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My Place Restaurant is ideal at your place

Welcome back to another Spot-
light Series with Sarah! The series
where the writer gets to know the
city more personally, while the read-
ers get to know the writer better in
the process.
Some months I know exactly
what/where I want to write about and
review for my column, while other
months, I basically stumble into it. lunch break and the employee on the
This month was the latter. phone told me that my order would
My mom had surgery this month, be ready in 10 minutes. I was really
so aside from working full-time with pleased with how the timing was so
two part-time jobs, I’ve also been perfect.
busy taking care of her as she recov- On my lunch break I headed to
ers. My days are full from start to fin- My Place Restaurant to pick up our
ish, so finding a way to make my life order. The register was to the left of
easier while taking care of my mom the front door right when you walked My Place Restaurant is on Westbound Michigan Avenue and Elizabeth.
is ideal. in, and I saw my food already boxed food and get back to work. one of her sausages and let me try
Nothing is more ideal than a pick- up and waiting for me when I ar- And the way she ate that food the biscuits and gravy. I’ve always
up order so I don't have to prepare a rived. I was in and out quickly, but I seemed like I hadn’t fed her in days. been a big fan of biscuits and gravy,
meal for her. So on Friday, June did notice how cozy and familiar the She devoured everything. On a scale and I completely agree with my mom
27th, I called My Place Restaurant to inside of the restaurant felt. of 1 to 10, my mom rated the ham on how delicious they were. The
place a pick-up order for my mom’s There were lots of tables with a and bacon a 10, and the sausage and sausage was the kind with the skin
lunch that day. She wanted the Hun- great amount of lighting from the biscuits and gravy a 12. that has a little snap when you bite
gry Man Breakfast with scrambled windows. I love tables in the sunlight. “It was not only delicious, but was it. (That is my favorite kind of
eggs and half biscuits and gravy. I or- If I was dining-in and wanted a table a good, sizable portion, so I was very sausage). It had a real smoky taste
dered myself the club pita with a with a window seat, I could watch full after I ate it. I would definitely and I really liked it.
side of fries and ranch. the traffic on Michigan Ave go by. But like to eat it again,” said my mom.
I called 10 minutes before my I had to hurry home to give mom her She was kind enough to give me See Spotlight, page 19

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