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Kosher 5th floor
Just so you know Spertus Cafe is mediocre at best and downright awful if you consider the price. If you gotta keep Kosher I would look elsewhere.
Help! Brunch in/near Rogers Park
Morseland on Morse just west off Sheridan is good. Nice quiet atmosphere, great coffee (plus full bar), and decent to very good food (depending on what you pick).
The Old Siam in Ann Arbor, Michigan
I eat a lot of thai food (I'm from Chicago where there's a ton of great Thai) and I can firmly tell you that No Thai is absolute garbage. And frankly, it's expensive for what you get. $8 for chicken pad thai that is bland as all hell? Please, please, do not call No Thai good thai food. Lotus Thai is mediocre, but better. The best in the area is definitely Tuptim (though it's in Ypsi).
evanston, rogers park
I don't know why my original post didn't come up but here's the basic idea. For a dinner bar in Roger's Park, check out the Morseland. Decent food, good wine and beer selection as well. The jerk chicken is great (yes great), the soups are always excellent (made from scratch), and the service welcoming. Seriously, it's a really good neighborhood bar. Regionally, it's not "Chicago" food, but I assure you it's the best choice for what you want.
evanston, rogers park
Check out the Morseland on Morse (just west of Sheridan) for dinner at a bar. It's a great little place with good service and above-par bar food. Their soups are generally excellent and their beer list stand out as really good for a neighborhood bar.
Best Chicago tasting menu restaurant
Word is Schwa will be back by the time you make it to Chicago as well.
Best buffalo wings near downtown??
As someone who lives in Ann Arbor I'm amazed you consider Mr. Spots any good. I grew up in Chicago and Buffalo Joe's, though it may be slipping, beats Spots any day. Maybe it was different when you were here, but they're atrocious now (and expensive).
Best Chicago Foodie 'Hood
Jbontario,
Though I agree many Northside neighborhoods are very homogenized, not all of them are. If you look at stats, by far the most diverse place in the city is Roger's Park. If you really want a huge amount of food choices with great variety, the edgewater/roger's park area is perfect. Mexican, indian, thai, vietnamese, middle eastern. Damn, now that I'm living in Michigan I miss home just thinking about all the good food! Plus, for pure living enjoyment (and price) IMHO, it doesn't get any better than RP.
