Twisted Tapas

Tonight, we revisited Twisted Tapas in Rogers Park. They were packed, so we ended up sitting at the bar. We had a few drinks, and shared the Baked Goat Cheese, which comes in a tomato sauce with garlic herb toast. It's a fairly standard tapas dish, and this is one of the better interpretations of it that we've ever tried. Another good time at Twisted Tapas.

Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits

Today, we had a snack/lunch at Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits on N California Ave between McLean Ave and Dickens Ave in Logan Square.

I ordered the Sausage Biscuit, which is a ginger sage sausage patty and cheddar cheese on a biscuit with seasonal jam on the side (currently, it's a raspberry mix). I added an egg to it. The biscuit sandwich was huge, and far too tall to eat as a sandwich, so I cut it into small bites, and tried to squeeze every ingredient into every forkful. I could really taste all of the spices in the obviously homemade sausage patty. The warm, soft biscuit just melted in my mouth.

My partner ordered a Key Lime Pie, which is key lime custard with lime zest and a very thick graham cracker crust.

We dined on their outside patio, which is large with lots of picnic seating and was quite sunny today. It's nice to have a comfortable specialty place like this in our neighborhood. I would definitely try other things on their menu, or just come back for this same thing.

Rapidito Colombian Gourmet Bites

I recently grabbed a quick and easy dinner at Rapidito Colombian Gourmet Bites on W Diversey Pkwy at Wolcott Ave. I generally love South American food, so I thought I'd try this out.

I ordered the Rapidito Dog. It's a beef hot dog on a bun topped with cheese, crushed potato chips, ketchup, mustard, signature pink sauce, honey, pineapple sauce, and hard-boiled quail eggs. It was a little sloppy to eat. I half ate it like a hot dog, and half spooned it up.

As I'd expected, it was an interesting combination of flavors and textures, but I liked it a lot. It was very affordable, pretty quick, and something entirely new for me, which was fun.

Holiday Club

I recently went to The Holiday Club on N Sheridan Rd between Cuyler Ave and Irving Park Rd. It's a bar my friends frequent on Monday nights, and I caught up with them this time around.

It was a very large group, and our server was dealing with several separate checks. Our drinks and food all came out at various times, and not at all together. We were all up mingling throughout the bar, too. There's a lone, busy pool table, a photo booth, and a juke box.

I ordered The Holiday Burger medium well with Merkt's cheddar and applewood smoked bacon. It also came with red onion, lettuce, and tomato, and my choice of seasoned fries on the side. The burger was little too burnt for me, but the bacon was perfectly cooked.