Jazzfood wrote:Mario's is on Taylor across from the original and therefore only Al's Beef (let no one tell you different). They do have blue raspberry, not black though and as a pro tip, you could do better flavor wise, as nearly all use fresh fruit except a couple, in which blue raspberry is included. For a primer, here's something I wrote yrs back.
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=15993&highlight=marios
Jazzfood wrote:The grapefruit is superb as well. Have a few jumbos in the freezer for xmas cocktail mixer (a decades long habit.) Really have to give Mario the Younger his props for being so ambitous this yr. Green apple, lychee, an amazing mango...
Jazzfood wrote:Closing Sunday
Jazzfood wrote:Rene G wrote:I tried lychee, a flavor I hadn't had before. I enjoyed it, but didn't think it was one of their better ones (and it had no chunks of fruit).
Believe it's from a concentrate. While good, I always stick w/the fruit.
Jazzfood wrote:In the house
edc wrote:POG (Passionfruit, Orange, Guava)
The timing is fine - especially when you contemplate that the opening event for Illinois Craft Beer Week @ Union Station is on Friday, 13 May, and that, if people do not want to submit to 'hostage pricing'; the elevated 'Chicago' experience of an italian beef @ Al's Beef (original), and a lemonade from Mario's italian lemonade across Taylor St. from it, is in full application. After finishing your italian lemonade from Mario's, walk back to Taylor and Racine, where you will have the option of either CTA route #157 Taylor EB, or #60 Blue Island NB - to get back to Union Station in time for Beer Under {in a} Glass.Jazzfood wrote: Pre-game starts now. Open for biz.