Italian Village

Chicago, IL

http://www.italianvillage-chicago.com

We ate at the Village portion of the restaurant. They brought a bread plate for the snack. The warm bread with oil and parmesan were tasty, and we asked for more which kater we regreted. We had Tramin Pinot Grigio. It was bright and pleasant. Refreshing with the rich meat dish. We started the dinner with salad with house italian dressing. Nice refreshing start to the dinner, and the dressing was pleasant. I had chicken marsala with spinach as an option for a vegetable. It was very tasty. You could really taste the marsala in sauce and the mushrooms were very flavorful. The chicken was soft and mild flavor which was offsetting from the sauce. Spinach well cooked and was somewhat light addition to the dish. Although we were very full, we ordered a desert to share to offset the meal. The panna cotta was wonderful. Fairly light and creamy. The flavor of the day was tiramisu, and it was not too sweet as I was concerned. It was just perfect. Very nice highlight to the dinner. 

Italian is not my favorite choice for restaurants, but one turned out good.

Veal Marsala

Spinach (a side to the veal dish)

 Panna Cotta, tiramisu flavor

Grandpa's Pizzeria

http://grampaspizzeria.com

Olives

Pork Confit

Finnochio (sausage, fennel, Anaheim chiles)

Next Door Brewery

http://www.nextdoorbrewing.com

Good place to kill the mussel craving in a more casual environment. Food at Neext Door is creative and good.

The yum crisps are to die for. The best chip snack in town, even if you are nor a sweet potato. 

Beer Mussels and Yam Crisps with Chimichuri sauce

Moscow Mule

Simple Cafe

Simple Cafe
Milwaukee, WI

http://www.yelp.com/biz/simple-café-milwaukee-3

This is as bright, flavorful and delicious as it looks in the picture, even more. A great mix of textures and contrasting flavors. Very rich so I wanted more vegetables. But overall one of the tastiest interesting foods I ever had.

Korean BBQ Breakfast Bowl

Free House Deviled Eggs

http://www.freehousepub.com

Excellent appetizer. Traditional flavor of deviled eggs, remind me ones from my childhood, topped with a strip of bacon for a touch of extra flavor. Fluffy and with strong filling flavor.

Deviled Bacon & Eggs

Mana's Cafe

http://mannacafe.com

Roasted potatoes were the best I ever had. Crispy browned and with perfect tang of garlic. The poached egg topped a black bean corn patty. Surprizing and tasty. The avocado was a refreshing addition.

The O'Keefe Benedict

Eldorado Grill Brunch

http://www.eldoradogrillmadison.com

Eldorado Benedict 

Poached eggs over potato pancakes with house smoked salmon and tomatillo cream. Served with house potatoes. Potatoes were nice but could use more garlic or herbs for more flavor. Salad was tasty with tangy green sauce. Potato pancakes were very soft and worked well with the egg. Smoked salmon was flavorful and delicious.