June in Chicago is always a special time, we put away our winter jackets, people start working out again and the gentlemen of steak night can begin to adventure to wild locations without much complaining. Bill and I brought out our passports for the trek to Lincoln Square.

This June’s steaknight was even more special as a long lost member made a surprise visit.   So in honor of Mr. Chris Holinger we headed to an Argentinian steak house (For those wondering – Don Cole emerged from witness protection to tell us he’s still alive although his exact location and/or residence is still a great mystery)

Rick dressed up special for the occasion with his new houndstooth hat to match his (Yankee) Pinstripe suit and his (Duke) Blue Devil tie, topping it all off with a Yellow (Warriors and Penguins) pocket square.  He also brought his (Pat)ent Leather dancing shoes.

In honor of Bubby’s recent birthday (and his repeat runner-up performance in the Largest Nipples East of the Mississippi™ Competition) we started the night at Huettenbar. You can tell its going to be a fun night when no one cared to head over to the restaurant at 8. We stayed for a few more and on the way out an adoring fan asked to take Hans picture. As she took it, she referred to him as Pladdie Smiley and a new name was born.

As mentioned, in honor of Mr. Holinger we then headed to Chicago’s hottest Argentinian Steakhouse and Tango extravaganza. Getting a reservation was extremely tight. I decided to splurge since Mr. Holinger was in town and rented the restaurant out for us. It was a unique experience being the only guests in a restaurant but it was worth every penny.

The apps were solid – Great empanadas and we ran them back. The steaks were ok – Hans and I split the trio and none of the cuts were that special. Wine list was very limited and even Mr. Holinger couldn’t break the bank.

Afterwards we headed to a local watering hole and played foosball and darts. Bill broke out his foosball wraps and preceeded to smoke Hans and I. Good times all around.

Overall – 8 (7 for the food, 9 for the Company)

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