Portillo’s has been serving Hot Dogs and associated street foods to the good people of Chicago for over 50 years. Established by Dick Portillo in 1963, it now has around 42 other sites across the states. The first Portillo’s hot dog stand known as “The Dog House” opened in 1963 on North Avenue. By 1966,…
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Mister J’s “Dagwood Special” – define special?
Bright shiny lights and flashing signs are often my downfall, like a moth drawn to a flame I often seem to find myself walking into one of these hot dog or burger places purely down to the exterior signage. It is usually a trap, although an inexpensive trap so often I do not mind. Again…
Indie Burger – tagline “Organic, Local and Delicious” and you know? It is!
Some things are just too good to be true, and then again some things are so good it is true. Indie Burger falls into that second catagory describing itself as “Organic, Local, and Delicious” it is knocking out some killer food and even though you are eating a burger, you can feel good about…
I managed to sandwich in “Sandwich me in” and it was well worth the effort!
For sometime now I have been walking along Clark St to various other eateries and keep on passing by the “Sandwich me In” sandwich shop. Each time I think ‘dang it’ I could have eaten there, but then another week passed by and I had forgotten to try them out. So this weekend I was…
Blog Anniversary – Return to Cheesies
Each time I pass Belmont on the El I look down and see Cheesies, the scene of my very first blog post. As it was the anniversary of me starting The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt project I thought it would be appropriate to go back and have another of Cheesies really tasty sandwiches. Since I was…
I just met Weird Harold at Stella’s Diner
I am easily sold on places to eat, and when Stella’s Diner in Lakeview followed me on Twitter this week, I felt I would repay the compliment by stopping off for a bite to eat. I have to say that it really is a quite a quirky place inside, nice art work on the walls…
Wieners Circle – Nice Charburger
I have to be honest I was really confused when I got over to the Wiener’s Circle. I thought that it was one of Chicago’s famous hot dog joints, but as you can see the sign outside proclaims that it is the “Home of the Char-Broiled Cheddarburger” So what to do? I came here to eat a hot…
Nhu Lan – Saigon Subs, ‘just about right …fresh and light’
So where is that arrow pointing? Looks like it is pointing into some sort of food establishment, maybe I should follow it across the road to see what is over there? Getting over there it was a Saigon Sub shop, “looking spicy”, I was getting excited. Nhu Lan seemed to be all about the subs,…
Melrose Diner – Almost the best grilled cheese on offer “a tale of two halves”
After visiting Falafill last time out I realised that there was so many more places to eat in this area. I had already clocked the almost vintage sytle sign for Melrose Resturant on a few occasions and today I was really in the mood for some diner food. In my head as I passed down…
Filling up at Fallafill – Chickpeas gone wild
I am starting this blog entry with an explanation of what a Falafel is, purely for the benefit of my good friend Kristian, he asked me once before but I though that he would appreciate this in picture form. It was on the chalkboard wall at Fallafill so perfect. So anyhow I found myself wandering down from the Belmont…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 