“I’ve been visiting for years and this restaurant has only improved with time! Plenty of seating, friendly staff and servers, bright dining area all add to an enjoyable meal. The food has been consistently great. We brought a friend here from Germany to have him sample our great city’s gastronomic delights….. (besides deep dish pizza and Chicago style hot dogs). We had corned beef sandwiches, potato pancakes, kreplach soup and matzo balls. Everything was delicious and he was blown away by the huge sandwich in taste and size. The rye bread is always fresh and the corned beef thin and warm. The owner even stopped by to greet us…. Our friend was impressed by the whole experience. We definitely will return!“
“Occasion: Visiting WSM with my daughterMy daughter made a beeline for this stand as soon as we entered the market. When we walked up, I thought oh boy we're going to be here for awhile. There were wall-to-wall people ordering, making, and eating crepes. Our turn to order came surprisingly fast and we got a lemon crepe.This is her usual order - a crepe with lemon curd and sugar. I was not as into the idea of sugar on a crepe, but now I understand that I've just never done sugar the right way on a crepe. They sprinkle it on to the batter while it's still cooking and the sugar kinds of melt/caramelizes on there - I'm a convert lolThe WSM is as crowded as Disney in the summer, so she ate her delicious crepe huddled in a corner. That's not the crepe's fault though.Would I recommend? yes and get the lemonWould I return? I wouldn't fight the crowds in the market just for crepes, but I'll likely have one every time I goService Dog Grade: B+ employees noticed her but didn't try to interact.“
“Came to the West Side Market the other day. Tried the pizza bagel, cheese stick, and pepperoni stick. The pizza bagel was amazing, but thought the sticks were just average. The stromboli's looked really good. Wish I had tried one of those instead. Def would return if in the area.“
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“Ordered a chicken tamale, a chorizo and cheese empanada, and shredded beef empanada. All were tasty and met my expectations. The only minor drawback was that the items were sold cold. I should've warmed the items prior to eating. I will be back.“
“We went to Mason's Creamery on the Sunday before the eclipse and got Eclipse Shakes. So fun! The place was busy, so it took us a while to get our treats, but the crowd was in a festive mood and the servers were hustling, so we didn't mind the wait at all. We were lucky enough to snag an inside table for the four of us, which provided for excellent people watching. The Eclipse Shake itself was worth the wait, as we knew it would be. All of Mason's ice cream treats are top notch. This novelty shake was lemon cream ice cream blended into a shake and topped with black-dyed vanilla whip cream. Nom nom nom! It turned our tongues black, but it was worth it!“