/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10774337
Chicago is kind of the outlier there, they have sort of a special ghetto of "fancy" spots, almost entirely confined within the Loop and a few surrounding neighborhoods, but the odd thing is there is literally zero middle ground. It's greasy pub grub, fast food joints, cheap ethnic spots, or super high end shit.

As for the others, save for one or two spots in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, no, I'm afraid not. But luckily fear-gripped locals inadvertently maintain the purity of their immigrant pockets by never venturing there. So it's quite possible to obtain good food in the midwest, as long as you're willing to dine alone.

I usually just say "I'm really tired, can we just catch up tomorrow before the meeting". Best not to go into details, ESPECIALLY not which restaurant that you went to. They will generally be aghast and assume you were in "the bad neighborhood" to buy drugs or some other illicit activity.