Bar-b-Q?

[Tonker]

Still, I miss Chicago, and you guys.  Can I come back?

Only if you promise to introduce us to Fiona Gubelmann.

And give us a recap of the Chicago visit for those of us that weren't there for all of it.
You lazy fucking numpty.

Yeah, I ought to get to that, really.  I'm back to work tomorrow so I should have plenty of time then.

[Richard Chuggar]

The pulled pork at Subway isn't very great.

[Saul Goodman]

The pulled pork at Subway isn't very great.

Shocking.

[Canadouche]

Just wanted to give you guys a recap on where I went...

First stop was Lem's - a spicy BBQ joint on the south side.  Ribs and hot links were great if you like sweet and spicy sauce.  Fries were atrocious.  They should've provided plastic cutlery, but no dice.  While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

Second stop was Hot Doug's, which serves ridiculous gourmet hot dogs.  We shared the foie gras hot dog and a dog with roasted garlic and rosemary.  The dogs were good, but not anywhere near the best we've had.  Also the place was infested with hipster doofuses and it took us a good 1.5 hours of standing in line to get served.

Third stop was Giordano's pizza.  Good deep dish.  I'm sure there's better out there but it did in a pinch. 

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

Well, second best.  On our last day in Chicago we found by chance this delightful little restaurant on Michigan that served a wide variety of cheesecake delicacies.  Four stars - a total find.

[Richard Chuggar]

Just wanted to give you guys a recap on where I went...

First stop was Lem's - a spicy BBQ joint on the south side.  Ribs and hot links were great if you like sweet and spicy sauce.  Fries were atrocious.  They should've provided plastic cutlery, but no dice.  While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

Second stop was Hot Doug's, which serves ridiculous gourmet hot dogs.  We shared the foie gras hot dog and a dog with roasted garlic and rosemary.   The dogs were good, but not anywhere near the best we've had.  Also the place was infested with hipster doofuses and it took us a good 1.5 hours of standing in line to get served.

Third stop was Giordano's pizza.  Good deep dish.  I'm sure there's better out there but it did in a pinch. 

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

Well, second best.  On our last day in Chicago we found by chance this delightful little restaurant on Michigan that served a wide variety of cheesecake delicacies.  Four stars - a total find.

You stood in line for 1.5 hours to share a fucking hot dog?  Go back to Canada you molester of children.

[PenPho]

Just wanted to give you guys a recap on where I went...

First stop was Lem's - a spicy BBQ joint on the south side.  Ribs and hot links were great if you like sweet and spicy sauce.  Fries were atrocious.  They should've provided plastic cutlery, but no dice.  While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

Second stop was Hot Doug's, which serves ridiculous gourmet hot dogs.  We shared the foie gras hot dog and a dog with roasted garlic and rosemary.   The dogs were good, but not anywhere near the best we've had.  Also the place was infested with hipster doofuses and it took us a good 1.5 hours of standing in line to get served.

Third stop was Giordano's pizza.  Good deep dish.  I'm sure there's better out there but it did in a pinch. 

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

Well, second best.  On our last day in Chicago we found by chance this delightful little restaurant on Michigan that served a wide variety of cheesecake delicacies.  Four stars - a total find.

You stood in line for 1.5 hours to share a fucking hot dog?  Go back to Canada you molester of children.

Serious question - I thought foie gras was illegal in Chicago?

[Canadouche]

Just wanted to give you guys a recap on where I went...

First stop was Lem's - a spicy BBQ joint on the south side.  Ribs and hot links were great if you like sweet and spicy sauce.  Fries were atrocious.  They should've provided plastic cutlery, but no dice.  While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

Second stop was Hot Doug's, which serves ridiculous gourmet hot dogs.  We shared the foie gras hot dog and a dog with roasted garlic and rosemary.   The dogs were good, but not anywhere near the best we've had.  Also the place was infested with hipster doofuses and it took us a good 1.5 hours of standing in line to get served.

Third stop was Giordano's pizza.  Good deep dish.  I'm sure there's better out there but it did in a pinch. 

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

Well, second best.  On our last day in Chicago we found by chance this delightful little restaurant on Michigan that served a wide variety of cheesecake delicacies.  Four stars - a total find.

