| Serving the best seafood and Italian cuisine, Carmines | | | | the best in town. Popular comfort-foodplates like |
| Chicago restaurant features a bustling bar and a | | | | slow-cooked pot roast and roasted Firehouse chicken |
| relaxing dining area. | | | | with au gratinpotatoes top the menu. Chicagofirehouse |
| Facilitating late dining, the eatery at 1043 N Rush, offers | | | | restaurant also serves seafood, like pan-fried rainbow |
| mammoth portions atgreat prices. Streaming with | | | | trout,mahi-mahi and Florida grouper with artichokes, |
| incredibly beautiful music, the seasonal outdoorseating | | | | prosciutto and olive tapenade. |
| at Carmine's sidewalk cafe makes for interesting Gold | | | | The pork chop with chili/mango is to die for. In |
| Coastpeople-watch. The restaurant offers more than | | | | desserts, pecan pie, |
| a dozen different cigars ($7-$21),though smoking is | | | | Nutella-filled crepes and tempting chocolate |
| allowed only in the first floor bar and dining area. | | | | chip-banana bread pudding are themust tries. |
| The dining room is comfortable and attractive. With its | | | | Soul Food Restaurants in |
| Rush Street locationand upscale supper-club setting, | | | | Chicago are known for barbeque and down home |
| Carmine's | | | | southern cooking. Due to thelarge African American |
| Chicago restaurant sets quite a stage. The clubby, | | | | population, "Chi-town" is home to |
| dark bar/dining areaattracts a sophisticated crowd. | | | | severalwell-established soul food restaurants. The |
| The menu is Taylor Street Italian fare, fromchunky | | | | food is good since these restaurantshave survived |
| minestrone and house specialty chicken Vesuvio to | | | | trends and weathered both good and poor economic |
| satisfying zuppe dimare overflowing with perfectly | | | | times. Located onthe West Side, the famous Edna |
| cooked seafood and linguine in a tomatowhite-wine | | | | Stewart's soul food restaurant in Chicago is aneating |
| broth. | | | | oasis of affordable soul food. |
| Lets talk about a terrific find! | | | | Operating for over 30 years, the place has firmly |
| Another place that will interest allyou food-lovers is the | | | | planted itself in |
| Chicagofirehouse restaurant, nestles in a historic | | | | "Chi-town" as an institution of southern cooking. This |
| building in the South Loop. | | | | restaurant offers it allfrom breakfast, lunch to dinner. |
| Built in 1905, this lovely old firehouse has been tastefully | | | | The owner Edna Stewart is most proud of herbiscuits, |
| restored with ahandsome cherry bar, plush leather | | | | so make sure to try them. The menu at Edna's Soul |
| booths and club chairs. The restaurant issimply | | | | food restaurant |
| outstanding in terms of food and service. Priced quite | | | | Chicago is filled with a variety of southern favorites |
| reasonably, therestaurant clearly exhibits excellent | | | | from fried chicken tocornbread, from collard greens, |
| cuisine and atmosphere. | | | | okra, to sumptuous desserts like peach cobbler,banana |
| Known for its classic, upscale American food, the | | | | pudding, coconut cream pie and much more. Edna's |
| traditional Chicagofirehouse restaurant serves clean, | | | | offers both dine-in andtake-out service. Operating |
| familiar flavors like plump greenonion-studded crab | | | | between 6 am - 7 pm from Tuesday - Sunday, the |
| cakes, classic French onion soup brimming with | | | | placeis brimming with a crowd of hungry churchgoers |
| Gruyere cheeseand a juicy burger that ranks among | | | | on Sundays. |