Eventually we made it to the hotel, where we met up with Tanya. She explained that there's a restaurant on the Magnificent Mile where locals don't go because of the sheer number of tourists. It's called Grand Lux Cafe. Tanya lives in Chicago, but she loves this place because the food there is always delicious.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, they write down your name at the host stand and hand you an electronic buzzer that will let you know when a table opens up. Fortunately, they had seats for us right away, whereas some people wait up to two hours. So we dashed upstairs to the second floor, where a gay-looking staffer was already waiting for us; he asked "Tanya?", and upon getting an affirmative answer, escorted us to our table. A pity it wasn't by the window, but we hadn't had any luck with that the entire trip - what can you do. Even at Galileo's, I got to admire an excavator instead of the lake.
