Illinois Category Archives

Day 8: Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI

Sunday, September 6 We officially began the day with breakfast at the Original Pancake House. It’s a chain, so I’m not sure it was the original Original, but people like it enough to stand in a line that flows outside. We got in quickly after the …

Day 7: Chicago

Saturday, September 5 For some reason we kept thinking about feet that morning. Phil took us to breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s. It’s an old-school place, founded in 1923—Phil told us that when Lou sold it, it was with the stipulation that nothing could be changed—and we …

Day 6: South Bend, IN to Chicago, IL

Friday, September 4 With the help of Yelp, we ended up at Jeannie’s House Diner, a thoroughly charming breakfast spot. The radio station in the diner was playing classic rock, and after a Beatles song (“Here Comes the Sun,” I think), we tried, in a not at …