tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1954716366354998875..comments2024-03-29T08:14:50.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A hot dog and coffee on Touhy....Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73806889257245428372016-05-23T08:38:46.543-05:002016-05-23T08:38:46.543-05:00The GOP has a fixation on regulating all aspects o...The GOP has a fixation on regulating all aspects of bedroom and bathroom activity. The Dems want to regulate everything else about our lives, especially food laws. Things like, pop and bottled water taxes, menu labeling mandates, banning foie gras, poly up one side and down the other saturated and unsaturated fat bans. No one is advocating any ketchup on hot dog laws, and I know you won't follow through on your threat of putting ketchup on a hot dog and eating it, yuck, because you are a normal person, not a disgusting pig.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26959449895264544752016-05-23T08:07:51.271-05:002016-05-23T08:07:51.271-05:00This may be the first time in history a search for...This may be the first time in history a search for lunch started on 95th Street and ended in Niles.<br /><br />As for the snide comments regarding ketchup on a hot dog - I find any form of fundamentalist oppression to be odious. If you don't like ketchup on your hot dog, don't put ketchup on it. If the impulse to mock people who like ketchup on a dog seems acceptable to you perhaps you should join the GOP - they approve of imposing their neurotic foibles on the rest of us. <br /><br />I may start putting ketchup on my dogs just to irritate the ketchup police.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65535137514821810972016-05-22T15:55:49.838-05:002016-05-22T15:55:49.838-05:00Yeah, I saw a plate of those ribs was I was leavin...Yeah, I saw a plate of those ribs was I was leaving and realized I had ordered the wrong thing. Next time. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72312449337179671212016-05-22T15:43:49.829-05:002016-05-22T15:43:49.829-05:00It was a great hang out for my kids & their fr...It was a great hang out for my kids & their friends after school, as well as great food. Especially their ribs & gyrosLife's Demandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795940266162271497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17131166764199487732016-05-21T22:30:14.091-05:002016-05-21T22:30:14.091-05:00Great banner photo. Great banner photo. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56924991680599319322016-05-21T21:15:06.365-05:002016-05-21T21:15:06.365-05:00Nah, I was cooking up 294 toward home, realized I ...Nah, I was cooking up 294 toward home, realized I had to pick up some suits being altered for my kid, who left for his internship in DC today, and rather than go later, as I had planned, I could go right now, while I was in the general vicinity. It was more direct than going home and returning later.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79560150342149722552016-05-21T19:42:53.797-05:002016-05-21T19:42:53.797-05:00Let the ketchup on the hot dog slide, but how did ...Let the ketchup on the hot dog slide, but how did you route yourself from Englewood south to 95th Street all the way west to 294 and then north and all the way east from 294 to Niles? Does your GPS have a "longest route" setting?David E.B. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790499532593362051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60228450175110049132016-05-21T17:41:25.766-05:002016-05-21T17:41:25.766-05:00I love that place! Even when I'd just moved b...I love that place! Even when I'd just moved back to the neighborhood and they didn't know me from Adam, they treated me like an old friend. Next time, try the saganaki pita -- a little bit of carry-out goodness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907412424949796603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41194116385441285842016-05-21T17:27:48.769-05:002016-05-21T17:27:48.769-05:00You're far too kind to them.You're far too kind to them.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48440945620822869052016-05-21T16:41:14.476-05:002016-05-21T16:41:14.476-05:00Try their waffle burgers -- the sliders will taste...Try their waffle burgers -- the sliders will taste like filet mignon in comparison.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67252163255665465352016-05-21T12:53:49.759-05:002016-05-21T12:53:49.759-05:00Oh ugh. White Castle sliders barely qualify as foo...Oh ugh. White Castle sliders barely qualify as food. The most disgusting crap ever served up by anything purporting to be a restaurant.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31891546973688912292016-05-21T12:16:21.355-05:002016-05-21T12:16:21.355-05:00I like their onion rings :)
