Saturday, 10/19/19

Of course I woke up at 5:30 local time and had to bide my time until Jessica got up. Luckily, the apartment is quite large so I could sit and drink coffee without disturbing her. The Le Pain Quotidien (only a few blocks away!) for breakfast. Fried egg with avocado and crispy shallots was only OK, but the breads and cookie butter were the real point anyway. Then we headed into town to meet Celeste at the train. A place in the neighborhood called Taco Joint for lunch. We shared some excellent guacamole and a queso fundito (too many pepper strips); I had some tortilla soup (good taste; oddly creamy) and a chicken/pineapple taco (excellent!). Jessica also had one of those tacos, and she and Celeste had spicy cauliflower tacos too.

We walked around and explored the neighborhood a bit. I bought some caramel popcorn (when in Chicago....it was from a place called Berco's and it was great. Very buttery).  We took an Uber back into the city for out Pizza Tour. Ugh.....there was some kind of parade happening and we were 45 minutes late!! So stressful. Luckily, the first pizza place (Exchequer) was our least favorite (tavern style thin crust pizza with that cracker-y crust). Celeste and I tossed back our Moscow Mules and off to the next stop. Cafe Serio (in Lakeville) has Neapolitan style (we went there on our last tour) and is was my hands down favorite. Our pie had sausage, hot red peppers and honey....so good. The second Moscow Mule went down pretty easy as well. Then back in the van to downtown to a deep dish place called LaBriola for another tavern style slice with pepperoni. It was a better example of the style, but still not my favorite. AND we had sausage deep dish, but I was seriously flagging at this point and only ate about half. Then they had the audacity to serve donuts, but I only nibbled it. Sorry, Stan's donuts, you just aren't that great.
Got home after midnight and crashed.