chicago

[Fat_Bulldog]

Chicago is for nerds.

[heyzeus]

If it wasn't so cold for much of the year, I'd happily live there.

[jim]

Chicago's food scene is a beast. It's become a big food destination. Everything from pizza and hotdogs to haute cuisine.

To people really take trips to places to eat?

[jim]

If it wasn't so cold for much of the year, I'd happily live there.

And if the queen had balls she'd be king. But she doesn't.

[jim]

I'll give it that.

And because of that I know I can't live there. I'd be morbidly obese.

Haha, yep. That can be seen as both a positive and a negative. As much as I love the food, I have to eat it sparingly or I'd be in the same boat.

All I know is when I leave, I'm buying a couple tubs of Giardiniera to take with me. I can't get enough of those peppers and I put them on everything. That and a few of Lou M's frozen deep dish pizzas.

Proof of this is that show Check Please. Have you seen that Indian gal? Thin and attractive two years ago, now she's big as a house.

I'm a big seafood person and really don't rate the food here all that great. Few seafood places and what you find that is good is really $$. I'm also not into gourmet hot dogs, a big problem if you are rating Chicago food.

[Michael]

Chicago's food scene is a beast. It's become a big food destination. Everything from pizza and hotdogs to haute cuisine.

To people really take trips to places to eat?

When I research places to go on vacation food is part of my criteria. In my opinion it's no less weird than going on vacation to watch sports or any other reason.

Edit - jim, I agree Chicago's seafood is weak.

[Hungary Jack]

Jim's comments are hilarious. But that's nothing new.

[planet planet]

Jim's comments are hilarious. But that's nothing new.

I wonder if jim's wife is really funny?

[jim]

Chicago's food scene is a beast. It's become a big food destination. Everything from pizza and hotdogs to haute cuisine.

To people really take trips to places to eat?

When I research places to go on vacation food is part of my criteria. In my opinion it's no less weird than going on vacation to watch sports or any other reason.

Edit - jim, I agree Chicago's seafood is weak.

No, it's not weird or anything. People go to places for all sorts of various reasons, why not eating? I like to eat, most people do, and when I go to a place I always to try to sample the local cuisine. And I do enjoy the variety in Chicago. I like the pizza here, but nothing what people say. All of the famous places I don't like. Gino's is just puke, worse than Imo's.

[Michael]

I hate Chicago style pizza*. It's gross.


*Actually, I like Chicago's little known thin crust style.