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OT: Food in the Windy City
Clay Carson, Photographer
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Little Rock | Ar | USA | Posted: 4:37 PM on 08.15.09 |
->> My wife and son who is attentding cullinary school just landed in Chicago for a few days of fun. He wants to eat the best of 3 specific foods:
Pizza
"Italian" Beef sandwich (he describes it like a french dip, sort of)
Chicago Hot Dog
They want the best. 5 star to hole in the wall are all good. Anyone want to mke suggestions it is much appreciated and I will pass them on. OT but it beats talking about job losses and credential woes :-)
Clay |
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John J. Kim, Photographer
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chicago | il | usa | Posted: 4:47 PM on 08.15.09 |
->> best hot dog(s) - hot doug's (california at roscoe)
best beef - al's beef (several locations) and portillo's (clark and ontario - also serves a pretty good dog)
best piza - john's pizzeria (western at shakespeare in bucktown - get a thin crust w extra sauce w whatever ingredients - "deep dish" chicago style pizza is for tourists, fyi).. |
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Clay Carson, Photographer
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Little Rock | Ar | USA | Posted: 4:54 PM on 08.15.09 |
->> Thanks. Deep dish is really for the tourists? I thought that was were it came from? No?
Clay |
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Peter Hoffman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Athens/ Naperville | OH/IL | US | Posted: 5:18 PM on 08.15.09 |
| ->> Piece on North ave. (north/milwaukee/damen) in Wicker Park is pretty delicious as well.... |
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 9:45 PM on 08.15.09 |
->> Call me a tourist, then. Born on the North Side, grew up in the South Suburbs and live in the far SW 'burbs, even lived in Italy for several years, where there is NO deep dish pizza, LOL, and I've been eating deep dish as long as I can remember (along with, of course, thin crust).
Best deep dish is Gino's IMO - many locations, but the "original" is downtown (actually I believe they moved the best known, and I think original, restaurant, booths and all to a larger location a while back).
+1 on Portillo's for hot dogs (might be marginally better spots, but Portillo's are all over the place and their dogs are pretty good). |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 12:36 AM on 08.16.09 |
->> What about pierogies? You can't visit Chicago without eating pierogies.
I'd suggest this place: www.polishdiner.com |
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Kelvin Ma, Photographer, Assistant
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Boston | MA | | Posted: 1:57 AM on 08.16.09 |
->> I'm a big fan of Lou Malnati's for deep dish. The Deluxe once a week got me through college!
For thin crust, I've really been digging Ian's in Wrigleyville — all sorts of weird toppings. I recommend the "Steak & Fries."
Also, check out Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" episode on Chicago. Covered a lot of places I've never heard of, but most definitely want to try when I'm back in town. The phrase "egg slut" was introduced in this episode via a pig sandwich. |
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Daniel Celvi, Photographer
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Schaumburg | IL | United States | Posted: 3:44 AM on 08.16.09 |
->> I'm gonna disagree with deep-dish is for tourists, because like everyone I know that also went to school down south, we got withdrawals from not having a good, real deep-dish pizza.
So on that, for deep dish I always say there are four main places: Giordanno's, Lou Malnatti's, Gino East, and Uno's. Personally, I prefer the first two. There are locations all over the city and suburbs of each of those places.
Uno's I've never really been a fan of (purely personal preference), and Gino's East I've never been to. Reason on Gino's is it is very expensive for pizza, and everyone tells me it isn't that good.
On the price note, Lou's tends to be the cheapest—you can get I believe a large for 14 dollars, which will easily fill up two people and leave enough for a good amount of leftovers. |
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