Recs for Near North

I am in the process of relocating to Chicago, and just bought an apartment on N. State Street between Erie and Ontario. Since I do not know anything about chowing in Chicago (Save for what I’ve read here) I have numerous questions.

- What is recommended for nearby chowing? (both sit-in and take-out)
- Who delivers in the area and is recommended?
- I have looked online at the numerous delivery services, what is recommended on these sites?

BTW - I like everything.

Thanks for all the advice.
Someday soon, I hope to be able to contribute here.

gate_pourri wrote:I am in the process of relocating to Chicago, and just bought an apartment on N. State Street between Erie and Ontario. Since I do not know anything about chowing in Chicago (Save for what I’ve read here) I have numerous questions...

Two places that immediately come to mind that are nearby and offer both groceries and take-out foods of various sorts are: 1) the Whole Foods on Huron between State and Dearborn; 2) L'Appetito, an Italian deli which carries basic imported Italian groceries (at high prices) and also a few cooked and prepared items, including pizza, panini, subs, salads (one branch at 30 East Huron, another one at 875 N. Michigan, i.e., at the underground shopping area at the foot of the Hancock building).

I haven't gotten any prepared foods at Whole Foods but I would guess that at least some of them are pretty good. Perhaps someone with experience in this regard can chime in. L'Appetito is without doubt a good store and, if I lived near it, I would surely visit it (when compelled to do so by urgent need or laziness), but the prices are (not surprisingly) very high compared to what you can find at similar Italian delis elsewhere in the city and near suburbs.

Antonius

Here's an old thread on what's near North Michigan Ave, which will also be useful for your address:
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2048

Also, you aren't far from Frontera Grill/Topolobampo (go west to Clark and then south a few blocks), or from Chilpancingo, another high-end Mexican restaurant (west of you on Ontario).

gate_pourri wrote:- What is recommended for nearby chowing? (both sit-in and take-out)
- Who delivers in the area and is recommended?
- I have looked online at the numerous delivery services, what is recommended on these sites?

Welcome to the neighborhood. Nearby I can recommend:
Silver Spoon (Thai + Japanese Fusion, see thread here: http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1608)
Ginza, on Ohio just E of State, I like their salt-broiled mackerel dinner
Gaylord India, on Clark between Erie and Huron
If you walk a few blocks West to Wells St., you'll find a lot more choices

I know a lot of places deliver, but don't have much experience with them.

a lot of them are pretty decent, or they'd be out of business...

http://www.grubhub.com/ will let you put in your address and show restaraunts that deliver to you... there are probably hundreds

also amazon.com has a lot of menus for places in chicago