{"id":705,"date":"2013-01-07T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/?p=705"},"modified":"2017-06-17T21:08:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T02:08:56","slug":"this-weeks-best-bite-fat-elvis-waffles-little-goat-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/07\/this-weeks-best-bite-fat-elvis-waffles-little-goat-diner\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s Best Bite: Fat Elvis waffles, Little Goat Diner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/goat-waffles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/goat-waffles.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Elvis waffles, Little Goat Diner\" width=\"478\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/goat-waffles.jpg 478w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/goat-waffles-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/goat-waffles-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fat Elvis waffles, Little Goat Diner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Best Bite:<\/strong> I&#8217;ll just say it: these waffles were crazy in the best way possible. It was the kind of New Year&#8217;s Eve brunch dish that said &#8220;2012, let&#8217;s send you out with a sweet, bacon-y bang.&#8221; The texture of the waffles was just dense enough, the bacon syrup and bananas were indulgent-yet-balanced toppings, and the peanut butter butter simply defied logic with its creaminess. Of course, the waffles were even better washed down with a couple cups of Stumptown Coffee, one of the best roasters around. I could only eat half in one sitting, but it also made for killer leftovers.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I&#8217;m already planning my next visit, as my dining partner and I found it very difficult to decide on just one dish from perhaps the most comprehensive, enticing, otherwise mind-boggling diner <a href=\"http:\/\/littlegoatchicago.com\/diner\/menu\/\" title=\"Menu\">menu<\/a> I&#8217;ve ever seen. From the food to the d\u00e9cor, mastermind Stephanie Izard nails every detail \u2013 just look at the wallpaper! We also stopped into Little Goat Bread, adjacent to the diner, and swooned over the gorgeous bar (espresso by day, liquor by night) and the ingenious idea of mixing Girl &amp; the Goat&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2010-08-26\/entertainment\/ct-play-0826-vettel-girl-and-the-goat20100826_1_oysters-tasty-dish-meatball-dishes\" title=\"Green beans\">&#8220;life-changing&#8221;<\/a> green beans into cream cheese for bagels. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/goat-coffee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/goat-coffee.jpg\" alt=\"Stumptown coffee, Little Goat Diner\" width=\"357\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-712\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/goat-coffee.jpg 357w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/goat-coffee-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stumptown coffee, Little Goat Diner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/littlegoatchicago.com\/diner\/\" title=\"Little Goat Diner\">Little Goat Diner<\/a>, 820 W. 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