Heard that from a lot of people.

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Elections have consequences.

Has anybody mentioned Jimmy's on Grand & Pulaski?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Guys who close successful cash cow businesses to "do something else" is Gods way of saying they have too much money.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Chickie's on 33rd and Pulaski is pretty righteous...

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."

Never had it, probably never will.

Is it really all that difficult to make a fucking hotdog anyway? boiled or steamed, doesn't really matter. grilled, always nice...
but once you load it up with onions and mustard and relish oh my!...that's all you really taste.

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@audioidkid

If the youngest is with me when I have stuff in the area, will pick Jimmy's over almost anything.

I'm so proud

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

See above

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

i know what you mean. how great can a hot dog be? and do we as a society need to be fawning over something like a hot dog as cuisine?

that's my thing about voodoo donuts in portland. ha ha, it's a pennis donut. it's still a donut! i needed to wait in line with hipsters and unicyclists for an hour for this?

My trip there was around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. No wait, and the donuts were fresh.

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Mr. Pickles (used to post on this board) makes a good dawg but he opened his shops in Cali (likes the weather better, he says.)

http://www.mrpickles.com/

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

It's almost impossible to find a hot dog downtown. I can think of two places. You can get a falafel on every block though.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Franchising of America.

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Elections have consequences.

U.B. Dogs. My guy! He does want to have a conversation with you in Doug-like fashion but at least his line isn't out the door.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The Skyride Tap used to have decent ones.

They stopped serving food though.

There's a place called Westminster on Wells and Madison that sounds similar to Hot Doug's:

http://www.westminsterhotdog.com/index.html

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Yeah, it's pretty good. Franks & Dawgs on Clybourn is good too. Doug doesn't have a monopoly on "gourmet" hot dogs. He's got a cult of personality.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I think Westminster is a very poor attempt to cash in on the gourmet dog idea. Their fries are so terrible. Frozen crinkle cuts. UB Dogs is a million times better. I go there and Max's on Adams.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

And they have poutine with duck confit... very good.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I like the kid at UB Dogs, but he's always so goddamn cheerful. Sometimes I'm not in the mood for chitchat. Especially if the Sox lost to the Cubs the night before.

You know, Neil Steinberg took a shot at him in his book, You Were Never In Chicago. Neil still misses Harry. Neil was angry because he offered to write about UB Dogs but the kid (is his name Joey?) never called him. I emailed Steinberg and told him the kid probably didn't want to impose, probably didn't really think he was serious, and that he serves a good dog, runs a good shop, and Neil should give him a chance.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Well if the Sox lost last night go to Westminster and you won't get a word out of the sour old lady at Westminster.

I'm 60-years old and selling hot dogs!! My sister Maria is sitting on the beach in Florida!!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I've been to Westminster two or three times and never run into her.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Neil Steinberg is the walking example of why I don't want to read/listen to the screechings of a dry columnist. He really needs to have a drink and mellow the hell out. He isn't a Chicagoan in my book anyway.

I certainly don't want to hear pretentious stories about him discussing English lit or chamber music with his kids either.

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I don't begrudge the man his sobriety, but I find people who get fucked up to be far more interesting than teetotalers. The good stuff is on the margins. Neil is no longer a marginal man. He's like every other starched shirt in Northbrook.

I don't know if you've read that book, but we're pretty much hitting its subject matter. It's about his embrace of Chicago and his belief in tit for tat, who you know, pretty much an acceptance of the "Chicago Way". As a lifelong Chicagoan, it's something I find abhorrent because it has nothing to do with merit. I'm sure Neil would say, "that's life".

As for his kids, I agree. Everyone's kid is a fuckin' genius. A friend of mine that I grew up with is a true genius, the smartest guy I ever met. He pretty much invented black box trading when he was down in Champaign. Anyway, I don't talk to him much now, but I'm still really good friends with his sister. When his sister's kid was about a year old, he was able to mtach a shape in the correct hole. She called their mom and was very proud, as this was relatively young to be able to do such a thing. Their mother said, "Yeah, I think your brother Tommy could do that at three months."

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

We used to go there all the time and it never crossed my mind to eat any food there. Haven't been in there for years and it's a block away from where I work...

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."

Saw this Doug dude on Chicago Tonight yesterday. He wore a black t-shirt and shorts for a television appearance. Automatic douche.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

I used to get pizza in the back of Alcocks bar. That and a soda. I don't want the soda. Same price. That I felt shitty after eating. must have been the gluten.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Some co-workers went to Westminster today and asked for a menu to take back to the office, and were told not to bother as they are going out of business. I guess they couldn't handle the competition from Cafecito next door.

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I love Cafecito, but the crowds at that place are crazy. It's good, but not worth standing around for 20 minutes. Shit man, what $ value do these people put on their time?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

My sister-in-law is very competitive with her kid and mine. My boy is 3 months older than hers and quite a bit taller so I don't know if she's compensating for that by always taking shots at my son's intelligence as compared to her son's. Alphabet, numbers, reading,iPad expertise, these are things she brings up that he does better than my son in a passive aggressive way. It pisses my wife off to no end but I try and tell her to relax .Anyone that compares 4 1/2 year olds is sick in the fucking head. 2 of the more noted zingers during their Easter weekend stay at my house was " Cameron is more sure footed than you ( he is a bit of a klutz) but you're more clever than he is" also "We always know when we go to Aunt Kelly's its going to be lots of sugar and TV" . Like we just let our son watch TV and pump him full of sweets 7 days a week. I try and be rational about it, I think my boy is pretty smart but certainly don't think he's Jason Bernstein by any stretch. The hardest my SiL laughed when they were here was when she was bragging about something her son was doing better than mine and I told her the world needs ditch diggers too. She thought that was hysterical.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

The Jerk Chicken sandwich is pretty, pretty good.

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