Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but try to avoid going to a White Sox game. Unless you like to get stabbed and/or robbed.

Trip is set, and we're going Thursday-Monday.

Tickets for the Friday afternoon Cards-Cubs game came in the mail this week. Scored seats 6 rows behind the Cards dugout for $70 under FV. Still looking for Saturday tickets. May skip Saturday and go Sunday and hope it becomes the ESPN Sunday Night Game.

Decided to stay at Hotel Palomar on State, just north of the river. We enjoy the hell out of that River North/Streeterville area. Definitely hitting Portillo's for lunch one day, since it's just a few blocks away.

Also going to have dinner one night at Benny's Chop house. We had an outstanding meal last time we were there.

Any other suggestions for lunches/dinners?

Definitely up for pizza, but neither of us are fans of the deep dish variety. If we wanted a ****ing casserole, we'd order one. Anyone up there have good pizza with a regular thickness, hand-tossed crust?

I used to live in Little Italy in Chicago and really liked Pompei's pizza. Back then it was just a neighborhood place that sold terrific pizza by the slice, but they've added locations recently and I see that there is now a location that isn't too far from Wrigley Field:

http://www.pompeipizza.com/restaurant/lakeview/

Pizano's has a fan****ingtastic thin crust pizza.

Awesome. Just a half-mile north of our hotel on State Street.

Thanks.

Might have to look into this place as well. Half-mile east of the hotel.

Thanks.

Funny this got bumped...

I leave for Chicago tomorrow for an interview on Tuesday.

If all goes well I may be a new Illinois resident

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yep, good choice for the thin crust variety pizza.

Isn't that up by Second City? Loved seeing a comedy play there.

Question for you guys that live in Chicago, or for those of you that know the city really well.

We thought about flying up for our trip next month, but it seems like a waste for such a short flight.

So, we're going to drive, but we're not going to need the car at all. The hotel we're staying at wants $50 a night for parking.

Is there anywhere we can leave the car for say half that per night? Somewhere safe? We could just dump the car in a garage and cab it to the hotel.

Also willing to park somewhere safe outside of the loop and taking the train in.

Any help appreciated.

WTF goes to Chicago for thin crust pizza? Are you ****ing kidding me????

Not me. I can get thin crust here. Guess it depends on your definition of thin crust.

I would like a good hand-tossed crust while I'm up there.

Don't get the fascination with deep dish. If I wanted a casserole, I'd order one.

But to each their own.

I like deep dish (particularly Gino's East), but only occasionally - not something you want to eat all the time.

There's a bar we go to on Fridays that has St. Louis-style thin crust and fried a ravioli appetizer. Works for me. :thumb:

Thoughts on my parking question? Almost avoided posting completely and just PM'ing you.

Make sure to tour the historic southside using the El & act as timid as possible.