Time for another CTA adventure...so yesterday I took the CTA Brown Line "El" northbound from the Loop (State & Lake) to the Southport El stop (20 mins. 10 stops). Southport Avenue is west of Lakeview and a few blocks from Wrigley Field. It is a commercial strip with a mix of restaurants, boutiques, cafes. The surrounding tree-lined residential streets are pleasant to stroll along. I walked northbound and stopped at the following three places:
The Mystic Celt pub, 3443 N. Southport Avenue, which is done up in warm cherry wood. There is a cozy front bar and a dining area in the back. Bar food and Irish specialties make up the menu. Entrees include shepherd's pie.
The Mystic Celt pub, 3443 N. Southport Avenue, which is done up in warm cherry wood. There is a cozy front bar and a dining area in the back. Bar food and Irish specialties make up the menu. Entrees include shepherd's pie.
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The second stop was Julius Meinl, 3601 N. Southport Avenue, for coffee and cake! Julius Meinl features standard coffees plus specialty brews, including decadent Vienna ice cream coffee (vanilla ice cream with espresso and whipped cream), more than 20 loose-leaf teas, and plenty of house-made pastries, cakes and strudels. The coffee, tea, chocolate and preserves are imported directly from Vienna.
And the third stop was the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Ave, to watch the excellent "Freud's Last Session" http://freudslastsession.com/. Dr. Sigmund Freud invites the rising academic star and writer C. S. Lewis to his home in London. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life – only two weeks before Freud took his own life. This is a profound and touching play about two men who boldly addressed the big questions of our time.
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