Peter Stromquist

Tag: chicago hot dog

  • 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 […]

  • Rics Dog Gone Good Food Review –

    I’m on a roll, lately I’ve hit quite a number of places that have exceeded my expectations, and there’s nothing wrong with that, at all! Yesterday was no exception, when I was out in the NW Chicago burbs surveying changes that have occurred since we first moved to the idyllic town of Barrington in 1987. […]

  • Fatsos Last Stand Review – Chicago, IL

    Fatsos Last Stand, in Chicago west of the Loop, is retro and haute cuisine at the same time. Conceived as a neighborhood hot dog stand, the original owner committed to delivering the best of class food possible. And he achieved it, with damned tasty burgers, Chicago style hot dogs, and fried shrimp (another Chicago staple). […]

  • National Hot Dog Day at Meatheads

    July 23 each year is designated as “National Hot Dog Day,” (July is National Hot Dog Month!)  and why not? Each summer, during the “hot dog season” Americans consume 7 billion (yes, with a “B”) hot dogs between Memorial and Labor Day. Meatheads, a fast growing burger chain in the Chicago area, serves their hot […]

  • Chicago, IL – Superdawg Drive In Review

    For over sixty years, Superdawg has been serving up their special menu of hot dogs, burgers, fries and shakes in Northwest Chicago.  It’s still run by the family of the founder, and I always appreciate that type of business and try to patronize them more often than not. In virtually any list of the top […]

  • Algonquin, IL – Dante’s Burgers & Red Hots

    (From 2014 on, no more burgers or dogs.  This is now a Mexican restaurant). Been meaning to get out to Dante’s, but it’s a trek from the city. Rumor has it, rumor has it (Mrs. BDB’s favorite song) that Dante’s has the best fries in the NW burbs. You’ll get no argument from me on […]

  • Chicago, IL – Elephant & Castle Restaurant and Pub

    Hailing  out of Vancouver, BC, originally, Elephant & Castle is a fast casual restaurant and bar chain with locations in major cities across the US and Canada. It’s named after a major road intersection in Central London. The company is currently based out of Boston, MA. Burgerdogdaughter checked out the pub; the  menu features “woosed […]

  • Barrington, IL – Couple of Stops

    As my daughter approached grade school age, we looked around the spacious San Fernando Valley for a facility adequately challenging for her – having found none, and with daily smog alerts that made it nearly impossible for children to play outside, we packed up the house and went in search of Norman Rockwell-ville. After a […]

  • Algonquin, IL – Chubby’s

    Chubby’s, in the NW burbs of Chicago, is a ‘mom and pop’ style burger/dog/Greek fast food place.  They serve above average quality, cooked to order foods.   It’s always amazing to me that independents can survive these days, but at noon,  at least, this place is fairly busy, and like most suburban eateries, is surrounded by […]

  • Wauconda, IL – Scooter’s Hot Dogs

    Out beyond the hoity-toity Chicago suburb where we raised our family, there’s the outpost of the town of Wauconda, IL,  a nice little lake, some shops, quiet neighborhoods.  We used to go there pretty often for an ‘all you can eat’ Friday nite fish fry, quite common in Northern Illinois,  Southern Wisconsin. But today it […]