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<body id="classic-blog"><p>I’m backlogged on writing up my Loop Lunching, but this is an important one to get posted because it’s my first <em>seasonal</em> lunch spot. For the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Daley Plaza becomes a little German market, with stalls selling all sorts of handicrafts, <a href="http://ericareid.com/2012/11/a_photo_tour_of_our_2012_aweso.html">Christmas ornaments</a>, and sweets. There are also several food and drink stands. You can get beer and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midgetbusdriver/8221340031/">mulled wine in a boot</a> (go early if you want a boot—they always sell out by early December). The food stalls have a variety of German standards: weinersnitchel, bratwurst, currywurst, leberkase, and today’s lunch, a smoked pork-loin sandwich.</p></body>

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