{"id":2521,"date":"2025-01-08T22:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T04:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T04:44:04","slug":"first-brunch-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/first-brunch-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"First Brunch of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2522\" style=\"width:388px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0966-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I treated myself to a brunch at one of my favorite spots in Chicago\u2014<strong>Tre Kronor<\/strong>. Nestled in North Park, this Nordic-style bistro has a charm that feels like stepping into a Scandinavian cottage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tre Kronor is known for its Norwegian-inspired menu. Their famous Oslo Omelette, filled with smoked salmon, cream cheese, and dill, is a crowd-pleaser, but today I selected the <em>Reubensen<\/em> sandwich. It\u2019s their Nordic twist on the classic Reuben, and it was delicious. Perfectly toasted rye bread, layers of corned beef, tangy sauerkraut, melty Swiss cheese, and just the right amount of dressing\u2014it all came together beautifully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0968-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere at Tre Kronor is just as delightful as the food. The small dining room is filled with light, thanks to the large windows, and the tables are adorned with small details that feel distinctly Nordic. It\u2019s the kind of place where you can linger over a cup of coffee and feel like you\u2019re in a different world for a little while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 5, 2025 I treated myself to a brunch at one of my favorite spots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsantos.net\/_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}