<p>I realize I probably should have put this out sooner. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>Tomorrow son and I will be at downtown Hilton and will need dinner. </p>
<p>Day after tomorrow, I'll need somewhere to eat by myself. Either in U of Chicago vicinity or some place easy to get to.</p>
<p>We wouldn't mind having deep dish pizza at least one of those nights. :)</p>
<p>For deep dish pizza – much overrated, says I – there’s a Giordano’s at 53rd and Blackstone in Hyde Park. People who like it seem to like Gino’s East, which is a couple blocks from the Chicago Red Line stop.</p>
<p>Near the Hilton, I love Mercat, which is in the Blackstone Hotel a block away (Catalan tapas). We also had a decent dinner at Opera (fancy Chinese).</p>
<p>Chicago is full of great restaurants, none of which are in Hyde Park.</p>
<p>Hyde Park has plenty of fine restaurants. I don’t know what standard of excellence you’re applying to say that none are in Hyde Park.</p>
<p>I particularly enjoy the Snail. Excellent Thai food. Cedars is great Mediterranean cuisine if you prefer. Both are fairly close to campus.</p>
<p>The plantain nachos at Calypso (a restaurant in Hyde Park off of 53rd Street) are amazing.</p>
<p>Noodles, Medici on 57th. Harold’s Chicken, Leona’s, Cedars on 53rd. Potbelly beside Walgreens on 53rd close to the Metra. Snail. Thai 55 is horrible. McDonald’s is my favorite though. Sorry Hyde Park, I really have no taste when it comes to food.</p>
<p>Calypso in general is amazing. I’m also a fan of The Nile at 55th and Cornell. </p>
<p>Hyde Park restaurants are really underrated for no reason. They offer great food at reasonable prices, which is a combination that’s difficult to find in fancier neighborhoods.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions. We ended up eating pizza the first night at Gino’s East, which I believe was mentioned on another food thread. The second night I had dinner with other Moms at the hotel pub. It was a long day and we wanted easy and fast, but I’m dying to try JHS’s suggestion! I love tapas.</p>