Chicago Steakhouses and Cigar Smoking

[Damon]

I am heading to Chicago in a few weeks for a 3 day vacation and was wondering if anyone has an recommendation for a great steakhouse and if you can smoke in Chicago - hoping to have a great dinner followed by a great cigar - :D

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Vince

[GHC_Hambone]

Sadly, there is no smoking indoors except B&Ms pretty much.

[vankleekkw]

What part of the city are you staying in. There are only a few lounges actually in the city, but plenty out in the suburbs.

As far as steakhouses go, it depends on how much coin you are looking to drop.

[M1903A1]

My favorite is Gale Street Inn, on the northwest side. Famous for their ribs, and their steaks ain't too bad either!

[icehog3]

You can get a great steak at Gibsons, Mortons, Harry Carey's, Gale Street Inn...but you can only smoke in a B&M. :(

[M1903A1]

You can get a great steak at Gibsons, Mortons, Harry Carey's, Gale Street Inn...but you can only smoke in a B&M. :(

:tpd:

Ain't that total appalling BS!!!

[thebiglebowski]

You can get a great steak at Gibsons, Mortons, Harry Carey's, Gale Street Inn...but you can only smoke in a B&M. :(

how's the chop house these days, Tom?

[icehog3]

how's the chop house these days, Tom?

I haven't been since the smoking ban took effect, Larry, but their food is among the best. :tu

[loki]

You can get a great steak at Gibsons, Mortons, Harry Carey's, Gale Street Inn...but you can only smoke in a B&M. :(

you know i really used to like Illinois

[thebiglebowski]

I haven't been since the smoking ban took effect, Larry, but their food is among the best. :tu

yeah, that and Gibson's would be my choice. sucks that in the city of the big shoulders you can wander into a swank joint - like Gibson's - have a martini before dinner, clog an artery with a huge hunk of red meat and wash it down with your choice of spirits, but you can't fire up a cigar after...

[M1903A1]

you know i really used to like Illinois

Me too...and I live here! :tg :c

[beamish]

mortons...been a long time since i was there...then to trader vick's for mi thia's

[beamish]

think there is an adam's rib there never been but wanted to try it

[M1903A1]

mortons...been a long time since i was there...then to trader vick's for mi thia's

Trader Vic's in in the Near North "Viagra Triangle" area now, and from the description of some friends who were there in the spring, their prices have gone berserk. Since I was around for the tail end of the classic "Tiki" era in Chicago I would love to try the place, but am scared of the prices.

I can name a cheaper place in Lincolnwood that makes Mai Tais to die for.

[icehog3]

you know i really used to like Illinois

Me too. :r

[bowhnter]

Not in Chicago...It's definitely out in the boonies...http://www.al-capone.com/steakhouse/index.html

Not sure what the smoking ordinances are up there anymore, but I think they had a lounge you could smoke in.

[tchariya]

Well, if you take the BNSF down to Naperville from Union Station, you are 4 blocks from Sullivan's Steak House (get the bone-in texas ribeye!) and then you are 1 block away from Bull and Bear.

Actually I think they are doing a Puff on the Patio w/ Sullivan Steak House end of July or first of August. Call them and ask!

Here is the link to their website:

Bull and Bear (http://www.bullandbear.us/)

When will you be in town!? There are a handful of B&M downtown, one of the highly regarded is Jack Schwartz....a few blocks from Union Station in the Chicago Board of Trade building (I might be wrong about the name of the building).

[icehog3]

Not in Chicago...It's definitely out in the boonies...http://www.al-capone.com/steakhouse/index.html

Not sure what the smoking ordinances are up there anymore, but I think they had a lounge you could smoke in.

It's in Illinois, so it is "No Smoking". :hn

[bowhnter]

Good thing I moved from there ;-)

[Damon]

Thanks for all the replies, sounds like Gibson's or Mortons - I am staying downtown at Wacker and Michigan Ave. area.

[thebiglebowski]

Trader Vic's in in the Near North "Viagra Triangle" area now, and from the description of some friends who were there in the spring, their prices have gone berserk. Since I was around for the tail end of the classic "Tiki" era in Chicago I would love to try the place, but am scared of the prices.

I can name a cheaper place in Lincolnwood that makes Mai Tais to die for.

man, i miss the old trader vic's - what hotel was it in, again? getting old, can't remember. i just have trace memories of drinking fruity drinks out of coconuts...

[M1903A1]

man, i miss the old trader vic's - what hotel was it in, again? getting old, can't remember. i just have trace memories of drinking fruity drinks out of coconuts...

Palmer House, I think.

[beamish]

Palmer House, I think.

that's it! it is the palmer house last time we were there the mia thia's were buy one get one ...:al

[Pat1075]

Doesn't Ditkas still have the adjoining cigar room?

[icehog3]

Doesn't Ditkas still have the adjoining cigar room?

IL law prohibits it.

[gpugliese]

IL law prohibits it.

IL's smoking ban was started recently, right? I was in Chicago for St Patty's Day in 2007 and remember being able to smoke almost anywhere.

[icehog3]

IL's smoking ban was started recently, right? I was in Chicago for St Patty's Day in 2007 and remember being able to smoke almost anywhere.

January 1st, 2008....a day that will live in infamy. :)

[gorob23]

January 1st, 2008....a day that will live in infamy. :)

:mad: had I know this I might have sent her alone in Oct and stayed home with Mr. Nee had meaningful conversation, port, cigars and the game on the tube..

Rob :tpd:

[M1903A1]

January 1st, 2008....a day that will live in infamy. :)

I still remember the Punch Ninfa that was my final "legal" cigar...heck, I went fifteen minutes into "illegal" time with it!

[icehog3]

:mad: had I know this I might have sent her alone in Oct and stayed home with Mr. Nee had meaningful conversation, port, cigars and the game on the tube..

Rob :tpd:

You can smoke at my place. ;)

[Boomer]

Gene & Georgetti's or The Chop House would be my choice or steakhouses. Then sit on the curb and enjoy an afterdinner cigar.