Dining 
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Osteria Ottimo, Favorite Restaurant in Orland Park
Friday, January 21st, 2011 at 1:09pm. 1043 Views, 0 Comments.
I don't consider myself a food critic - as long as I don't have to cook it and clean up after, I'm pretty happy. I will 
admit as I've aged my palette has become a bit choosier and I've actually stopped going to some restaurants if I don't like what I ordered or if the service was bad.
I've never been attracted to Italian restaurants as I usually don't order pasta and if I do, I prefer a sweeter sauce than many Italian restaurants make. My favorite pasta/meat sauce is bolognese, which some restaurants do not make the way it should be (with carrots, which gives it a deep flavor). I love it when I find a place that makes it correctly.
One weekend evening my husband and I were driving around looking for a place without a long wait. We ran into
…Valentine's Day at The Batory Buffet
Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 10:50am. 619 Views, 0 Comments.
I wouldn't have remembered, but last Valentine's Day was also snowy and cold. I looked up my last Valentine's Day in Chicago Suburbs post to see what I wrote about. Can't remember what I did, though.
My husband asked me to think about where I wanted to go on Valentine's Day. Not one regular restaurant popped up in my mind (only visions of waiting an hour to get seated no matter where we went). I hate waiting in restaurants.
Then I thought about the places I really love. Places my friends would not accompany me to (well, they did once for my birthday and complained loud and clear). I love Polish buffets. My first choice was Bobaks in Chicago but I gave a second choice of The Batory Buffet, a Chicago Ridge restaurant located at 10135 S.
…Pegasus Restaurant in Chicago
Thursday, September 7th, 2006 at 2:55pm. 531 Views, 0 Comments.
Last night my husband and I met with 4 other friends for dinner at Pegasus Restaurant in Chicago's Greektown area. For the week we had the plans made I thought we were meeting at the Parthenon and kept questioning my husband when we were the first to arrive. I wasn't sure until I got inside that I had eaten lunch here about 7 years ago.
It is not the largest restaurant in the Greektown area but it is very comfortable and cute. There is a large menu and it was difficult to make one choice. I ordered the baked Grecian chicken and chose it over the roasted because it was getting late and I didn't want to wait an extra 15 minutes for the cooking time. I was very happy with my choice.
I only tried one of the appetizers that was ordered
…White Castle Reservations for Valentine's Day
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 at 11:52am. 361 Views, 0 Comments.
White Castle in Chicago feast
Originally uploaded by photobebe.
Living in Chicago and having access to many White Castle restaurants has numbed me to how special White Castle sliders are to many people. Especially those that have moved to a non-White Castle area.
I'm a day late here but I couldn't believe reading an article about people that actually made "reservations" at many local White Castles for Valentine's Day dinners! Some of the restuarants were fully booked.
There was a special section for the romantic dinners (nothing more romantic than the smell wafting around of those steamed onions & questionable patties). They set up with tablecloths, candles and music. And waiters & waitresses actually served diners at the table.
Unbelievable, and