I went there the first time for lunch today. It's my first time in Chicago. We're off to a good start. I got the Mastodon and the person I was with got the Black Sabbath. The only crappy thing about it was how I felt afterwards.

TrashAGoGo wrote:I went there the first time for lunch today. It's my first time in Chicago. We're off to a good start. I got the Mastodon and the person I was with got the Black Sabbath. The only crappy thing about it was how I felt afterwards.

Uncomfortably satisfied?

How busy is it during lunch these days? I'm taking Thursday off -- have a friend in town for the Orioles/Cubs series -- and am thinking of heading over there before catching a baseball game. Are we cool for grabbing a table if we get there at like 11:45 or so?

Also, somewhat related to Kuma's, I've been buying pretzel bread mini-buns and baguettes from the Federal Plaza Thursday afternoon farmer's market. The mini-buns make for great sliders and even better breakfast sandwiches. Well worth picking up if you work downtown.

Gareth Keenan wrote:How busy is it during lunch these days? I'm taking Thursday off -- have a friend in town for the Orioles/Cubs series -- and am thinking of heading over there before catching a baseball game. Are we cool for grabbing a table if we get there at like 11:45 or so?

Also, somewhat related to Kuma's, I've been buying pretzel bread mini-buns and baguettes from the Federal Plaza Thursday afternoon farmer's market. The mini-buns make for great sliders and even better breakfast sandwiches. Well worth picking up if you work downtown.

You should be fine at 11:45.

just got back from kuma's. half hour wait or so - wooden chairs next to the window (by the short side of the bar) were open, so i grabbed a lagunitas, listened to some halen and shellac, read my book. there's a new special and it's fuckin great - the acid bath. jambalaya + burger. hell yes. see photo...

hench wrote:just got back from kuma's. half hour wait or so - wooden chairs next to the window (by the short side of the bar) were open, so i grabbed a lagunitas, listened to some halen and shellac, read my book. there's a new special and it's fuckin great - the acid bath. jambalaya + burger. hell yes. see photo...

I'm not a jambalaya fan but that looks absolutely incredible. Yum.

42 fucking pages?!?

That's a lot of burger talk!

Dave/Eksvplot wrote:42 fucking pages?!?

That's a lot of burger talk!

It is a lot of burger.

Heading over there now if anyone wants to sit for a spell

Had a Pantera, Medium.
Man is that a good fucking burger.

Was busy but we got a seat rigth away. They still remember my wife, not me, I wait an hour when she's not with me. When she's there, boom table right away.

She had the Lair of the Minotaur, bloody. I don't know how you rare people do it. Cook the motherfucker! Her plate looked like a murder scene.