# ChiDope Lunch Bunch, Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782 "2003-08-26T17:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/1 "2003-08-26T17:00:45Z")
Thought I’d start a new thread to take over where the original [ChiDope Lunch thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=131984) left off. Last we heard, **porcupine** couldn’t make August 28, so she suggested September 5, which works fine for me. Anyone else interested? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/2 "2003-08-26T18:10:35Z")
Friday the 5th? Looks good to me. Where and when? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/3 "2003-08-26T18:34:30Z")
I can go if you poopyheads have it downtown for once. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/4 "2003-08-26T18:43:34Z")
Uhhh…I don’t know. Kyla, you can stuff it, lady. We’ve had ONE in Greektown. ONE. The ones downtown mean I have to haul ass all the way from Division & Halsted but dammit, you don’t hear me complaining, do you?! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/5 "2003-08-26T20:42:15Z")
Sounds like **Kyla** just nominated herself to pick the location. Thanks! There’s an Au Bon Pain in my building, but I don’t know if I feel like going through all the trouble of pressing that elevator button … Slightly more seriously - the Berghoff standup bar perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/6 "2003-08-26T20:49:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > \*\*Slightly more seriously - the Berghoff standup bar perhaps? \*\* The couple times I’ve been there, it’s been pretty packed, but the food is great and relatively cheap, considering your not sitting down. If we go there, I think we’d want to sit down. Especially if **Gundy** is hauling her ass all over creation. That gets tiring. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/7 "2003-08-26T21:09:15Z")
But she glistens when she gets there! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/8 "2003-08-26T21:49:44Z")
Where is this famous standup bar? ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/9 "2003-08-26T22:00:02Z")
Returning after too long of a layoff from the boards… I should be able to do September 5 – and the Berghoff should be do-able, as long as we don’t make it a two-hour lunch or anything. (New job equals less slacking, don’cha know.) ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/10 "2003-08-27T04:49:08Z")
Jeez, why not make it on the south side why don’tcha. I ain’t standing nowheres! Unless you pick the Berghoff. Then I guess I will stand. Because I love you all just that much. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/11 "2003-08-27T12:53:52Z")
And we love you, **Gundy**. Especially when you glisten. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/12 "2003-08-27T13:40:16Z")
Yeah, well, you’d love me a bunch today after the ride to work. I’m glistening like a pig. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/13 "2003-08-27T14:00:11Z")
I **think** I’ll have that day open for lunch. Is their menu online anywhere? I need to see if I can find anything to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/14 "2003-08-27T14:11:08Z")
Yup, **FH** – try [http://www.berghoff.com/Berghoff/menu.html](http://www.berghoff.com/Berghoff/menu.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/15 "2003-08-27T14:19:02Z")
Woo, I can eat there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/16 "2003-08-27T16:01:23Z")
The stand-up bar at the Berghoff sounds good to me. Should we plan on meeting around 1 as usual to avoid some of the crowds? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/17 "2003-08-28T13:47:47Z")
Just in case anyone is unfamilar with the stand-up bar. it is on the S side of Adams, between Dearborn and State. Esentially immediately east of the Berghoff restaurant. Menu is limited - essentially sandwiches, brats, and the like from a steam table. And beer. It is a neat place for a couple of reasons (IMO): IIRC has Chicago liquor license #1. Photos on wall showing re-opening after prohibition. For the longest time, it was men’s only. In fact, still has only a men’s john - women have to use the ones nextdoor in the restaurant. Really neat long old bar to elbow up to with brass foot rail. No chairs, stools, or other seating. It is elbow to asshole at lunchtime, tho it clears out after 1-1:30 or so. But they stop serving sandwiches around then as well, so I’ll have to call and see what our window would be. My buddy and I used to most frequently go over there @ 2 - too late for a ChiDope lunch. So, it is a really neat lace to go and tip a couple of beers. But, it may not be the best place for a ChiDope lunch. Someplace along the lines of Stocks and Blondes mught be better for our purposes. But, as the ladies all say, I’m easy. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/18 "2003-08-28T14:03:02Z")
Oh, good point. Hmm, I don’t think that one has the menu listed - page says “under construction.” ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/19 "2003-08-28T14:23:04Z")
Okay, how about the Lou Malnati’s near the Merchandise Mart, or Sopraffina on Dearborn and Madison, or the Potbelly’s on State and Lake? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/20 "2003-08-28T14:30:32Z")
How about the Caffe Baci on Wacker? No waiting for clueless waitstaff! Yummy Italian food! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782.md?page=2)