Morgan and I celebrated a successful coffee table refurbish at Brother Jimmy’s BBQ. Her Bloody Mary included pickled green beans, which were recommended to me by a reader after I wrote this post last week, and which are not Morgan’s favorite (fine by me, as she just passed them in my direction). 

We just had Chipotle wings and a couple of sides - baked beans with pulled pork and biscuits and gravy - and it was all fab. I still like the food at Southern Hospitality (Justin Timberlake’s BBQ joint, which is pretty much right across the street) a little better, but I prefer the more run-down, beer-y atmosphere at Brother Jimmy’s.  

P.S. My camera is doing weird stuff lately - either blowing pictures out or turning them completely dark and blurry - so apologies. I did, however, just get a new camera…testing it out today…so hopefully things will take a turn for the better! 

Last night, Morgan and I met up at Wicker Park for happy hour and were so hungry that the above wreckage happened before I even thought to take a photo. We had loaded potato skins (delicious, but I needed more than two), artichoke dip (too cheesy, if such a thing is possible), meh chicken fingers (Kendrick dropped in on us later and ate most of them), and beer.

So the food wasn’t incredible, but it’s bar food - I’m not looking to have my mind blown - and the Happy Hour deals at Wicker Park make it all worthwhile.

WICKER PARK HAPPY HOUR (M-F from 3-7):

- 1/2 price bar menu