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Open House Chicago and a sweet steak side trip

10/16/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Saturday it poured on and off all day, but we didn’t let that stop is from enjoying Open House Chicago, which is put on by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. We also made a side trip to Taurus Flavors, a restaurant that features the sweet steak sandwich touted by Ernest Wilkins in his article “The sweet steak sandwich should be a Chicago food icon”  in the Chicago Reader.

Here was our itinerary.

First stop was Aloft Circus Lofts. Second stop was Old Chicago Inn, featuring Room 13.

Then we took our side trip and had a sweet steak sandwich at Taurus Flavors (it was tasty) before we visited Stony Island Arts Bank.

From there we went to Decorators Supply Corporation. Then we visited Ling Shen Ching Tze Buddhist Temple.

Our last stop was for coffee, snacks, and a tour of Fieldhouse Jones.

I’m already thinking about Open Chicago 2018.

Peace, love, and solace

 

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Trapeze © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
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Speakeasy © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
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Dropping a dime © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
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Love your brothers and sisters © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
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Moulding © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Moulding © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
At the temple © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
At the temple © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Golden lives © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Golden lives © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
At the temple too © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
At the temple too © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Deep in the fieldhouse © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Deep in the fieldhouse © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Wall art at the fliedhouse © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017
Wall art at the fliedhouse © Ellen Wade Beals, 2017

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago sightseeing, Decorators Supply Corporation, Ernest Wilkins, Fieldhouse Jones, Lin Shen Ching Tze Buddhist Temple, Old Chicago Inn, Open House Chicago, Room 13, Stony Island Arts Bank, sweet steak sandwich, Taurus Flavors

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