Chicago Fanatics Message Board
https://mail.chicagofanatics.com/

Wheaton VFW
https://mail.chicagofanatics.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=75407		 Page 1 of 2
Author:  C_Howitt_Fealz [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Wheaton VFW
Decided to try the fish fry today. Place has an odd smell to it. Almost like a funeral home. It is a fish fry but they do not provide lemons. They also do not provide sour cream for baked potatoes. The menu invites you to "feel free to bring your own." WTF?

Waitresses can not carry alcohol to the table. Nor can they bring sodas. WTF?

Naperville's VFW was always a great fish fry and good experience. This is just sad and odd.
Author:  spmack [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
C_Howitt_Fealz wrote:
Decided to try the fish fry today. Place has an odd smell to it. Almost like a funeral home. It is a fish fry but they do not provide lemons. They also do not provide sour cream for baked potatoes. The menu invites you to "feel free to bring your own." WTF?

Waitresses can not carry alcohol to the table. Nor can they bring sodas. WTF?

Naperville's VFW was always a great fish fry and good experience. This is just sad and odd.

Ok, we get it. You like to eat at VFWs. No need to brag about it.
Author:  a retard [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Wheaton has a long history of prohibition, an old-time resident founded the fish fry and it seems her children may still run it. So it should not be surprising that alcohol and soft drinks are treated as afterthoughts.

Also it is not unusual for fried fish to be served without lemon, especially in the U.S.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009 ... rs-johnson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips
Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
spmack wrote:
C_Howitt_Fealz wrote:
Decided to try the fish fry today. Place has an odd smell to it. Almost like a funeral home. It is a fish fry but they do not provide lemons. They also do not provide sour cream for baked potatoes. The menu invites you to "feel free to bring your own." WTF?

Waitresses can not carry alcohol to the table. Nor can they bring sodas. WTF?

Naperville's VFW was always a great fish fry and good experience. This is just sad and odd.

Ok, we get it. You like to eat at VFWs. No need to brag about it.



:lol: :lol: Bragging about a bad VFW fish fry.

Let Frank do his"thing" will ya?
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
No outlets. /In before Rick
Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
rogers park bryan wrote:
No outlets. /In before Rick



Are you drunk?
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Seacrest wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No outlets. /In before Rick



Are you drunk?

No. Reference to a board joke that Rick may have posted a time or two


How are you, Crest?
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Wheaton sucks.
Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
rogers park bryan wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No outlets. /In before Rick



Are you drunk?

No. Reference to a board joke that Rick may have posted a time or two


How are you, Crest?


Life is exceedingly well. My wife is finishing up some stuff at work. She gets like 40 paid days off a year so she has to work late once a month or she feels guilty.

With it being Advent and all, I have given up responding to posts by IMU and Panther. Well IMU anyway. I did respond to a few really odd things that Panther posted in the Daley Thread i started this week. I wonder if Panther wears tin foil hats.

My eyes have been bothering me a lot lately, so i went to America's Best this week for new specs.
Two pairs for $69.95 MY FUCKING ASS. I will soon have bi-focals and the total cost was $369.00 dollars and change.

I thought it was a rip off, so i called Lisa Madigan, you know, the Atty. General. She asked where I was calling from, and when i said DuPage County, the harlot hung up on me. I'm not even registered Republican. I think that is what Speeps calls white people problems. Where the hell is Baby McNown when he is actually needed.

Going to the East coast for Christmas, First one out of Illinois. Ever. Should be interesting to see how the snobby part of the country celebrates. The real snobby side. Not the pretend one that Good Dolphin lives in.

I gotta go now. Need to have a glass of Moscato and a salad on the table for my lovely bride when she gets home in ten.

Chat more soon,
Crest
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
a retard wrote:
Wheaton has a long history of prohibition, an old-time resident founded the fish fry and it seems her children may still run it. So it should not be surprising that alcohol and soft drinks are treated as afterthoughts.

