ronnie_suburban wrote:Without question it's the Beefy Boy Sandwich and Lumpia that are being turned out by chef Nick Jirasek and sous chef Eric Valdivia at Old Habits, which is the kitchen component inside of Ludlow Liquors on California in Avondale. The aptly-named sandwich is frigging awesome. It's an unctuous umami bomb, featuring impossibly tender brisket and beef cheeks on texas toast. It's insanely delicious. I've had it a couple of times now and I cannot stop thinking about it.
The lumpia are every bit as wonderful -- perfectly light and crispy cigars that are just chock full o' goodness, and which leave pretty much every other rendition I've ever had in the dust. The bar opens at 5 and food service starts at 6.
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2959 N California
Chicago, IL 60618
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Stephen wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Without question it's the Beefy Boy Sandwich and Lumpia that are being turned out by chef Nick Jirasek and sous chef Eric Valdivia at Old Habits, which is the kitchen component inside of Ludlow Liquors on California in Avondale. The aptly-named sandwich is frigging awesome. It's an unctuous umami bomb, featuring impossibly tender brisket and beef cheeks on texas toast. It's insanely delicious. I've had it a couple of times now and I cannot stop thinking about it.
The lumpia are every bit as wonderful -- perfectly light and crispy cigars that are just chock full o' goodness, and which leave pretty much every other rendition I've ever had in the dust. The bar opens at 5 and food service starts at 6.
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2959 N California
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 754-7492
The food here across the board has been killer for me. Particularly the aforementioned sandwich and those fries.
DKoblesky wrote:I may get booted from this forum for this, but today I walked out in the hot sun in the loop and wasn't sure what to get and just really wanted to walk AND eat and not take much time and so I bought two McDonald's Cheeseburgers and it was great.
A McDonald's cheeseburger, freshly made, is warm, salty, and easy to hold in your hand while you walk and eat. It is cheap and fast to get, and as you walk it all stays in the bun. The whole thing is a touch sweet but also very salty of course. I wouldn't call it a cheesburger - it is more like a kind of warm pastry with a small amount of meat and cheese filling, with a little bit of condiment mixture (it ruins it if they put too much ketchup on it).
If we never had it here, and instead it was something you picked up on the streets in Paris, I feel it would be revered as a wonderful culinary item, something to seek out.
This is not to say I love all of McDonald's menu or am advocating it as great culinary fare, but sometimes I do love walking down the street eating a cheeseburger on a warm, or even a cold day.
DKoblesky wrote:If we never had it here, and instead it was something you picked up on the streets in Paris, I feel it would be revered as a wonderful culinary item, something to seek out.
DKoblesky wrote:I may get booted from this forum for this, but today I walked out in the hot sun in the loop and wasn't sure what to get and just really wanted to walk AND eat and not take much time and so I bought two McDonald's Cheeseburgers and it was great.
DKoblesky wrote:I may get booted from this forum for this, but today I walked out in the hot sun in the loop and wasn't sure what to get and just really wanted to walk AND eat and not take much time and so I bought two McDonald's Cheeseburgers and it was great.
Cathy2 wrote:On their 1-2-3 menu, I really like the Sausage McGriddle. Who does not like pancake and sausage?
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Cathy2
Cathy2 wrote:On their 1-2-3 menu, I really like the Sausage McGriddle. Who does not like pancake and sausage?
G Wiv wrote:Cathy2 wrote:On their 1-2-3 menu, I really like the Sausage McGriddle. Who does not like pancake and sausage?
While I admit to the occasional Egg McMuffin one of the worst bites in memory was a McD's sausage mcgriddle.