Coffee, Free WIFI: Pilsen, Chicago
Looking for strong coffee, free WIFI, decent beardspotting, and reasonable co-working in a Pilsen, Chicago coffeehouse? Check out La Catrina, and don’t overlook their outdoor courtyard, in back. Afterward, grab some bacon candy at Honky Tonk. Free parking!
Fresh Garlic Parmesan Pasta
Fresh garlic parmesan pasta uses ingredients that are easy to come by and good for you. Plus, it comes together in a snap. One taste, and it’ll become your go-to “right now” dinner recipe.
Dolce Casa Cafe
Dolce Casa Cafe is a coffeehouse not far from the Brown Line, in Ravenswood, Chicago, where you can do some beardspotting, co-working, and/or studying. Thrusting your plug into the nearest electrical outlet might require maze-solving, but at least the hot spot and public restroom won’t present challenges.
Bacon Wrapped Meat Roll
The words “bacon wrapped meat roll” may send some of you into immediate foodgasm. Others of you with a modicum of decorum might rather that this post were about Rouleau de viande – which it is, so relax. Regardless of what you call it, what we’re talking about here is a meatloaf stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Swiss Eggs Benedict
This recipe for Swiss Eggs Benedict uses cottage bacon and Swiss cheese as stand-ins for the traditional Canadian bacon and Hollandaise sauce. It turns Benedict’s “distinctiveness” setting up so high, it crosses over into “lusty.”
Midwestern Chili
Invite your corn-fed quarterback in for a warm, hearty, strapping bowlful of this hell of a tasty, comfort-foody, Midwestern chili. It won’t burn you; it won’t bite you. It will just make you feel good way down in your hungry heart. Home run, quarterback!
