Chicago: The Food

Basically what I love most about traveling is also what I get the most anxiety about.  Well, that and the scary thought that I might have to throw up somewhere weird.

Anyways, the thing that I'm talking about is the food.  Being originally from the Twin Cities area, I had a lot of gluten free restaurant options.  I love all those options and visit them when I go home, but it's so fun and exciting going to big cities that have new and old options.  And now let's begin our culinary journey.

Let it be known that I don't have pictures of everything because I temporarily lost my brain and forgot that I always take pictures of what I eat.  Whoops.

Friday:

We arrived.  On the car journey over, we ate sour cream and chive nut thin chips.  Which were medium.

We meant to eat at Naked Pizza that offers pizza on gluten free crust.  But we parked a half mile away from the restaurant.  Then the place was plum out of gf crusts.  So we ate at Qdoba next-door that has some safe options.  And was medium.  Maybe medium plus, but not pizza.

Saturday:

For breakfast we ate at the "bistro" at our hotel.  I ordered fresh fruit.  $4 was a lot for fruit I thought. Until I got basically a huge bowl full of raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries.  And then I was the happiest little Megan.  Raspberries make my rocking world go round.  Plus I ate a Kind bar for protein.  To which I will give a rating of 8,000 sprinkles.  Which is a good rating if you're asking.

For lunch we panicked out of our original lunch plan because I heard the place was only "eh" and it was pretty far away from where we were located so last minutes I said "There shall be Spicy Chicken at P.F. Chang's China Bistro." And so it came to pass.  And there was spicy chicken.  And there was fried rice.  And all was good in the world.  So, not original, but I loved it.  So 3.1 stars.

On our way to deciding that PF Chang's was a good choice, we passed the Weber Grill restaurant.  Justin said "Oh!  That's where I wanted to eat last time I was in Chicago, but I couldn't get in." Then while I was dawdling in the creepiest bathroom that there is ever to be in a PF Chang's, J googled to see if Weber Grill had gluten free options and, lo!  There was such a huge gluten free menu that we walked right back to that restaurant and made reservations.  And this is what I had:

 

That, my friends, is barbecue ribs, barbecue beef brisket, mashed potatoes and baked beans.  Heavens they were amazing.  I decided that I'm moving to there.  To the restaurant, not Chicago.  Justin loved his option too.  He got this PLUS pulled pork and he got mac and cheese instead of beans.  Also he ate all 4 pretzel rolls with the cheddar butter.  Not going to lie, I wanted cheddar butter.  This meal earned a rating of 16 hugs.

Sunday:

For breakfast we went to Tweet.  I recommend Tweet because the food is good and the atmosphere is squishy.  If you like sitting next to the vegans and being able to hear their entire conversation, you're in luck!  It didn't bother me, I think J would have appreciated more space.  There were also a lot of boobs on the walls.  Like, so many.  But they also had so many gluten free options that I had to ask the waiter to come back three times because I hadn't made a decision yet.  I chose pumpkin pancakes which were so good.  And Beautiful. 

And this iced coffee was the nectar of the gods.  Justin hated it and just got regular.  Which is boring.  Tweet gets a rating of 547 boobs, which is actually probably how many boobs there were, which is weird but didn't bother me.

On our way out of town through grayness and rain we stopped at a five guys burgers and fries.  Such a good decision.  So many fries.  I can die in a happy food coma now.  And really need to work out...

The worst picture I have ever taken.  Period.

Also, tonight I made pancakes and didn't have any syrup in the house.  Isn't that the dumbest?