Table for One: Chicago by Michael Kaminer and A. LaBan

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Table for One: Chicago by Chicago Travel Books

Table for One: Chicago by Michael Kaminer and A. LaBan
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Features

Paperback: 144 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies February 21, 2002

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0658006983

ISBN-13: 978-0658006982

Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces

Product Description
At last . . . welcome dining help for the lone traveler

Anyone who has ever traveled alone has faced two options: ordering wildly overpriced room service, or braving unknown streets to dine alone. If one elects the latter, he or she could be greeted with rude looks, poor, indifferent service, too much noise, too little light, and disappointing food.

Finally here is a book to rescue the lone diner and put the business traveler or newcomer to Chicago at ease when making a dining decision. In Table for One: Chicago, Author Michael Kaminer rates the restaurants in terms of friendliness, service, lighting, food, wines by the glass, and comfort--all from the perspective of the single diner. He also discusses what to expect in terms of price, food preparations, and clientele.

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The Solo Diner's Best Companion!

Until now, the choice was clear. When dining alone your options ranged from overpriced, undercooked room service to local fast-food delicacies. If you were brave enough to try a restaurant solo, the all-too-frequent experience of being seated at a lousy table, receiving apathetic service, and being rushed through your dinner to accommodate a waiting couple may have sent you scurrying back to your hotel room determined never to venture out alone again.

Table for One: Chicago gives you the confidence and know-how to pick the perfect spot for a meal out on the town. From the solo diner's point of view, author Michael Kaminer rates more than 150 restaurants according to service, lighting, wine by the glass, and comfort--from four-star establishments to ethnic storefront eateries. He also describes what you can expect in terms of price, food, and clientele. For quick reference, restaurants are arranged alphabetically by neighborhood, from the Loop to Lincoln Park and from Michigan Avenue to the South Side.

A seasoned single diner, Kaminer shares his "Solo-Dining Survival Strategies," such as making friends with the waitstaff, loading up on reading material, turning off the cellular phone, and being assertive without the moral support of a dinner companion. He also includes an invaluable list of the ten best and ten worst solo-dining choices in Chicago.

With these expert recommendations, anyone dining alone in Chicago can look forward to enjoying a meal where, instead of being treated like an unwanted pest, they will be greeted like a welcome guest.

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Updated on 10-31-2008.