Bull & Bear lunch evaluation - chicagotribune.com

Bull & Bear lunch evaluation - chicagotribune.com
Who eats: Businesspeople and casual diners going to River North artwork galleries or retailers.

Why try to eat: Close to the Merchandise Mart Brown Line cease and economic district, and about a mile from a Kennedy Expressway exit, this upscale sports bar is effortlessly found and delivers a stylish environment with quality bar meals at fair costs. Booths with beer taps on reservation.





Ambience: Exposed air flow, a mixture of booths and high-best tables, and sports on about 15 higher-definition TVs create a spacious, inviting ambiance. Present day chandeliers cast dim light from the lofted ceilings, but plenty of light streams by means of tall windows. Actively playing off the bar's identify, a 36-foot-tall stock ticker cranks www.RalphLaurenwholesaler.com out sports scores and news.

Dress code: It is a bar, so any casually dressed diner, enterprise or otherwise, suits appropriate in.

Noise issue: The darkish timber flooring and exposed brick partitions aid take in table din. A blend of vintage rock and pop audio echo all through the space.

Overheard: www.CHEAP-POLORALPHLAUREN.COM　 Andy, what do you do right here once more? You're an intern?　　 Sure.　 (Nervous laughter)

Services: Prompt, helpful and accommodating, to the stage of correcting our wobbly table.

Cellphone reception/Wi-Fi: Full mobile reception. Cost-free Wi-Fi on request of password.

Menu: Appropriately called The Wells Street Journal, the menu includes dressed-up bar foods &mdash burgers, salads, soups and wraps &mdash and brief-buy possibilities for much more reasonable appetites, such as 3 sandwiches, crab cakes or sliders for each order. Complete bar with in depth wine list.

Trustworthy options: www.RalphLaurenwholesaler.com The $14 trio of American Kobe sliders with crispy shallots, smoked bacon aioli and Gruyere cheese on toasted brioche virtually melts in your mouth. A huge plate of truffle fries ($nine), sprinkled with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano , are relatively bland but an effortless appetizer for a more substantial team. A significant $12 spinach salad incorporates moist herbed chicken, and, like all salads at Bull & Bear, can be produced into a wrap. A few large blackened tilapia tacos ($16) supply a generous portion of fish, citrus-scented slaw and salsa verde on corn or flour tortillas, and garnished with a dollop of Spanish rice.

Expect to pay out: $twenty-30 per person.

Contacts: 312-527-5973 or bullbearbar.com

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