I LOVE …
… the food at Piano Pian o (626 Busse Highway) in Park Ridge. Especially when it is being served by Pasquale.
-Elaine Vitale, Chicago
… the spinach and artichoke dip with housemade tortilla chips, and the weekly specials (like $9.95 strip steak and potato on Saturdays) at O’Donovan’s [2100 W. Irving Park Rd.].
–Regina Robinson, reporter
… the way t he village of Northlake decorates North Avenue. Right now it has shamrocks. … It really brightens up my commute.
— Nancy Holpuch, Arlington Heights
I HATE …
… bright lights, mood music, wafting cigarette smoke, and too much distance between my seat and the table in a restaurant.
–Bill Daley, food and wine reporter
… when bicyclists blow off red lights and stop signs, ride the wrong way on one-way streets, and ride at high rates of speed on sidewalks, endangering pedestrians.
–Tim Scott, Chicago
… hosts/wait staff who seat you, and ask if you’d like a drink without providing you with a drink menu. You then ask, for example, which wines they offer by the glass, and the host/wait staff says, “Oh, I’ll get the list.”…
–Susan Babin, Chicago
