Pequod’s Pizza20230817224839

Pequod’s Pizza

The “2023 Chicago Deep Dish Challenge” made its final stop at Pequod’s. One of the many things that I’ve enjoyed while presenting “Henry’s Take” is exploring the great recommendations submitted by our...
Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse20230817223523

Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse

“Holy cow!” Can you believe that this is our 3rd visit to the “Windy City” and yet only our 1st review of Harry’s place? Well, in an effort to avoid the “3 strikes and you’re out” maxim, it’s finally ...
Wrigley Field20230817221514

Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field, Part 1And this…is baseball, for baseball purists like myself. Wrigley Field is known by many as the “friendly confines” and each time that I visit I’m struck by just how small and almos...
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria20230817215433

Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria

Our “2023 Chicago Deep Dish Challenge” continued with a logical next stop at local powerhouse Lou Malnati’s.Unfortunately our experience failed to rise up to reach the heights of their established pos...
Chicago Riverwalk20230811200525

Chicago Riverwalk

If you’re wanting to explore the Chicago River and are feeling all “Sporty Spice”, we’d recommend that you try walking or running along the Chicago Riverwalk.End to end you’re only talking about 1.5 m...
Portillo’s20230811194643

Portillo’s

There are many reasons to miss Chicago in between visits, and one of them for me has to be the distinctive “snap” you get when biting into a Chicago dog. I honestly can’t remember finding that when bi...
Chicago River Architecture Tour20230811190234

Chicago River Architecture Tour

So just hear me out, ok? This is a safe space and there will be no judgmental ‘tudes (at least until I finish my schpiel).While an “architecture tour” may lack the juice to lure some travelers while i...
Giordano’s20230811183835

Giordano’s

If one were to launch the “2023 Chicago Deep Dish Challenge”, where should one aspire to begin? While pondering that question I was overcome by the following epiphany: the question isn’t where to begi...