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Chicago, IL

Posts from Chicago, Illinois on The Joy of Food blog.

Superdawg

in American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Chicago, IL, United States 7 comments

Chicago, IL (The Joy of Food) — If you grew up in the midwest in the 1980s, your family probably had allegiances to all sorts of food places that bordered on cult-level. Everybody had their favorite in the pantheon: the best beef sandwich, best burger, best pizza, and best hot […]

White Castle

in American, Chicago, IL, Greasy Stuff, United States 0 comments

Chicago, IL (The Joy of Food) — White Castle is Dante’s tenth circle of hell. Once upon a time, I lived in Chicago and crossed the threshold of a White Castle a time or two in my ill-advised youth. The faint sewer odor of the steamed semi-translucent ‘patty’ served between […]