The Five Spot: Shrimp Tacos, Red Sauce Italian, Sooty Booty Pizza, and Japanese Drinking Food
Here are your daily quarantine pick up and delivery recs:
Albany Park
Rojo Gusano – Make taco Thursday a thing with food from the Moreno family. Shrimp curry and the arrachera tacos are my favorite here. Also the mushroom empanada is outstanding.
Bridgeport
Gio's Cafe & Deli- sometimes it seems like Bari is the only old school deli anyone talks about. I’m certainly guilty of promoting that idea. There are so many around the city worth your attention. Gio’s is one of them. And you know they’re good because the people of Bridgeport do not suffer fools.
Downtown (Pick-up and To Go)
Club Lago – old school red sauce, but not in the exclusive Gene & Georgetti way. Everyone here is a VIP. Lago survived a fire a few years ago. Let’s make sure it survives the pandemic.
Lakeview, Westtown
Coalfire – Maybe the best pizza joint still open and delivering in all of the city. I love the sooty bottoms on these pies and the top notch charcuterie on top. My favorite combo is the honey and salami: mozzarella, tomato sauce, Berkshire sopressata, clover honey, basil, and Calabrian chili.
Bucktown/Wicker Park
Izakaya Mita – Japanese drinking food to accompany your now daily liquor habit. Takoyaki, chawanmushi, all the grilled meats, and okonomiyaki are fantastic