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Spotlight: Girl & The Goat in Chicago

July 24, 2014

Today’s post takes an in-depth look at Girl & The Goat, arguably the best restaurant in Chicago. Before ever knowing I’d be making a trip to the Windy City, I knew about this restaurant and Chef Stephanie Izard. You might recognize her as the winner of Top Chef in Season 4, and the only woman…

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Filed Under: Restaurants, Spotlight, Travel Tagged With: Chicago, Dinner, Girl & The Goat, Pig Face, Reservations, Restaurant, Stephanie Izard, Travel

Eating Around Chicago: Brunch and the Like

July 23, 2014

When I visit a new city, my natural instinct is to brunch. Hard. Chicago was no different – as you can see from my interactive Google map, there was no lack of brunching during my visit. My first brunch in the Windy City was at Nookies, of which there are multiple locations. The food is pretty…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Brunch, Chicago, Deep Dish, Lou Malnati's, Nellcote, Nookies, Pizza, Restaurants, Rooftops, Travel, Weekend

Weekend E.A.T. – Eating Around Chicago

July 22, 2014

In the spirit of being 25 and not making any more excuses, I checked off one more new city this past weekend – Chicago! And I have a nifty interactive Google map à la my last trip to show y’all where I went. Click on the embedded map above to expand it and follow along…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bakeries, Chicago, Coffeeshops, Desserts, Eataly, Fabcakes, Ice cream, Interactive Map, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Pastries, Summer, Sweet Mandy B's, Travel, Weekend, Windy City

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Shikha here - a Bay Area native, content marketer, and pastry cook-turned blogger living in San Francisco. I see the world through food (and Drake lyrics), and am here to help you eat life to its fullest.

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