Also it is not unusual for fried fish to be served without lemon, especially in the U.S.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009 ... rs-johnson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

I've never been to a place where they serve fish sans lemon.
Author:  C_Howitt_Fealz [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Gosh and just two weeks ago we learned Ohio restaurants serve you food in exchange for money. Now this place goes BYOL. Wonders never cease.
Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Every VFW I've been in smells odd. And regardless of the apparent fine dining going on at the Naperville location, the nonination should have been titled "me" for you expecting decent food at a vfw.
Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Keeping Score wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
Every VFW I've been in smells odd. And regardless of the apparent fine dining going on at the Naperville location, the nonination should have been titled "me" for you expecting decent food at a vfw.


I don't believe he ever said anything about decent food. He just expected lemons, sour cream, and for beverages to be brought to the table. I think that's quite reasonable.

None of that is reasonable at a vfw. Figure out a place worse than McDonald's, and that's what you should expect from the food and service at a vfw. You go there to drink, bullshit with old timers, and play pool. That's it.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
FavreFan wrote:
Keeping Score wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
Every VFW I've been in smells odd. And regardless of the apparent fine dining going on at the Naperville location, the nonination should have been titled "me" for you expecting decent food at a vfw.


I don't believe he ever said anything about decent food. He just expected lemons, sour cream, and for beverages to be brought to the table. I think that's quite reasonable.

None of that is reasonable at a vfw. Figure out a place worse than McDonald's, and that's what you should expect from the food and service at a vfw. You go there to drink, bullshit with old timers, and play pool. That's it.
Author:  Seacrest [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
FavreFan wrote:
Keeping Score wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
Every VFW I've been in smells odd. And regardless of the apparent fine dining going on at the Naperville location, the nonination should have been titled "me" for you expecting decent food at a vfw.


I don't believe he ever said anything about decent food. He just expected lemons, sour cream, and for beverages to be brought to the table. I think that's quite reasonable.

None of that is reasonable at a vfw. Figure out a place worse than McDonald's, and that's what you should expect from the food and service at a vfw. You go there to drink, bullshit with old timers, and play pool. That's it.


I think Howitt went looking for a fish fry with a side of lemon and sour cream.

When you take a hard look at it, if guys like yourself are noble enough to put your life on the line for the rest of us, then adding a little lemon with sour cream doesn't sound like such an unreasonable expectation.

Thanks for your service FF.
Author:  T-Bone [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Did they at least have tartar sauce?
Author:  newper [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Having spent my childhood growing up in Wheaton, I can say with total confidence that they have always been a little different with regard to side items, among other things.
Author:  Bagels [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
a baked potato needs sour cream
and fish needs lemon

i support this nomination
Author:  Rod [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Bagels wrote:
a baked potato needs sour cream
and fish needs lemon

i support this nomination


A foreign woman needs C. Howitt Fealz like a fish needs a lemon.
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
when the world gives you lemons make chicken shit or some such thing
Author:  badrogue17 [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
T-Bone wrote:
Did they at least have tartar sauce?
I dont see any mention of malt vinegar either. WTF kind of horeshit show they running there?
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
badrogue17 wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
Did they at least have tartar sauce?
I dont see any mention of malt vinegar either. WTF kind of horeshit show they running there?

It's Wheaton...
Author:  Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Am I the only person who's never been inside of a VFW before?
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Krazy Ivan wrote:
Am I the only person who's never been inside of a VFW before?

People who died at war?

I'll see myself out...
Author:  Big Chicagoan [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Krazy Ivan wrote:
Am I the only person who's never been inside of a woman before?


Yes.
Author:  spmack [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Krazy Ivan wrote:
Am I the only person who's never been inside of a VFW before?

I didn't until earlier this year in Elk Grove Village. It was for a Friday Fish Fry, as well.
Author:  Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
All I hear is people complaining about these places...
Author:  Big Chicagoan [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Krazy Ivan wrote:
All I hear is people complaining about these places...


America hates the military.
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
Krazy Ivan wrote:
All I hear is people complaining about these places...


Some are nicer than others. The one in Evanston is basically a dive bar sitting atop the pro shop at Jann golf course. There is one is Des Plaines that is like a full social club with a real restaurant and meeting facilities.
Author:  Bagels [ Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wheaton VFW
guessing they probably reuse the oil from the previous years fish fry

and the lady dropping the fish into the fryer is smoking a Lucky Strike
Page 1 of 2 All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
https://www.phpbb.com/