NOT JUST A MUSTACHE // Handlebar

Our second review... Here we go. Handlebar is cozy, no-frills spot in Wicker Park. The menu options are diverse, filling and oh so perfect for our Twofatbrains and skinny pockets. If you know us at all, you know one thing to be true - we are pretty much head over heels in love with nachos.  We dream about nachos at least two times a day and three times in our actual dreams. We have tried a many nacho in this city and Handlebar's version is hands-down/belly-out the best. It ain't easy to find a vegetarian plate of um that satisfies our craving, so we applaud you Handlebar. Cheesy, lots of stuff, seitan "chorizo" deliciousness. We know you had us in mind when you put these babies on the menu, just don't ever take them off, you will have a mutiny on your hands. Oh and we have no photos to share, you will just have to trust us on this. Next up, the perfect burrito, could take a while, stay tuned. We will keep eating other stuff in the meantime. 

DRINK // Rye Old Fashioned

tastes good with nachos. Any cocktail will.

SHARE // "Chorizo" Black Bean Nachos

reminds us of bar nachos minus the meat. finally.

EAT // Black Bean Manduro

tastes good with nachos. Any entree will.

A COCKTAIL LUNCH WITH JUST COCKTAILS, THATS BORING // Hub 51

This is our first review and post, hope its not a real stinker. Are you still there? Yea? Cool. Who and what is Twofatbrains? In short, we are two (in our opinion) skinny vegetarian chicks with big, no huge, no super FAT brains. We are best friends (trying real hard to not sound like a 15 year old with a bedazzler in her right hand here) who are basically attached at the hip. We work together. We play together. We buy animals with the same name together. We talk about food together, its a sickness really. So it's a real good thing we live in the fat brain mecca - Chicago. 

We are so freakishly obsessed with food that we felt it necessary to dedicate a day out of each week to celebrate food and booze in all its glory - Wobbly Wednesday and now - Twofatbrains was born (we didn't copyright that name, but don't steal it, thats super rude).

What the heck do we review? Food, cocktails, you know all that really matters in the world.

What type of food do we review? Awesome stuff. We mainly focus our brains on fair that is vegetarian, fresh and healthy… But always has a fat flair. 

What restaurants do we review? Restaurants that aren't necessarily vegetarian-centric. We love a good "we can really eat everything on this menu" restaurant, but thats too easy and those places are few and far between. We sniff out the best items on those regular, non hippy, meat eater restaurant menus. Its a mission really. Oh and one fat brained friend is gluten intolerant, so we might as well keep y'all informed on which restaurants will put up with you.

Our first post, yeeehaww its happening! Talking about food is the best. Hub 51 is one of our favorite lunch/din spots not just because its close by, but because it serves this amazing healthyish app called The Three Green Bites - yum, hand me the soy sauce! They also serve up a pretty little cucumber vodka cocktail that is fresh, light and oh so perfect. Plus its not too sugary, we're telling you this kid has it all. The tuna poke is so good you will literally want to get up out of your cozy leather seat and start dancing with joy. partake if you are a pescatarian, its the best. Hit this up hungry friends. 

DRINK // The Cucumber Cuatro

where's the yacht parked?

SHARE // The Three Green Bites

ask for "THE" dipping sauces.

FISH //Ahi Tuna Poke

amazing, seriously. amazing.

By: Heather Vanisko