Game #47 / Restaurant #32 – Pequod’s Pizza

Game #47 / Restaurant #32 – Pequod’s

Saturday, September 21, 2013
Heather, Wigs, Kevin & Julie

A lovely day at the ballpark today. Atlanta can clinch the division and celebrate on our field if they win. Boo. Dan & his friend Celeste also joined us. Travis Wood (our All Star) on the mound today. No scoring until the 4th inning when Atlanta scored on a fielding error by Shierholtz. No additional scoring until the 8th, when the Cubs put up 3 runs on a string of single, single, double, single, sac fly (by Nate, making up for his error). Our ex-closer Kevin Gregg was not coming in. New closer Pedro Strop came in and struck out the side to end the game! Woo hoo!! Take that you Braves!

Oh, and Sweeney made a great catch in the ivy (and the wall):
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?topic_id=51231442&content_id=30813513

After the game, we went to Bernie’s for a couple drinks. Erin & Barry showed up for a couple beers before they went to dinner. We decided to go to Pequod’s over on Clyborn. I can’t remember how we started talking about this, but last time we were here, we really liked their pizza. Wigs called and they said they could get us in in 30 minutes. So we hopped in a cab and headed over. We got there and holy moly – mobs of people waiting outside! We put our name in, pre-ordered our pizza (so they could get it started while we were still waiting for table), and then went across street to Webster Wine Bar. I’ve never been here and this was a cute place. We weren’t sure if our buzzer would work from 3 blocks away, so Wigs went outside after a bit to see, and sure enough, they were ready for us. We hadn’t finished the wine, so Heather put the cork on it and shoved it in her bag. Hahahaha. (Chicago does have special “to go” wine bags – it’s a special bag that gets stapled shut or something so if you get pulled over by police, they won’t say you have an open container. But they would obviously know you’d been drinking wine….)

Anyways – we ordered deep dish pizza w/green peppers, spinach, mushrooms and sausage. So good. We also did a salad starter, but I don’t remember anything remarkable about this. I really like the sauce on the pizza – flavorful and kind of chunky. Thumbs up for Chicago pizza!! By the time we left, the place had really cleared out, so we must’ve hit it right at rush hour.

Recap:

Cubs Win 3-1

My season record: Visitors 30, Cubs 17

No parking today.