You stood in line for 1.5 hours to share a fucking hot dog?  Go back to Canada you molester of children.

Serious question - I thought foie gras was illegal in Chicago?

My understanding is that it was, but Hot Doug's used it anyway.  But apparently they rescinded the law against it in the not too recent past.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

OMG... Isn't Chicago CRAZY?!

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

XOCO is indeed some of the most legit lunch food there is.

[PenPho]

While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

OMG... Isn't Chicago CRAZY?!

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

XOCO is indeed some of the most legit lunch food there is.

Kurt gave him a loonie and told him to keep the change.

[thehawk]

Just wanted to give you guys a recap on where I went...

First stop was Lem's - a spicy BBQ joint on the south side.  Ribs and hot links were great if you like sweet and spicy sauce.  Fries were atrocious.  They should've provided plastic cutlery, but no dice.  While there, a dude walked up to our car and asked me if I could spare 60 cents.

Second stop was Hot Doug's, which serves ridiculous gourmet hot dogs.  We shared the foie gras hot dog and a dog with roasted garlic and rosemary.   The dogs were good, but not anywhere near the best we've had.  Also the place was infested with hipster doofuses and it took us a good 1.5 hours of standing in line to get served.

Third stop was Giordano's pizza.  Good deep dish.  I'm sure there's better out there but it did in a pinch. 

Fourth stop was XOCO, a Rick Bayless restaurant.  Food was delicious as you might expect.  Probably the best meal of the trip.

Well, second best.  On our last day in Chicago we found by chance this delightful little restaurant on Michigan that served a wide variety of cheesecake delicacies.  Four stars - a total find.

You stood in line for 1.5 hours to share a fucking hot dog?  Go back to Canada you molester of children.

Serious question - I thought foie gras was illegal in Chicago?

The ban died a merciful death in 2008 after it was realized it was making Chicago more of a laughingstock than the cubs usually do.  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-foie-gras-ban-perspective,0,3199140.story

Pretty sure that Doug Sohn (the hot Doug) may have gotten the only Foie Gras ticket ever issued in Chicago.

[CBStew]

We are arriving Sunday afternoon.  My conference is at the Fairmont Millenium.  On Sunday night we have reservations at Joe's Stone Crab.  Two trips ago we went to Smoque in Albany Park.  I see that now they are at 3800 Pulaski.  What is the word on Smoque lately?

[BBM]

We are arriving Sunday afternoon.  My conference is at the Fairmont Millenium.  On Sunday night we have reservations at Joe's Stone Crab.  Two trips ago we went to Smoque in Albany Park.  I see that now they are at 3800 Pulaski.  What is the word on Smoque lately?

Still there still solid.  If you are that far north (or anyone in general) The portage on Irving and Central though it's not BBQ is pretty darn good in it's own right.

[flannj]

We are arriving Sunday afternoon.  My conference is at the Fairmont Millenium.  On Sunday night we have reservations at Joe's Stone Crab.  Two trips ago we went to Smoque in Albany Park.  I see that now they are at 3800 Pulaski.  What is the word on Smoque lately?

Stone crab is out of season as of 5/15 Stew.

[CBStew]

Got to Joe's as well as Roy's  (the one in Honolulu is better) and a few other places.  I had a horrible cold and had absolutely no sense of smell, therefore I could only taste salt and sweet.  I spent four days in your beautiful city without enjoying anything that I ate.  Drank various Goose Island beers, though.  I could taste them.  I did some picketing outside of the Hyatt Regency on Tuesday as part of my "In your face"  liberal lawyers' conference. 

[PenPho]

Got to Joe's as well as Roy's  (the one in Honolulu is better) and a few other places.   I had a horrible cold and had absolutely no sense of smell, therefore I could only taste salt and sweet.  I spent four days in your beautiful city without enjoying anything that I ate.  Drank various Goose Island beers, though.  I could taste them.  I did some picketing outside of the Hyatt Regency on Tuesday as part of my "In your face"  liberal lawyers' conference.

I went to a bunch of chain restaurants.

Something smarmy'd