City Walk #18: N. Wells Street
The
next City Walk #18 is a short one and it begins basically where the
former begins, so we figured that we'd continue to enjoy the gorgeous
weather and knock out two in one day. We were also starving and noticed
that Nookies was the first stop on this Walk which made it sound even
better.
Nookies (1) is a
great little Chicago diner-style restaurant. They have a few locations
around the city and I have been to another for breakfast before, but
this was our first visit to Nookies in Old Town. I had a phenomenal
Southwest Benedict (on black bean cakes with butternut squash chipotle
hollandaise) and Alex joked that he was keeping Paleo (a.k.a. the
Caveman Diet) by eating cream cheese crepes with a side of bacon.

The
rest of the walk took us up and down Wells Street-- a familiar area for
us. There's a little spice shop here that I love and it's also the
street that Alex goes to for haircuts and running gear. Next up was
Cobey's (2), an upscale deli and cafe which happens to be totally
unmarked, by the way, if you are ever in the neighborhood and looking
for it.

Following
Cobey's was Breadsmith (3)-- which I was excited about-- however, it
appears to no longer exist. In it's place is Delightful Pastries, a
really delicious sweet shop. I have never been to this location, but
they have a stall in the French Market that sells great french macarons
and other desserts.
Next to
Delightful Pastries is Handle With Care (4), a really fun women's
clothing store. We passed a few more shops and then got to the part of
N. Wells that we are most familiar with and where you'll find The Second
City (5). This is the famous improv theatre that gave Bill Murray,
Gilda Radner, and John Belushi their starts.

We
wound down this short and sweet (pun intended) tour at The Fudge Pot
(6). They make homemade fudge here and as you know, I love me some
fudge. See our
trip to Mackinac Island for more information on that.
So, I continue to not allow myself to enter the Fudge Pot and will
leave summer trips to northern Michigan to be my annual opportunity to
indulge in fudge.
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