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Midwest Mesoamericanist
Meeting
March
14, 2009
Hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago
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The City of Chicago has approximately 2.8 million residents,
700
hotels, and more than 7300 restaurants.1
Overwhelmed?
There are many restaurants within two to three blocks of campus
(marked "BSB" on the map below). Most are along Taylor Street and on
Halsted Street. Taylor Street restaurants start at Morgan St. and
Taylor St., then head west, and include Thai, Sandwiches, Burgers,
Bistro, Vegetarian, and Sushi. Halsted, heading north beginning at Van
Buren St., is in Greektown, and so it includes Bistros, Burgers, and
Gyros. Contact the hosts if you want to make lunch or dinner plans.
Here is a Word version of this guide to take along on March 14.
Below are a few of our suggestions, lettered with corresponding
locations on the map. There are many others that we
did not list, so feel free to explore your culinary options.
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Restaurants Near UIC |
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A The
Rosebud
1500 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 942-1117
“Signature
dishes include such scrumptious selections as perfect chicken vesuvio,
square noodles, sausage and peppers, baked clams, chopped salad,
tiramisu, and decadent martinis in both traditional styles and new,
creatively decadent flavors.” |
B Tuscany
1014 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-829-1990
“Tuscany
is a comfortable Italian restaurant featuring mouthwatering northern
Italian specialties such as homemade pastas, gourmet pizzas baked in a
wood burning oven and tender veal grilled to perfection. Desserts
include homemade tiramisu and fruit
tortes.”
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Francesca’s
on Taylor
1400 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-829-2828
“Francesca's
on Taylor features the zesty, earthy cuisine of Rome and the
surrounding areas of Tuscany, Umbria and
Lazio.”
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Tufano’s
Vernon Park Tap
1073 W. Vernon Park Place
Chicago, IL 60607
312-733-3393
“Serving
the neighborhood since 1930, this bright and bustling landmark is one
of the last morsels of the original Little Italy where meals and wine
can be ordered family style off blackboards on the walls. The
lightly fried calamari makes a sapid antipasti, and huge pasta plates
can be halved to accommodate meatier secondi like crispy lemon chicken,
roasted and buried in a mountain of fried potatoes.”
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Roditys
Restaurant
222 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
312-454-0800
“If
the Greek gods made a trip to Chicago, chances are Roditys would be on
the list of places to stop. This restaurant has been serving up
deity-worthy classics since 1973. Considered by many, the
most
authentic and the best value of all the Greek Restaurants in Chicago's
Greek Town.”
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Artopolis
306 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
312-559-9000
“Artopolis
offers tastes not only from Greece but from around the Mediterranean,
including a long list of pizzas cooked in an attractive wood-burning
oven in the back. It was created to bring a sense of the true
European style cafe to Chicago.”
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G Pegasus
Restaurant and Taverna
130 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
312-226-3377
“This
reasonably priced restaurant features pasta and fresh fish. The
rather extensive wine list includes Mediterranean and American
selections.”
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Trivia credit: The
City of Chicago's Official Tourism Site
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