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  • Restaurants & Bars

    Time Out Chicago / Issue 162 : Apr 3–9, 2008
    2008 Eat Out Awards

    Critics' picks

    SUPER SOAKER Dishes like these leek and cream cheese toasts do a fine job of absorbing the booze from Bluebird’s impressive wine and beer lists.
    Photo: Donna Rickles

    The Humble Pie Award
    The Bluebird

    We like a restaurant that can admit its mistakes, so when the Bluebird stopped organizing its wine list by climate (a ridiculous practice nearly every critic in town bashed), we were impressed. But we’d hate to see this great gastropub become known for its only misstep. So, Bluebird, let us reiterate our love for you: We love your great beer selection. We love your industrial-chic decor. We love how you keep your excellent flatbreads, charcuterie and pastas so affordable. And we love your wine selection—even more now that we can actually find what we want. 1749 N Damen Ave, 773-486-2473.

    —David Tamarkin


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    • 49249 Lost Wed, Oct 15, at 09:07pm
      Do you not like me? Am I this bad of a person? Reading this was like playing pong. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

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    • 40671 Boo Yakasha Sun, Sep 14, at 01:48am
      Wow, not only is your list bad but you made me waste my time by clciking on each one...nice work.

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    • 31851 sue Fri, Aug 15, at 01:02pm
      I HATEclicking on each restaurant --this is so tedious I won't be back-- I imagine that your advertisers buy space according to how many clicks you can FORCE your readers to go through to get anywhere...and that's why you have made this site impossible for your readers--better to find a less annoying way to increase revenue... This site is RIDICULOUS!

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    • 29631 Bob Sun, Aug 10, at 01:19am
      You want a comment on the article? No can do. When I see I have to wade through at least 20 pages I just stopped at page one. What are folks thinking? Have you no respect for those who visit your site?

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    • 27521 eb Fri, Aug 01, at 12:16pm
      Golly, the set-up of this article is painful and exceedingly user-unfriendly. A one-page list with links to details would be a lot more usable, as others have commented.

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    • 26811 Maguire Thu, Jul 31, at 06:33am
      I'm losing the will to live. Just show the list for crying out loud. If I want to read your critics justification give me a link to go to the article

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    • 15261 me Mon, Jun 30, at 05:34pm
      this is the worst designed web site ever. How are you supposed to read this article?

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    • 12321 ND Tue, Jun 24, at 03:16pm
      Good grief... no simple list of all the winners? I'm supposed to click through one at a time? previous writer nailed it: there isn't enough time in my life.

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    • 5888 Isabella's Cafe in Tinley Park, IL Fri, Apr 25, at 09:28am
      We live in the south suburbs and are looking for somewhere "new" to go to for our anniversary. What do you think of this restaurant, and is it worth the trip? Thank you. We are going tomorrow eve.

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    • 5383 TG Fri, Apr 11, at 02:07pm
      I agree that trying to read this article is the pits on this new site. Very slow to load, and that's especially annoying when there's only one paragraph per page. Big thumbs down.

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    • 5364 Robert Sexton Fri, Apr 11, at 09:27am
      The new beta site.. yuk! There isn't enough time in my life to view your articles one at a time. And I have a fast internet connection. On a smartphone forget about it. The search engine went from terrible to horrendous, and I was just getting started on figure it out.

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