The Bracket

"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity." - Voltaire

Ladies and gentlemen, it all comes down to this. The bracket for The Loop Lunch Club Tournament has been set and all that remains is the arduous decision making procedure that will produce a champion. What began as a shadow of an idea, a faint heartbeat of a dream in the minds of our Godfathers has blossomed into the lunching experience that may very well define this generation. Whether the history textbooks of tomorrow's classrooms and libraries will include accounts of our trials, tribulations, and amateur food critiques is hard to say, but the memory of our quest will live forever in the hearts, minds, stomachs, and arteries of the six brave young men who formed the food-based fraternity of The LLC.

We conquered club sandwiches, downed drums of diet coke and questioned the legitimacy of every "best," "biggest," and "original" menu item we encountered, all in an effort to discover one simple truth. All our emailing, bill splitting and crisis aversion have led us to this moment. Of the 16 restaurants only one can be the best. It is time to crown a Loop Lunch Club Champion...on December 17th.

The Bracket:

finally, a chance to use my business minor PowerPoint skills.

This is your chance to be an LLC superstar! Fill out your bracket today and enter to win a chance to join  The LLC on its victory lunch outing when we return to the Champion restaurant. Send your picks via email, blog post commenting, fax, carrier pigeon, telepathy, etc. Obviously we have no system in place.