You folks might dig this...........
http://www.craigslostchicago.com/lost-eateries.php

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

I think Joe Boston's is still there.

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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

RR Ranch. Jorr knows it.

So does Joel Daly.

Perch Chili. Ja ja ja

My initial post. Heh.

Next up. The Joe Danno Helicopter.

Whoever knows this? Is PM Material.

Long live the Bucket O' Suds!

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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

Jack Straws

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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 used to go there a lot for lunch. Loved the italian beef.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Poor owner closed the place down to retire and died just six months later.

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

Did not know about the death. Damn.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Homestead Melrose Park
Blackhawk (my god I agree with JORR about something)
Add another vote for John’s Garage.

And nothin but net. Nice shot

I'd imagine there are a few others who know that magical place on Belmont and Cicero

But having been a lurker for some not inconsequential amount of time, I figured you'd jump.

As do all who patiently waited for that alchemist to stir up a drank in his 1980s era blender.

Truth be told, I've always used BOS as a litmus test , Rorscarchian, to delineate the poseurs from the......essential.

Something tells me Don Tiny is in game for BOS or RR RANCH.

When Chicago. Was nakedly unabashedly dirtily Mamet And (yes, my name) Algren Chicago.

Yeah. Ive met Sophie a LONG time ago at Winchester and Cortland.

And yes, JORR, we've probably had a $1 pint at Bucktown Pub when Christine owned it.

God. What a city that was.

Now? A landing strip for Michigan and Ohio culture vultures.

Holy crap! Golda's!! Loved that place. Haven't found a good Boston shake since tastee freez closed. Rositas in westchester was good as was Gordon's.

We used to go to Armand's and the Rusty Pelican when I was little. I never liked the rusty pelican but I found a coffee mug at good will, I shoulda bought it. I loved armands. The new ones that are popping up aren't very good.

Had a crappy combo today and thought I wished I'd gone to Joe Boston's

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

If you are in the area hit up the Armand’s on North Ave in EP. The original owner’s kids run it.

The Ground Round

There was one in Naperville but it sucked and I think it closed. I'm going to try the one in Lombard but don't have high hopes. The ship has sailed.

slack jaws? damn. i didn't know all that.

i hated the kids that worked there. but the food was good...nay, the burgers were epic. the food otherwise was just ok, especially the pizza. but that's a really sad story.

Still alive, but you gotta hunt for one. Go up to Tomah and there’s one there.

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Not a mult.

Welcome. No offense to Don Tiny, or you, Frankie, but if you surmised that Don Tiny has ever set foot in Bucket O' Suds, I'm afraid you weren't lurking hard enough

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Never had pizza from there -- but the burgers and sandwiches were top tier.

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

For the youngsters out there, this was a real restaurant chain (similar to Denny’s IIRC).

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

We loved the Come Back Inn. The atmosphere inside was awesome...burgers were good too. For those who never got the chance to enjoy it: it was modeled after a old time Yukon hunting lodge - very dim lighting, exposed wood beams, huge stone fireplace, stuffed animals & a dungeon-like cavern downstairs. Seemed a tad out of place in Melrose Park and I suppose it was ultimately done in by its location. RIP

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

My wife took me to the come back in... Her dad is from Melrose and took them there a lot when they were young.

What about Armando's Italian restaurant down on Rush St? My family used to go there a lot I seem to remember.

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Place sounds like it was awesome.

Thirded on John's Garage.

EDIT: 4thed!

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There was a Taco Fresco that opened a place on Wells in the mid-'90s and then later a few more out in the western burbs that weren't quite as good.

But, they were always fresh ingredients that made you feel like you were eating healthy. Loved that place.

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You know me like that.

Bennigan's
Bob Evan's
Red Lobster in River North

There was a Sambo’s in Kankakee in the late 70s. Never thought anything about it. Served a good breakfast.

Not sure if Juan was involved.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Como Inn on Milwaukee



The Hunt Club



Little Ceasers Ceaserland (Hoffman Estates) - place had the best arcade for a 7 year old

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."

Worked there in high school. George Wendt was a regular. Dude could eat like a motherfucker. Always drank Coors light with a shot of Jameson.