Chicago Restaurants
 

I have a nine-hour lay-over in Chicago on a Friday afternoon. I do not think I can get in to Wrigley Field (the Cubs have a game that day), so I want to go to a restaurant. An old and famous Chicago restaurant, medium priced. If I was making this recommendation for someone going to San Francisco, I would recommend Tadich Grill or Original Joe's. If you are familiar with these places, can you recommend similar places in Chicago? I'm not too hip and I like my martinis dry. Thanks.
Tom

Tom, To get more replies, you might want to include Chicago in the title of your post? And tag it Illinois? Just "Restaurants" on the greater "United States" forum I think is getting lost.
:-)

You might also want to post your question on Flyertalk http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-dining-161/ .

Hi Tom--I added Chicago and tagged your topic "Illinois" to help out.

What about Giordano's for pizza?

Famous and old makes me think of our steakhouses. Gibsons, Gene & Georgetti's, Smith & Wollensky are a few. But none of them would qualify as "medium" priced.

Another thought is to go to the Wrigleyville area, and even if you don't have Cubs tickets it's always fun to hang out at one of the many bars in the neighborhood and watch the game on TV.

For example:
Goose Island
http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/wri...brewpub/66.php
or
Cubby Bear
http://www.cubbybear.com/wrigleyville/

Or these ideas which combine baseball and food. (You can take the blue line from the airport to Addison but it is bit tricky on game days to get back and forth the couple of miles acroos on that street to the ballpark on game days)

Harry Carey's (in River North, take blue line train to Clark and Lake and walk north a couple of blocks) http://www.harrycarays.com/restaurants_chicago.html

Harry Carey's (in Rosemont near the airport, cabbies don't necessarily like those short trips but if you don't want to travel all the way into the city it's a good second choice) http://www.harrycarays.com/restaurants_rosemont.html

Traditional style Chicago steak and italian.