Butcher and the Burger

Early Sunday dinner with the girls at butcher and the burger in Lincoln Park.

I had the salmon burger. It was okay, don't know if I would go out of my way to go back there again.

De Cero

Okay, so I've been neglecting my blog. So I'm going to squeeze the past 4 months in like one week haha.

Let's rewind back to May. Old Jersey friend comes to Chicago for work, and I met him up for drinks at De Cero on Randolph. Margaritas are STRONG! Lol. And their tacos yummy. Would definitely come back for happy hour after work.

Toro Sushi

My absolute, hands down, favorite sushi place is Toro in lakeview. It's byob, Mitch is awesome, and the sushi is so fresh!!!! Mmmm, I'm craving some now haha :)

Bad Happy

Don't waste your money!!! Went for poutine on a Sunday ...ended up with this sad meal lol. But seriously, felt so gross after eating a few bites...

Ukai Sushi & Paciugo

A few months ago I bought a groupon to Ukai Sushi. It had pretty good yelp reviews so I was excited to try it out. So a few weeks ago, me and Marc went there for dinner to use my groupon. Well let's just say I think it would be a fun place to go with a group of friends (it's byob), but the sushi isn't all that great. And it's a bit over priced .

But after a "so-so" dinner at Ukai, we were craving some dessert so we went to Paciugo gelato. WOW ONE OF THE BEST GELATO PLACES IN CHCAGO!! :) their dark chocolate was amazing!!!! :)

Estate Ultra Bar

Estate restaurant / bar opened up right along the river on Elston at the beginning of this year. And they are supposedly will have a nice, open rooftop too.

So for Marc's birthday, we ended up going there (though the rooftop wasn't open). Rolling big as we always do, we got bottle service haha. And we knew one of the co-owners, so he hooked us up with the VIP lounge :). Couldn't post a lot of the pics , but it was a fun night hahaha!

L'etoile

When in madison, go l'etoile!  I was there the last weekend of March for a wedding, and the wedding rehearsal dinner was at a contemporary american restaurant called L'etoile.  We had a four-course dinner with drinks and amouz-bouch :)  very lovely time!

personalized menu :)

some kind of cheesy soup (i think, haha)

something plum on a cracker...

baby cucumbers, fantome farm chevre, beauty heart radish, curried cashews, dill, cilantro, mirin vinaignette

vietnamese shrimp salad, cucumber, carrots, kohlrabi, primrose beauty heart radish, daikon radish, crispy sushi rice, fried peanuts, cilantro, mint, nuoc cham

john & dorothy priske fountain prairie farm dry-aged, grass-fed  fed NY strip, gruyere-potato latkes, snug haven spinach, shallot confit & mushroom ragout, blue cheese & bone marrow compound butter and cabernet jus

blood orange & black raspberry-cabernet sorbets, bruleed italian meringue, wisconsin sugar cookie

the happy wedding couple with new friends! :)