Honeymoon Pit Stop

[Tsal]

Congrats Benny! Two things are a must in Chicago. Hotdogs and pizza. Oh an Iwan Ries.

[Tsal]

I guess I'm late to the party. Lol

[MikeDennison]

I guess I'm late to the party. Lol

That's ok. We're just glad you MADE it to the party!

[Chef Benny]

I guess I'm late to the party. Lol

That's ok. We're just glad you MADE it to the party!

I ate! .. The Trifecta.. Deep dish.. Polish dogs.. And the Italian beef sandwich!

[Whalehead King]

So.. I just got married on Saturday.. And I am enjoying my honeymoon in Chicago. I know that the Iwan Ries store is here. The wife is super cool.. She said I can go check it out, as long as she can go shopping at Bloomingdales...lol

Anyway.. Has anyone ever been there? Is there anything I must get when I'm there? I have never tried any of their blends.. But if you guys have any recommendations.. I would much appreciate it.

I will post some pics of my pilgrimage..

Cheers.

I was there in August. It's very nice. It's hard to find. When I was there, there was scaffolding all over the block so I missed the sign For Iwan Ries the first time I passed it. Mrs. King didn't know why we were this far down from our hotel and I didn't tell her. Instead, on the way back, I said, "Let's walk on the opposite side of the street so that we can see the side we walked by before better."

You take the elevator up to Iwan Ries sanctum sanctorum and it really is like something you've only seen in a movie. Everyone was very nice. No one on staff seemed fatigued from all the look-loos who probably just come to gawk and then complain that everything is too expensive.

Mrs. King patiently walked with me around the shop until I started to take too long but, early in our circumambulation, she pointed out a blue metal pipe on the wall. "That looks like a pipe you should have," Mrs. King said. It was a Nording Compass. "I have that model in red. You've just never seen it. It's a really good pipe, and, you're right: it suits me."

Go. The one house blend I wanted, they didn't have. It's my nature to be attracted to the least popular thing possible. That's why I love PSF. It is totally worth a visit and, for Pete's sake, buy something. They need to stay in business!

[Whalehead King]

So.. I just got married on Saturday.. And I am enjoying my honeymoon in Chicago. I know that the Iwan Ries store is here. The wife is super cool.. She said I can go check it out, as long as she can go shopping at Bloomingdales...lol

Anyway.. Has anyone ever been there? Is there anything I must get when I'm there? I have never tried any of their blends.. But if you guys have any recommendations.. I would much appreciate it.

I will post some pics of my pilgrimage..

Cheers.

I was there in August. It's very nice. It's hard to find. When I was there, there was scaffolding all over the block so I missed the sign For Iwan Ries the first time I passed it. Mrs. King didn't know why we were this far down from our hotel and I didn't tell her. Instead, on the way back, I said, "Let's walk on the opposite side of the street so that we can see the side we walked by before better."

You take the elevator up to Iwan Ries sanctum sanctorum and it really is like something you've only seen in a movie. Everyone was very nice. No one on staff seemed fatigued from all the look-loos who probably just come to gawk and then complain that everything is too expensive.

Mrs. King patiently walked with me around the shop until I started to take too long but, early in our circumambulation, she pointed out a blue metal pipe on the wall. "That looks like a pipe you should have," Mrs. King said. It was a Nording Compass. "I have that model in red. You've just never seen it. It's a really good pipe, and, you're right: it suits me."

Go. The one house blend I wanted, they didn't have. It's my nature to be attracted to the least popular thing possible. That's why I love PSF. It is totally worth a visit and, for Pete's sake, buy something. They need to stay in business!

I see you went and you bought something. Right on!

It's the epitome of what a pipe shop should be. It's better than L.J. Piretti, even----and I love Piretti's.

[MikeDennison]

I guess I'm late to the party. Lol

That's ok. We're just glad you MADE it to the party!

I ate! .. The Trifecta.. Deep dish.. Polish dogs.. And the Italian beef sandwich!

Nomnomnom!