Interesting Findings at Chicago Unifieds

dramamom0804
Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:54:30 +0000

Speaking of weird eateries near the Palmer House, did anyone else try Vaipano which was right across the street? My D and I ended up there after first going to Macy’s to the seven on state food court and finding it closed for dinner! Argh. So we tried this Vaipano’s which I have to say is a strange business idea. You are given a card and then you go line up for the type of food you want, salad, pizza or pasta, and then a cook makes the food to order for you. We got in two different pasta lines and waited. and waited. And remember, we aren’t waiting at our table with a nice glass of wine and some bread. We’re standing in a kitchen area, waiting. All I could think was if I wanted to stand around a kitchen I could do this at home for free. Finally after 15 minutes it was our turn to have our pasta cooked. You use the card for the chef to ring your food up. The food was good, but no better than food you order that mysteriously appears from the kitchen on its own. Yet the restaurant was very crowded. You also had to go to the bar yourself and get your own drink.
We just didn’t get the appeal.