Picked up 8-1 hot dogs and 4 lbs of ground beef for a BBQ Friday night.
The hamburgers received RAVE reviews -- I made 3 burgers for each pound of meat and did not add anything to the meat -- not even salt. I think RKS grinds their meat fresh, and you can really tell.
I also picked up some turkey breast and sliced salami and chicken drumsticks. The price per pound is higher than non-kosher meat, but Romanian is probably the best deal around if you're buying kosher.
We are visiting friends in Michigan this weekend and I'm already planning a RKS care package. They cannot get the good kosher stuff.
Also, I highly recommend if you're in the area, a swing by North Shore Bakery on Touhy. For me, it's great because they have kosher (parve) hot dog and hamburger buns. (As an aside, can I say how annoying it is that none of the "regular" bread manufacturers get a kosher certification for hot dog and hamburger buns?! If anyone bread product would need to be milk-free, it would be a bun. Sheesh.) Two 6-packs of buns cost less than $3. Maybe they were day old (I couldn't tell) but they were less than half what I would pay at the Howard Jewel.
NSB coffeecakes are decent - the regular cakes are OK, and if you catch them when they have black-and-whites, I've been told they are similar to the East Coast style. Skip the bagels (too fluffy and big) and the challah is OK.
North Shore Bakery
2919 W Touhy Ave
Chicago, IL 60645
(773) 262-0600
"You should eat!"