# 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:** 2
**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, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/21 "2003-08-28T14:46:26Z")
I’m for Caffe Baci. Good idea. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/22 "2003-08-28T14:51:41Z")
Are we talking the one at 77 W. Wacker, or 225 W. Wacker? I vote for 77 W. Wacker, since it’s closer to the El Stop. 🙂 [Metromix listing for Caffe Baci (all locations)](http://entertainment.metromix.chicagotribune.com/oxygen/search/mmxent/blended_search/1,1094,M:Metromix:Home,00.html?search_text=baci§ion_info=home&queryList=x-regions-cuisine-priceRange-recommended) ---
**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, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/23 "2003-08-28T15:23:38Z")
I didn’t even realize there were 2 on Wacker; I was thinking of 225 W., but I’m probably going to have to cab it either place. So it’s majority rules. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/24 "2003-08-28T15:33:59Z")
The Caffe Baci on Madison, near LaSalle is like, a block away from me… Ah, whatever. I don’t care. ---
**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, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/25 "2003-08-28T15:38:29Z")
Either one’s fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/26 "2003-08-28T18:55:29Z")
Just to throw more confusion in, is the one at 231 S. LaSalle (just south of Adams) more centrally located for the downtown people? It’s near a different El stop, so I don’t much care. **Kyla** , I’m confused - is that the one you’re talking about, cause Metromix doesn’t list one on Madison. **Eva Luna** , you’re south loop, right? Maybe the LaSalle one is better? ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/27 "2003-08-28T19:49:42Z")
The LaSalle one is by far the closest for me (and for \*\*Dinsdale \*\*as well, if he’s coming this time), but I was trying to take the others into consideration too. I’ll do whatever makes everyone else happy. (Well, not \*anything, \* but you know what I mean.) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/28 "2003-08-28T21:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Kyla, I’m confused - is that the one you’re talking about, cause Metromix doesn’t list one on Madison. Actually, it’s at 2 N. LaSalle, which isn’t listed on the Metromix site, but the entrance is on Madison. I don’t get it either. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/29 "2003-08-28T21:56:29Z")
Guys, it’s in the Bank of America building; it’s sort of a mall on the first floor, and there are several entrances, but the restaurant is on the north side of the building (you have to enter from inside the building) about halfway between the Clark St. side and the Dearborn side. The building is between Jackson on the south and Madison on the north. Thus the confusion. I hope that makes sense. My brain seems to have shut down for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/30 "2003-08-28T22:09:13Z")
**Eva Luna** , you and I are not talking about the same place, just so we’re clear. Metromix shows that there are thee locations of Caffe Baci, but there are actually four, two on Wacker and two on LaSalle. ---
**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 30, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/31 "2003-08-30T22:02:37Z")
[bump] Yeah, now I remember the fourth location, the one you’re talking about. Now that I’ve had a nice nap, anyway. Whatever makes everyone else happy is fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/32 "2003-09-03T17:42:42Z")
Since no one’s expressed a major preference, how about we get together at the Caffe Baci that **Kyla** mentioned (LaSalle and Madison - 2 N. LaSalle) at 1 pm on Friday 9/8? Again, I don’t much care since I have to take the El regardless, but we need to pick one. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/33 "2003-09-03T17:46:10Z")
D’oh - still looking at last months calendar. Friday is 9/5. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/34 "2003-09-03T17:54:08Z")
Works for me! ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/35 "2003-09-03T18:05:15Z")
Fine by me! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/36 "2003-09-03T19:17:19Z")
Friday good! ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/37 "2003-09-03T19:45:36Z")
Thundercats **HO!** I mean, of course, lunch Friday, what a smashing idea. I will of course be in attendance. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/38 "2003-09-03T20:23:46Z")
Hey! It’s the Berghoff Octoberfest! Nothing says fun like standing around in the federal plaza, eating overpriced brats, and listening to over-amplified oompah music! _Please note the sarcasm!_ I’m golfing tomorrow, so Friday I be lunching! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/39 "2003-09-03T20:38:14Z")
Hey! Don’t you be dissin’ Oktoberfest! (My very hot guitar teacher’s band is playing there tonight. Alas, duty calls, so I will miss them. You can ogle him, if you so desire, at [www.underwaterpeople.com](http://www.underwaterpeople.com), although the photos really don’t do him justice. He’s much better up close and personal, ummm, I mean in person.) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782/40 "2003-09-03T20:44:04Z")
And they don’t do oompah music, dammit! (Although they do look awfully Aryan. They have a sense of humor about it, though; they do one number called the “Redneck Medley.” It involves bts of “Sweet Home Alabama” and that sort of thing, but the kicker is a cover of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” with accordion instead of fiddle. It’s a foot-stompin’ good time! (And if anyone rats me out to Jacob, I swear, you will _pay_!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch-part-deux/197782.md?page=3)