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Park Grill

http://www.parkgrillchicago.com/

11 N Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60602-4812
312.521.7275

In my opinion, The Park Grill makes an excellent burger. Generally, I try not to order hamburgers at “fancy” restaurants because there are too many other choices. However, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, I felt my inner carnivore surface and craved a hamburger. In addition, I had heard they make great burgers. CYT and I ordered salads and split the burger on the specials menu. Neither CYT nor I was disappointed.

We also ordered a lovely quartino, that is, a half carafe, of Viognier. For all the wine purists who say beef and white wine don’t go together, well, I say it ain’t so. The wine, salad and half burger went well together. I did not have the heavy feeling of eating too much. The meal was very satisfying and I felt the wine complementary.

There was one tiny glitch. It is almost not worth mentioning but I have to because Food4Talk is about the whole dining experience. Overall, the service was good. However, when we ordered the quartino, CYT tasted it and thought it was okay. As the waitress was filling CYT’s glass, the waitress noticed a crack in the carafe. She immediately replaced it. When CYT tasted the wine again, she said to the waitress, “You opened a new bottle, didn’t you?” The waitress said yes. CYT remarked that there was a marked difference and the wine from the newly open bottled tasted extremely good. Since I didn’t have a taste of the first quartino, I cannot comment on the difference but the wine I tasted was light and fresh.

Okay, there was one other thing. There seemed to be a huge gap between the time we finished our salad and the arrival of our burger. This was a bit disappointing since the woman two tables over arrived later than we did and was served her meal of a salad and scallops before us. Overall, it is not a huge thing but when you are hungry….  The good news is that when the burger arrived it was nice and hot.

This was my third visit and I will certainly visit again. The food was very satisfying and the issues were small. Some might say it is a bit touristy but when hunger strikes and you are near Washington St. and Michigan Ave it doesn’t really matter, does it? 

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