{"id":12186,"date":"2014-09-15T08:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12186"},"modified":"2014-09-15T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T15:15:04","slug":"tracks-bar-and-grill-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12186","title":{"rendered":"Cary, IL – Tracks Bar and Grill Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tracks<\/a>Sorry for the delay on this one, misplaced the pix for a couple months. \u00a0I was heading out to Woodstock, IL (left) (where they shot “Groundhog Day”) to look at a couple of horses for sale. \u00a0 A pal said, ‘since you’re headed that way, stop at the Tracks Bar and Grill in Cary, and try the burgers.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t take much persuading when somebody I trust makes a suggestion like that.<\/p>\n

Apparently, everybody in the world knows about this place, except me – it has been around for more than thirty years and year after year gets voted as the best burger in McHenry County.<\/p>\n

Well deserved, I say.<\/p>\n

I went with the Black and Blue, Cajun seasoning and AMPLE blue cheese chunks (see second pic below, after I lifted off the house-made onion straws to get a peek at the cheese). \u00a0These are monster burgers, ten ounces of CERTIFIED Angus beef (if you just see “we serve Angus beef” on a menu – complete bullshit, as 80% of the cows in America are Angus – but CERTIFIED Angus, that IS a big deal).<\/p>\n

Anyway, the beef was great, impressive blue cheese, house-made onion straws and chips (the latter are damned hard to make, so kudos to Chef), and one of the finest pickles ever served anywhere. Truly. \u00a0 I ordered my “Black and Blue” prepared “bleu” and it came as ordered. Perfection. (3rd pic below).<\/p>\n

As with most places in the area, they have a Friday night fish fry which is highly touted, and nightly specials, too.<\/p>\n

I lifted a menu so you can see it \u00a0— \u00a0no, not there, over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You could take a date, and split a burger, and not even look cheap, cause these suckers will easily feed two. \u00a0BTW? \u00a0No take outs. \u00a0House policy.<\/p>\n

At the end of the post, there’s a little video that peeks into the kitchen and process.<\/p>\n

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