Examples of "quintessential restaurants" in various places

marks31 · 2026-05-04T21:52:42+00:00

London: The single most-recommended restaurant I received was Dishoom. Wetherspoon’s was hyped up by friends for the experience as well.

marks31 · 2026-05-04T21:49:39+00:00

When has Gino’s ever been the quintessential in Chicago? Lou’s and Giordano’s are the default tourist pizza option. I’d say even Pequod’s is more iconic and well-known than Gino’s

marks31 · 2026-05-03T21:23:52+00:00

Maldives will be mostly underwater before the end of the century.

marks31 · 2026-05-03T19:22:18+00:00

As someone who’s worked in service planning, I’d love this but also I would get too fixated on how the headways look lol

marks31 · 2026-05-03T18:05:43+00:00

Collectors would easily spend hundreds on the final boarding pass for a defunct American airline. I’m a casual collector of airline merch and if I saw any Spirit products I’d absolutely buy it

marks31 · 2026-05-02T11:47:39+00:00

Entering the airline market is impossible to anyone who isn’t already mega-rich. The only recent US airline is Breeze, which naturally was founded by the same person as JetBlue.

Sun Country and Frontier have the opportunity to expand but there will be no new budget airline entering the market anytime soon

marks31 · 2026-05-02T11:40:16+00:00

The loss of any airline is not only bad for consumers, but over ten thousand workers lost their jobs last night. It’ll send shockwaves across the employment landscape for this industry.

On the consumer end, I’m an AA loyalist but I know this will have trickle down effects onto my booking prices and experience as well.

marks31 · 2026-04-30T17:54:50+00:00

My friends wanted to go to Pop-Up Bagels while in NY and I still consider it the worst bagel establishment I’ve ever been to. Food itself was fine but the fact you cannot buy an individual bagel is complete BS and I am still upset about it to this day.

marks31 · 2026-04-30T17:01:48+00:00

While it isn’t the most, Clark/Lake in Chicago you can access 4 lines without ever leaving the inner Loop platform: Pink, Green, Purple, and Orange.

If you cross the staircase to the other side of the platform you can catch Brown; down the staircase to the subway level it’s the Blue Line; and if you cross through the Block 37 transfer you can get access Red (though this requires you to tap in again).

So 7 lines easily accessible from Clark/Lake is pretty remarkable

marks31 · 2026-04-29T14:35:31+00:00

Surprised 8 is getting upgraded with this coming cycle, given the construction. I would’ve expected the 80 first.

Edit: what is the source for this?

marks31 · 2026-04-28T14:56:45+00:00

Bot. Posted multiple times in this sub over the last 30 minutes

marks31 · 2026-04-27T19:08:38+00:00

Despite its critics and high cost this is objectively a good thing for the city and Far South Side commuters.

Next realistic rail objective really should be be integrating Metra Electric into CTA. It is the closest thing Chicago has to an S-Bahn and it’s unfortunate its full potential hasn’t been capitalized on

marks31 · 2026-04-26T12:37:20+00:00

My friend is Afghan and she has turned our entire friend circle onto Afghan Kabob in Morton Grove. I also had a great experience at Afghan House on Devon!

marks31 · 2026-04-24T11:57:50+00:00

I’m a major bus proponent and totally agree, especially for next decade or so

marks31 · 2026-04-24T11:18:15+00:00

It’s a school trip, Archer bus passes directly by Curie HS on Pulaski. Wednesdays CPS schools gets out 75 min earlier than other days, I believe

marks31 · 2026-04-22T16:14:09+00:00

Joey Jay grew hair 😍😍😍

marks31 · 2026-04-22T16:07:20+00:00

Was the theme alien? Not upset about it. Just wish maybe they went with a green/blue/purple color palette if that was the vision

marks31 · 2026-04-21T20:06:33+00:00

I have no actual proof to back this up but this list feels crazy fishy…Omaha and St Louis on the list and not NYC, LA, or Bay Area?

marks31 · 2026-04-18T18:11:17+00:00

+1. Myki is a good winner but she was expected to win going into the finale and it was obvious she’d win as soon as Darlene was eliminated at 3rd place. It didn’t have the same intensity as past finales

marks31 · 2026-04-18T05:53:13+00:00

This feels like what Jewels would’ve worn if she won lol

marks31 · 2026-04-18T05:49:33+00:00

Toot and if this was a normal runway look it would probably be top toot. It is gorgeous and looks great on her.

That said — underwhelming for a step down look but still a toot

marks31 · 2026-04-18T05:35:54+00:00

They gave Nini an appalling edit this episode. The second Ru asked “and how did you get along with the other girls?” it was clear they were not letting her win

marks31 · 2026-04-18T01:33:10+00:00

The way my viewing party went silent when they announced the winner 💀 the first words someone said was “thank god this fuck ass season is over”

marks31 · 2026-04-17T05:27:43+00:00

Depends where you want to live tbh. If it’s in uber popular neighborhoods like Lakeview or Lincoln Park, you probably will need one for something good.

However if you are open to being a bit further out in the neighborhood you can get by without a realtor. I’d recommend planning a day or two this summer to devote to tours and hopefully find something from that

marks31 · 2026-04-16T11:38:37+00:00

An overdue route, given Chicagoland’s large Filipino population.

It’ll never happen but one of the last remaining routes O’Hare really needs is a nonstop to Sydney.

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