SandyKI like their onion rings :)<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59112505490672612332016-05-21T11:59:28.924-05:002016-05-21T11:59:28.924-05:00Oh yes, that's right,River Grove. I'm thin...Oh yes, that's right,River Grove. I'm thinking of Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park on North Ave.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8591671592216318402016-05-21T10:23:54.345-05:002016-05-21T10:23:54.345-05:00After my open heart operation some 16 years ago, I...After my open heart operation some 16 years ago, I had no appetite for almost a week, but was able to scarf up a half dozen sliders with fries as my first meal after getting out of the hospital. White Castle's is special.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73539177606533210772016-05-21T10:20:14.810-05:002016-05-21T10:20:14.810-05:00Love Gene and Judes (in River Grove). Used to live...Love Gene and Judes (in River Grove). Used to live blocks away from the place.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51795576386903776652016-05-21T09:47:20.436-05:002016-05-21T09:47:20.436-05:00I don't recall ever being offered a refill on ...I don't recall ever being offered a refill on the way out of any place. That's a really nice touch. Little things like that are what makes the non-corporate places great to go into, although I do agree, White Castle is in a separate category. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24906364178462799392016-05-21T09:41:17.730-05:002016-05-21T09:41:17.730-05:00It has been my experience that even the worst of n...It has been my experience that even the worst of neighborhoods are comprised mostly of good decent people and it's as likely that Neil would have gotten his coffee topped off at Harold's as at Papa Chris Place, but sauntering over after parking a couple blocks away was definitely not a good idea unless he wanted to look like a fool zig-zagging down the sidewalk.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19391838771564010582016-05-21T08:06:19.531-05:002016-05-21T08:06:19.531-05:00Good thing you were able to leave Englewood safely...Good thing you were able to leave Englewood safely. Just don't ask for ketchup at Gene and Jude's, in Elmwood Park.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33475976800742667842016-05-21T07:34:35.230-05:002016-05-21T07:34:35.230-05:00People forget Neil did not grow up in Chicago. I g...People forget Neil did not grow up in Chicago. I grew up in Edgebrook. My friend and I used to sneak around the Tower before the YMCA was built.<br />Maidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695560604873128421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25584080149176691732016-05-21T05:58:46.416-05:002016-05-21T05:58:46.416-05:00Yeah, we've done the ketchup thing to death. I...Yeah, we've done the ketchup thing to death. I'll put in a link, for those new to the subject.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81965911171191226792016-05-21T05:39:23.609-05:002016-05-21T05:39:23.609-05:00Been there a long time. Ate there often when worki...Been there a long time. Ate there often when working at Nightingale Conant and they were still putting out audio cassettes and dvds for the "self-help" crowd. Another once successful publishing giant that didn't move fast enough into the digital realm. <br />And, no need to answer the ketchup thing. Unless you want to post an excerpt from your book. <br />Eat a hot dag any damn way you want. <br />You bought it, you could smother it in chocolate sauce. <br />But it still ain't right...................<br />But this is still the U. S. of A.Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22352557553532755502016-05-21T01:07:48.555-05:002016-05-21T01:07:48.555-05:00Ketchup on a hot dog? That is a bold accusation, w...Ketchup on a hot dog? That is a bold accusation, with no evidence to back it up. A vulgar person would ask for ketchup on the hot dog when ordering. A true Chicagoan knows the ketchup is a condiment for the crinkly fries.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13345302223068256972016-05-21T00:33:02.543-05:002016-05-21T00:33:02.543-05:00Sorry but ketchup on a Chicsgo hotdog is just wro...Sorry but ketchup on a Chicsgo hotdog is just wrong. I like ketchup but not as on a dish that I s supposed to be in the "spicy" family, and a Chicago dog is. You've undermined its entire taste. It's like putting ketchup on buffalo wings or Schezhwan noodles. It may not taste bad but it doesn't taste like it's supposed to. Sugars ok on noodles but kugels not the same as a pasta dish. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957545591351593700noreply@blogger.com