Name: Bobby’s Charcoal Rib Location: Niles, IL Meal: Skirt Steak Sandwich, Fries, Cole Slaw, and a Coke Type: Sandwich Shop One of the culinary strengths of Chicago is that every neighborhood can be home a dozen great restaurants all representing different cuisines. Located to the north, Niles is one of the old Chicago suburbs and [...]
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Booby’s Charcoal Rib – Niles, IL
Posted in Sandwich, tagged booby's, chicago, cole slaw, Fries, lunch, niles, steak sandwich on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Portillo’s – Chicago,IL
Posted in Sandwich, tagged chicago, chopped salad, garbage salad, italian beef, portillo's, salad, Sandwich, sweet pepper on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Name: Portillo’s Location: Greater Chicago Meal: Multiple (Italian Beef, Chop Salad, Garbage Salad) Type: Local Restaurant Portillo’s is one of my favorite restaurants when it comes to Chicago food. What they do best, is doing so many things well. Not only do they serve one of the best Italian Beef sandwiches around, they also serve [...]
Al’s Beef – Chicago,IL
Posted in Sandwich, tagged al's, al's beef, cheese fries, chicago, chicago food, italian beef, pepsi, Sandwich on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Name: Al’s Beef Location: Chicago, IL Meal: Italian Beef sandwich, Cheese fries, and Pepsi Type: Sandwich Chicago, besides being a great city of its own right, is a city torn between three culinary poster-children. You can find good support for the Chicago hot dog, the deep dish pizza, or the Italian beef being the food [...]
Frontera Grill – Chicago, IL
Posted in Mexican, tagged chicago, flautas, frontera grill, grilled onions, guacamole, margaritas, Mexican, rick bayless, salsa, tacos, top chef on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Name: Frontera Grill Location: Chicago, IL Meal: Margaritas, Guacamole, Flautas, and Tacos Carbon Type: Mexican Rick Bayless is amazing. I’m pretty sure any of the words I could write up about my experience at Frontera Grill would distract from that key point. From my personal experience I can tell you that everything you’ve seen on [...]
Superdawg – Chicago,IL
Posted in Hot Dog, tagged chicago, chicago-style hot dog, Hot Dog, hot dog stand, superdawg on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Name: Superdawg Location: Chicago, IL Meal: Chicago-style hot dog and a chocolate milkshake Type: Hot Dog Joint As previously noted Chicago food is a food lover’s paradise. Two foods in particular scream ‘Chicago’ to the outside world louder than anything else: deep dish pizza and the Chicago-style hot dog. As someone who drew up outside [...]
Harold’s Chicken – Chicago,IL
Posted in Chicken, tagged chicago, fried chicken, fry sandwich, harold's on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Name: Harold’s Chicken Shack Location: Chicago’s Southside Meal: Quarter Chicken with mild sauce, Fries, Cole Slaw, and a Pepsi Type: Chicken joint You could write extensively on just the wonders of Chicago cuisine, both highbrow and lowbrow. My limited travels to the Windy City have only amounted to a very tiny scratch on the surface [...]
