Work is amazing and they treat me so well here, I’m gonna be so sad to leave after such a short time. I already wish I came upon this job sooner or got to stay longer but it’s time for graduation and my time in this office is done. Luckily, this comes with a farewell lunch from the very place we ordered from on my very first day.

LOCATION: 1500 W TAYLOR ST. CHICAGO, IL 60607

Rosebud is a restaurant nearby that specializes in Italian food and has takeout for us to run and grab pretty easy from our office. With seven of us here it can be tricky for someone to make a decision about what to eat and Jess is vegetarian right now so pasta and salad works for us all and makes me very happy on this, my last day of work.

Everyone here is so great to me and they over order everything meaning we have tons of food and no one’s complaining. We go with two orders of fried calamari, house salad, and then single orders of Rigatoni al la vodka, Tortellini Carbonara, Cavatelli Rosebud which is Rosebud’s homemade dumplings in garlic and oil, green beans, mushrooms, and roasted red peppers, and I believe, their Chicken Vestuvio which is a boneless chicken with garlic, oregano, white wine, roasted potatoes, and sweet peas that’s only available as a weekday lunch special. And of course tons and tons of bread which they include with each order.

From what we remembered on my first day a few months ago, Rosebud was better than our experience today. It might’ve been our timing with the pickup but the Calamari wasn’t as crisp and the pastas just weren’t as good as they were before. Some days are just a hit or miss based off of who’s cooking and timing. While I think the food still tasted great, we just weren’t in love like we were before. I’d still go back if I was going to be nearby or if I was still working here so it wasn’t a deal breaker and it wasn’t a bad way to spend my last lunch at all.