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I went to Hominy Grill with my wife and her cousin while visiting Charleston recently. We had seen this restaurant featured on the food network and travel channel so it was one place we had to check out while in town and we were not disappointed.

I’ve yet to travel to England or Ireland but my friends who have tell me this is pretty close to the real thing. So I was happy to help celebrate a friend’s birthday over Fish n Chips and a pint.

We found out about this restaurant and amazing chef, watching “Top Chef Master” TV series and he won the title competing against so many other amazing chefs.

It was okay. Richie D who said she’s kinda like Chicago’s version of Paula Deen is right on. But with not as much…awesomeness.

They have excellent chili dogs which go great with the chili . Different than most but good eating. I ordered my food to go. No ceremony with the oyster crackers. Just tossed a couple of handfuls into the bag on top of everything else. One important thing CASH ONLY-so make sure you have plenty of greenbacks before entering this place.

I really enjoyed my 3-night stay here over labor day weekend. I love the character of inns and this one was certainly cute.

Spent a week in Maine and went to plenty of seafood restaurants along the coast. This little gem was still my favorite. Make reservations and still plan on a short wait !!

Their German beer (Munich’s Hofbrauhaus) and pretzels are excellent; really the best you can find outside of Munich, which makes sense because that’s where they are both imported from. While not everything is local, the Usinger sausage they serve is. Their knackwurst is very good; so is their spaetzle, which might be a little too greasy for some.

The lemongrass wheat is very tasty. Unfortunately my burger was a bit on the burnt side and service was just average. Overall not a bad place though. I’ll give it another chance.

So delicious. My favorite is the Balti, no…. the steak and ale……..no wait the mushroom kale. I can’t decide. I love them all. Heaven is a meat pie. I almost hesitate to review this place because it’s so quiet, out of the way, lovely, and maybe a bit of a south side secret. But I do love giving shout outs to my favorite businesses and I genuinely want them to be successful. So yes Northsiders, the honest truth is Pleasant House is totally worth coming to the…

I’m a fan of their seafood salad (Monday & Tuesday special only). Everyone speaks and they seem to remember their regulars! I have yet to try their pot pies yet (I think I need to wait for fall to get one), but they are homemade and HUGE!!!!

Went here for a banquet. Was super good with A LOT OF FOOD!!!! Order the chicken and you get half of a bird PLUS a baked potato, pasta, soup, salad, AND bread!!! Holy cow! Boxes galore! Was super good though.

I was about to vomit everywhere because I had not been drunk in, like, three months and was on painkillers that say “don’t drink too much with these.” Life sucked. I was going to die.

Uno happily satiated my deep dish craving for the day. It was a bright sunny day in Chicago, and we were seated quite quickly out on the patio for the ritually long anticipatory wait for the pan of crust and filling that was presumably sitting in the oven just for us.

I tried Roundabouts this past Sunday. My boyfriend purchased a Groupon, and we didn’t want to cook lunch on our lazy Sunday. Round-Abouts is a place that specializes in pot pies of sorts. They are little crusts filled with savory ingredients. They do also offer sweet dessert options, though I didn’t try any.

I remember really kind of hating this place my first round here. Perhaps I’ve cooled down with age and have let rampant restaurant animosity take a backseat in my life. Who knows? This outing was a better experience.

Yes, there are hot women. All the waitresses are attractive and wear skimpy clothes, which I enjoy as that is my preference. For anyone else, I don’t know if there are very many reasons to eat or drink here.

If you follow the tourists you end up staring at a signed photo of John Stamos circa 1992 and choking down a mediocre sandwich next to some fat housewife from Wisconsin at the vastly overrated Carnegie Deli. If you follow the Jews who know better you end up here.

No where near the best burger in Milwaukee, and their bloody Mary is the same tired recipe as everyone else that has the ‘best’ bloody in Milwaukee: Jimmy Luv’s mix, vodka, crap that doesn’t belong in a drink.

If you like your cookies, bread and canolis to be awesome, than you have to stop and in and get some. This is THE measuring stick for Italian and French bread. Like Kleenex defines tissues this place defines bread. You can keep your Calandras and the like, they pale in comparison to Sorrento’s.