style. I want to move to Illinois so I can live in a brick and glass ranch, eat matzoh ball soup at Max & Benny's and hang out with my family. I would get a single-speed, since the entire state is completely flat, and a car, since everything is so spread out. I would acquire a nasal accent.
We also went to Hop Leaf in Andersonville. If you like beer and live in Chicago, you should go there. You can read my blog post about it on the Imbibe blog here. Please leave a comment over there. I'll be your best friend. I'll buy you a blintz at Max & Benny's.
Posted on June 9, 2007 | Comments (0)
