HB Home Bistro, Boystown, Chicago

HB Home Bistro, Boystown, Chicago

Stuffed Portobello Sandwich, HB Home Bistro, Boystown, Chicago

Margaret and I went to HB yesterday. We thought it was the Hearty Boys restaurant. You know, the local guys who won “The Next Food Network Star” contest on the Food Network. But then when we went in, it said that HB stood for Home Bistro and that the chef was Joncarl Lachman. Research shows today, that Lachman, who has been in the kitchen from the beginning, has taken over ownership and renamed the restaurant, but that the decor and menu and everything are the same.

I loved the interior, it was soo cute. And our waiter was really friendly. Our food took longer than anyone else in the restaurant to come out, which sucked, but our waiter ended up taking a few bucks off the bill at the end. Also, my portobello in my sandwich was on the small side. I ate up the portobello in my sandwich and then I was left with bun. That being said, the Parmesan truffle fries more than made up for everything else. They were so delicious and it was a really generous portion. I remember getting Parmesan truffle fries at Sola and sharing a smaller portion than each sandwich at HB got. YUM!

Margaret and I had started out the day by checking out this “French Market” which actually turned out to be a tiny neighborhood farmer’s market. .. which is fine, but not what we were looking for. We ended up walking up Broadway to Addison and down Halstead for lunch. Then we walked west on Belmont and did some shopping, went up Southport, west on Addison, south on Ashland, west on Roscoe, ending up in the garden at The Village Tap drinking pitchers of beer. It was a fun day and we might have gained a lot of calories later that night, but Gmap Pedometer says we walked about 3.5 miles, so hopefully it balanced out.