My trip to Chicago

I just remembered that I never posted about my recent trip to Chicago. Here are some highlights. The main purpose of my trip was to go back to Wrigley field and watch the cubs. Wednesday night I sat out in the bleachers. During the Padres batting practice I caught my first ever baseball at a ball game. it was a home run that bounced off the seats then came right to me. I don't know who hit it. The Cubs won the game. It only lasted 8 innings because of rain. Here is a pic of the ball I caught.

While in Chicago I stayed at the Intercontinental on Michigan Ave. It is in a pretty good location - not too far from the red line, and always easy to catch a cab to go to a restaurant. The hotel is expensive - I got a good deal on the room, but if you opened the bottle of water in the room it was $6.50 a snickers was $4.00. I ordered room service my first night as I needed a snack and was to lazy to go out. I had some hot wings with blue cheese, a ginger ale, and some black raspberry sorbet. You don't want to know how much it cost - too much, but I was living it up in Chicago. The wings were very good, as was their blue cheese. One thing I must say about the place besides being expensive they do have good service.

Day two I took a cab over to the original pancake house for a late breakfast. I had buttermilk pancakes with fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup, with a side of bacon and freshly squeezed orange juice. It was an excellent breakfast. I sat outside in the heavy breeze and enjoyed a sunny morning. I then walked over to the L and went up to Wrigley for the afternoon game. I had amazing seats. Right behind home plate row 2. Here are some shots of my view, and a shot of the highlights where you can see me. The cubs won again. baseball is great to watch when you are so close.




Later that night I had a reservation at Gibson's to enjoy a nice steak. I showed up a bit early and had to wait a while. The place was very packed. They jammed tables just about everywhere you could. I went with a bone in strip steak. The first bite was great, but when I cut again I saw the steak was undercooked. I ordered medium it was medium rare at best, so I had to send it back. My replacement was cooked properly, and was very tasty. It isn't the best steak I've had, but it was good. I was disapointed in the side I ordered - twice baked potato.


Well that is my chicago trip. I hope to do it again soon. Next time I will eat at David Burke's primehouse for my steak fix.

As for my steak rankings unfortunately for Gibson's they don't rank real high.
My Current Rankings (Based on where I've eaten, and my personal experience)
1. Boa (Las Vegas)
2. Chicago Chop House (Chicago)
3. Delmonico (Las Vegas)
4. Kinzie Chophouse (Chicago)
5. Ruth's Chris (Denver)
6. Gibson's (Chicago)