Noodles & Company

This is very close to my house and school. An avid Noodles and Company goer (not a word), this might be the most attentive (service-wise) Noodles I've ever been to. The staff is always pleasant and very timely.

If you haven't been to a Noodles and Company before, the different noodle dishes are consistent and you are bound to find a certain dish combination that pleases you. They have different dish styles from all over the world (Americanized, but still.) They also serve wine and beer. It is very reasonably priced considered they bring it out to you and you don't have to clean up after yourself.

Bonus: They have that fun pop machine with over 100 choices. Good for kids, adults, groups, and casual food settings.

I love Noodles! The Indonesian Peanut Saute is my fav, and the potstickers are good too. They also have one of those awesome coke machines with a million different flavor combinations. Quick and professional service.

Found ourselves near Lincoln Park recently and decided to search for a Noodles & Co because my wife loves eating there so much.  And I have no complaints as a new customer.  My choice was an Asian pasta dish called Pad Thai.  I'm sure you are familiar with the ingredients but I have to give this breakdown:

- rice noodle stir-fry, hot temperature, perfect texture, served as the foundation (on the bottom) of my bowl
- scrambled egg, personally I enjoy getting a bite of egg in my fork loaded with noodles, lots of egg chunks to select throughout the dish
- carrots, these were cut in 1" to 2" sticks or shorter, they were not overcooked
- cabbage, crunchy and tasty addition, love those curvaceous and skinny strips to fill in the top layer of the bowl
- sweet chile, even though I expect this to show up it always hits me as an unexpected but welcome flavor
- citrus, oh yes, in my bowl I had two lemon wedges, squeeze the juice as little or as much as you desire
- peanuts, mandatory not just for the crunch but because it provides such a rich mouthful, my preference is to have more peanuts in the mixture
- Asian sprouts, crisp and hollow tubes, light and refreshing paired with the cabbage
- cilantro, excellent seasoning

Big fan of Noodle & Co.  Highly recommended.  I'm going to seek out the other locations around metro Chicago, and be adventurous with their menu.