BYOBandits | Deliciously tasteless commentary on Chicago food culture

Un-American Pie

by BYOBandits on Mar 7, 2012 • 1 Comment

We don't really understand the Red Coats, so we took a trip down to Chicago's Ol' Wee Britain (Bridgeport, for the uninitiated) to figure out what all the fuss was about. Confusion hit us like a Poppins to the face. Pleasant House Bakery, our asses. Where were the...

Restaurants / Ukranian Village

Bite Us

by BYOBandits on Jan 14, 2012 • 6 Comments

Whether you just got dumped by your Missed Connection, were hit by a car on your stolen fixie, or are just green around the gills, noon sure can feel like shit on the weekend. Good thing an hour or so at Bite Cafe can solve all of these #1stworldproblems ....

Debauchery

Meet the Bandits

by BYOBandits on Dec 12, 2010 • 1 Comment

Sam and Owen are the BYOBandits. Twentysomethings with little to lose, we aim to open and/or corrupt minds with our hastily formed opinions on Chicago's first-class BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) restaurant scene.

Debauchery

The Manifesto

by BYOBandits on Dec 1, 2010 • No Comments

Chicago is a big city. A very big city. A very big hyper-segregated city. For that reason, many young people only really know the 4×2 mile box that is Lakeview/Lincoln Park. We know this too well, we’ve lived that life. But we’ve taken the blinders off and put the bandit...

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Designated Drivers

by BYOBandits on May 2, 2012 • No Comments

We don't exactly have the best track record when it comes to driving. One of us owns a car that hasn't left its parking spot in over 16 months. The other may or may not have totaled his for the insurance money. Between the two of us, we have one valid drivers license and at...

Restaurants / Ukranian Village

Your Mom Wants You To Go To Chickpea

by BYOBandits on Jan 11, 2012 • No Comments

We're human, too. Sometimes we go a little overboard at The Pink Monkey or put a few too many dollars on the ponies and are faced with a difficult decision: What do for dinner on a Monday night with a nearly empty wallet and a fridge filled with nothing but 16 oz. macrobrews? Praise be...

Logan Square

We Hope They Serve (Dante’s) Pizza In Hell

by BYOBandits on Jan 9, 2012 • 1 Comment

Chicago lacks a few things when it comes to 'za: east coast style slices, BYO pie joints and references to Hell. With slices, specialty pies and a tolerance for bringing in as much tequila as you can carry, Dante's Pizzeria presents a solution to the majority of our #1stworldproblems.

Restaurants / Wicker Park

Schwa: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet

by BYOBandits on Dec 12, 2011 • 2 Comments

We pinky promised not to blog again until we ate at Schwa and well, unluckily for you, it happened.

Noble Square / Restaurants

Get Borscht.

by BYOBandits on Sep 28, 2011 • 3 Comments

God bless our (former) roommate's soul. He lived with us for a whole year having only one simple request (not counting his girlfriend's insistence that we "grow up"): To go out for Polish food with him. On his last night in hell, we obliged.

Events / Restaurants

The Bandits’ Best of Summer

by BYOBandits on Sep 20, 2011 • No Comments

Now that Labor Day has come and gone and we've given all of our white linen to the homeless for the winter, we can't help but reminisce about all the mischief summer afforded us (and all the blogging we've been neglecting). We present to you: The Bandits' Best of Summer.

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Portlandia

by BYOBandits on Sep 13, 2011 • No Comments

While we recommend the justifiably hyped Portland staples including crack rice water at Pok Pok, Pine State's heart attack-inducing biscuit sandwiches, next-level food trucks and all Rogue errythang, when you visit the city where young people go to retire Beermongers is a go-to.

Logan Square / Restaurants

90 Oz. to Freedom

by BYOBandits on Jul 14, 2011 • No Comments

90 Miles Cuban Café, 2540 W. Armitage Ave., (773) 227-2822, 90milescubancafe.com In what may prove to be our most awesomely misguided decision yet, we recently booked an 8 person, 4 night trip to Colombia. Between scheming on ways to rent a Pablo Escobar beach house and simultaneously not end up on Locked Up: Abroad, we...

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