The first stand that I headed to and one of the primary reasons for my attendance at this festival was that of the Butcher and Burger (website: http://butcherandtheburger.com/). I have really meant to visit their store at 1021 W. Armitage Ave for some time now, and really don’t have any valid excuses, especially as it…
Category: off track – Chicago
Roscoe Village Burger Fest 2012
Second time lucky I headed down to Roscoe Village to hunt through the Roscoe Village Burger Fest. This time I forgoed the bus in lieu of a walk to burn off the the extra pounds I would gain from scoffing some burgers. Thirty minutes later walking down from Montrose Brown I hit the gate…
Flashback – DC Sarnies in the suburbs
Now DC Sarnies is nowhere near Washington and it is nowhere near the Elevated railway where I ususally hunt but its worth talking about and visiting. Primarily a slightly upmarket build your own sandwich and burger establishment it is somewhere between resturant and deli come bar. It is located out in Deerfield next to the…
Fox and Obel
I was so disappointed with my grilled cheese sandwich at Fox and Obel last week that it has taken me all week to get around to writing about it. As I was waiting for it to arrive I had tweeted that I was about to get one, and Fox and Obel had tweeted me back…
Billy Goat Tavern at Navy Pier
When the sun shines even if it is cold I love to hit the shore and one of my favorite locations to wander to is Navy Pier, especially out of season when there are no crowds. Now I am not going to try and kid anyone that I come here for the gourmet experience, I come…
Murph’s
The sun was shining so instead of catching the CTA 78 bus between Montrose Blue Line and the Montrose Brown Line stations I decided to walk and see what food I would chance upon on the way, 25 minutes later a ramshackle hot dog shack came into view. Inside I was slightly disapointed not to…
Susie’s – a ramshackle kind of a place serving dogs and the like
Suzie’s ‘drive through’ appears to have had a good deal of press and acolades over the years, even being featured on “Chicago’s Best” so I felt I had to try it out even though it is not directly on a CTA El Stop, it is on my daily walk home down Montrose Avenue between…
Flashback- Food Truckin Lovin with Bridgeport Pasty
Its cold and I am reminiscing, or rather day dreaming, about Pasties Where: At the Bowmanville Fall Festival Ravenswood and Balmoral When: 2pm 15 Oct 2011 I was definatley going to go out of my way to meet up with the Bridgeport pasty truck and when I saw on twitter that they would be at…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 