Friday, March 18, 2016

Triumphant return for Bruges Brothers

We'd been waiting since mid-September so when we heard Bruges Brothers were going to join the food truck fest at Daley Plaza we broke our food trucks on Thursday only rule and hot footed it over to see the Brothers.

Croque Madame, of course




















































Weekly food truck fest at Daley Plaza - almost too easy to find
great food truck fare

Best ever Reuben?

We thought we were going to have our first encounter with Pierogi Street on Thursday but when we got to City Front Plaza we found Soho.  No problem, Kathryn said her sandwich was "the best Reuben I've ever had in my life."  The corn beef melted in her mouth.  The sauce was fantastic.

Here it is - Kathryn's "best ever" Reuben sandwich













City Front Plaza



Bacon jam cheese sandwich; splendid sourdough bread


Thursday, March 10, 2016

Garlic shrimp at The Cajun Connoisseur

We struck it rich at Clark and Monroe today with The Cajun Connoisseur.  Best yet?  We can't betray Bruges Brothers, Pico Street...  But we have to say it was pretty awesome.  Eric had the Shrimp po boy sandwich on italian bread with tomato and spinach and Kathryn jumbo shrimp "nestled in a bath of creamy cheese grits"

Lots of choices at Clark & Monroe

Relatively short line but many
choices at the Cajun Connoisseur 





Shrimp on grits


Shrimp po boy

Yes, that's a jumbo shrimp sticking out...





Monday, March 7, 2016

5411 Empanadas, again

Malbec beef or bacon, dates & goat cheese, or BBQ chicken,
or Chorizo, black bean & egg?  The picture shows one of Eric's picks
One of our special favorites, 5411 Empanadas, came to Lake Street on Feb. 25.   Here's a blurb from their website -   411 (named after the international dialing code for Buenos Aires, Argentina) started in 2009, when the three founders decided they wanted to bring a piece of their country to Chicago. It started small, very small, but a good product and word-of-mouth made our little dream grow from just deliveries to one of the most successful food trucks in the country.