Monday, September 22, 2008

Night Out on the Town

Recognizing the Cubs' National League Central Division Title and the first time to earn that mark in back to back years since 1908, we will review a popular restaurant in Chicago, Harry Caray's.

Harry Caray's Downtown opened in 1987 and has outlasted other restaurants sporting names of larger than life Chicago athletes such as Ditka's and Michael Jordan's. This location located on 33 West Kinzie, has both a formal dining area and bar where food is also served. Downtown and an O'Hare / Rosemount location are the two Italian Steak Houses in the chain. Steaks can prepared Vesuvio or Peppercorn Style. Harry's favorite was the Chicken Vesuvio, as heard often during the Cubs broadcast.

A new location recently opened in Wrigleyville at the old Hi-Tops location. This is your typical sports bar menu with burgers the specialty. The day I was there was following an weekday afternoon game against the Orioles. The Cubs lost, but times were good with good music, fine drinks and people enjoying themselves. Dutchie Caray, Harry's wife, even made an appearance.

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