Swiss, Bacon & Green Pepper Omelette
Item Purchased: Swiss, Bacon & Green Pepper Omelette
Location Purchased: Pick Me Up Café / 3408 N. Clark St. / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.00 + tax
Review: The Pick Me Up Café is nestled on the south end of Wrigleyville. The concert venue from which we were walking at 3:00 AM in the morning is on the north side of Wrigleyville. Suffice it to say, the walk down Clark St. was an interesting experience of Frat Boys, sorostitutes, Dave Matthew's Band fanatics and other drunken college products. Inside the Pick Me Up, however, is a fine cross-section of all walks of Chicago 20-something life.
The prices on this all-night diner's menu seem a bit high at first glance, and it is not the ideal option for a post-concert bite to eat, but the food you get here is voluminous and flavoful enough to satisfy most. Not to mention that the menu is loaded with healthy vegetarian options for you late-night herbivores.
My omelette was of the build-your-own variety. Three eggs and three ingredients for only $7.00. In addition to the egg soufflet, you also get a helping of home fries and your choice of toast or a bagel. I opted for an onion bagel. The home fries seemed to be heavily spiced, but still tasted a bit bland while my bagel was fresh and tasted good, but could have been left in the toaster for a bit longer. The omelette, on the other hand, tasted fresh, without too much grill grease dripping from it. The cheese was of a higher quality than most breakfast places I frequent, the bacon was crisp and the green peppers were diced to the perfect size. All in all, a fairly decent meal at three-o-clock in the morning. I still think it was a bit too much to pay without a cup of coffee included, but I would go back for this meal again.
As long as I don't have to walk past John Barleycorn's again and smell the stench of bad cologne and sweaty drunk cheerleaders.
Rating: 3.75 / 5
Location Purchased: Pick Me Up Café / 3408 N. Clark St. / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.00 + tax
Review: The Pick Me Up Café is nestled on the south end of Wrigleyville. The concert venue from which we were walking at 3:00 AM in the morning is on the north side of Wrigleyville. Suffice it to say, the walk down Clark St. was an interesting experience of Frat Boys, sorostitutes, Dave Matthew's Band fanatics and other drunken college products. Inside the Pick Me Up, however, is a fine cross-section of all walks of Chicago 20-something life.
The prices on this all-night diner's menu seem a bit high at first glance, and it is not the ideal option for a post-concert bite to eat, but the food you get here is voluminous and flavoful enough to satisfy most. Not to mention that the menu is loaded with healthy vegetarian options for you late-night herbivores.
My omelette was of the build-your-own variety. Three eggs and three ingredients for only $7.00. In addition to the egg soufflet, you also get a helping of home fries and your choice of toast or a bagel. I opted for an onion bagel. The home fries seemed to be heavily spiced, but still tasted a bit bland while my bagel was fresh and tasted good, but could have been left in the toaster for a bit longer. The omelette, on the other hand, tasted fresh, without too much grill grease dripping from it. The cheese was of a higher quality than most breakfast places I frequent, the bacon was crisp and the green peppers were diced to the perfect size. All in all, a fairly decent meal at three-o-clock in the morning. I still think it was a bit too much to pay without a cup of coffee included, but I would go back for this meal again.
As long as I don't have to walk past John Barleycorn's again and smell the stench of bad cologne and sweaty drunk cheerleaders.
Rating: 3.75 / 5
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