Where is the Best Soup in Chicago, Illinois?
Tucked away in the Seneca Hotel behind the Hancock Building is one of Chicago’s very best, if not the best, steakhouses of the city. This place has such appeal, especially to someone enjoys going out to eat someplace with character, class, and a real old school appeal. It’s a dimly lit, cozy restaurant with a bar as you walk in, where people enjoy a cocktail or a smoke before or after their meals. The walls are adorned with sports and chicago chotzkies, that make you feel like you’re in the heart of the city. The service is wonderful, much like that of Gibson’s or the Chop House, but the place never gets that crowded, so you feel like you get the full attention of the staff. The best part about The Saloon is the food. The steak’s are out of this world, and cooked extremely careful. The wine selection is fantastic, the salads, even the bread, and even the seafood if you don’t like steaks. There’s enough substance to the Saloon to make it more than a steakhouse, you have plenty o
Twice this past month I went in and walked right back out disappointed. Both times they were out of the spinach artichoke suffles – my favorite b’fast with a latte. And this during an ongoing radio campaign mentioning those suffles. I was there at 8 and 9am. I’ll stick with the new Shamburg location.
Come in with somewhere around five dollars (in cash) and leave very happy. This soup gallery offers free unlimited bread and a wide variety of soups (and salads) to meet any palate. Samples are free and remember to ask about combinations like potato and leak with broccoli and cheddar or clam chowder with lobster bisk. They are always creative, always friendly, and the atmosphere could not be more relaxing. I take all new comers to chicago to this restaurant and they all want to come back. I simply can not recommend this place highly enough. Even on the extremely rare occasion where I found something wrong with my soup they were extremely accommodating and fixed the problem immediately. Amazing service, amazing food, amazing prices, amazing location what else could you possibly need?Pros + price, taste, and serviceCons – it’s not 24 hours and I wish it was, ha.
We were visiting from Wisconsin and shopping in the Armitage neighborhood, and while reading reviews for good dinner spots – realized we were very close to the Rooster. Don’t be fooled by the back door entrance – no that’s not a service entrance, yes that is the door. We got there early (around 5:30) on a Saturday. Our server was warm and friendly. The house Cote-du-Rhone was quite good and cheap. I had rabbit, my husband had the chicken crepes. The bread was quite good (my husband thinks it’s the best indicator of a restaurant quality). I highly recommend the chocolate bread pudding! Our only complaint – the restaurant was incredibly dark.Pros + service, food, ambienceCons – small
