Peter Stromquist

Category: Hamburgers

  • Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR

    Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR Meh. Though I didn’t go for the beer, but I hear it gets high marks for a microbrewery. (What’s smaller than a microbrewery? A mini microbrewery?  Anyway, this place is pretty small, in a pleasant residential section of LIttle Rock. Some friends wanted to meet there, so meet […]

  • Dari Ice Cream and Grill Review – Hebron, IL

    Dari Ice Cream and Grill Review Hebron (Illinois, not Palestine) is a dinksquat town of around 1200 in northern Illinois. You may know it as the home of Chris Ferrara, who is in the Bugler Hall of Fame. No? Anyway, it’s right on the border of Wisconsin/Illinois.  Can’t miss it. They have a Dollar General, […]

  • Twisted Burger Review – Barrington, IL

    Twisted Burger Review Twisted Burger Restaurant Review. With a few locations around the Northwestern suburbs of Chicago, Twisted Burger is a growing chain with designs on serving the quality fast food audience.  Just five years old, they have been getting rave reviews with each new location they open. The menu has a lot of customized […]

  • Kiefs Reef Review – McHenry, IL

    There are lots of bars and eateries along the Fox River in Northern Illinois. If you’re a boater, you can navigate the river up to the “Chain of Lakes” where you’ll find even more choices. At nearly each one, there are docks to tie up your craft if you feel like having lunch, dinner, or […]

  • Pete’s Famous Hot Dogs Review – Lily Lake, IL

    Literally in the middle of nowhere (no offense, Lily Lake, but you’re a highway intersection) – Pete’s Famous Hot Dogs may not actually be famous, but they deserve to be. Open seven days from 7AM thru the dinner hour, this small eatery is manned by “Pete” and his daughter? Companion? Wife? Pete is affable and […]

  • Dog Haus Review – Nationwide Chain (Rockford, IL location)

    A review of the slider corn dog and burgers at the Dog Haus chain. Rockford, IL location.

  • Chilis Grill & Bar Review, Markham St, Little Rock, AR

    I rarely visit establishments in this segment – fast casual chains.  Just not my thing. However, I’ll go, if I’m invited and somebody is insistent. In this case, when I asked the inviter why she chose this restaurant, she said “for the irony.”  I get it.  You probably don’t. Anyway, this is a “new” location […]

  • Petes Famous Hot Dogs Review, Sycamore-Maple Park, IL

    I love “mom and pop” places that have survived and thrived over the years. You’ll find a lot of these on the old, original highways of the US, like Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, or US 61 which follows the Mississippi from New Orleans to near the Canadian border. I’ve written a lot […]

  • Polar Freeze Review, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

    Continuing my northbound trek through Arkansas recently, I came upon Walnut Ridge, which doesn’t seem to have any Walnuts OR Ridges. However, I did find out that the Beatles landed at the airport for a minute in 1964, and there’s  a plaque commemorating that event.  It’s also on the Amtrak route from Chicago to Dallas.  […]

  • Wahlburgers At Home Review – Ground Beef at the Grocery

    So the Wahlberg family from Boston, ex con, one celebrity, one half celebrity, one fry cook, one overbearing parent. Start a burger restaurant, sign lots of expansion deals – “coming soon” is their most famous location. Wahlburgers they call it. They’ve made a big deal with the Iowa-base grocery chain of Hy-Vee, which is attempting […]