"The original Pippins opened almost 50 years ago on Rush, and has since reopened in a much larger space in the Gold Coast. And while Pippin's 2.0 is very much still a bar, it now has a food menu filled with dishes that are surprisingly interesting and also very good. For example, you can order a tasty corn dog filled with tender veal sweetbreads, or a fried chicken sandwich that comes with tater tot fries that remind us of McDonald’s hash browns in the best way possible. Almost everything costs between $10-$20, and the food is creative enough to distract you from the boring details about your dining companion’s sister’s wedding photographer’s roommate who almost dated someone from Love Is Blind." - adrian kane