Emerald Loop and the Burger of Blood
(Photo: Waiter, there’s a splatter movie in my burger.)
My favorite local restaurant in my South River North/North Loop ‘hood is not one I would recommend to my worst enemy. Well, depending on the day you ask me my opinion on the place. Because while Emerald Loop’s Irish pub kitchen shines from Monday through Friday, it’s as if the back-of-house is taken over by zombies on the weekend.
Find out why a rare burger at Emerald Loop can be a bloody weekend surprise in my latest Gapers Block: Drive-Thru review, Emerald Loop: It’s Not Easy Being Green. And then someone please find me a weekend hoodie.
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There are two kinds of coffee bar in the Loop: the Chicago-local Intelligentsia; and everyone else. Although service got off to a rocky start last month at Intelligentsia's new Randolph Street store, at least I haven't had to hear about the sex lives of the staff. Unlike at the nearby Starbucks.
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