{"id":12814,"date":"2014-11-15T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T18:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2014-11-15T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T18:55:19","slug":"chubbybullfrog-bar-grill-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12814","title":{"rendered":"West Dundee, IL – Chubby Bullfrog Bar & Grill Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chubby<\/a>I’m not sure if I’ll ever get used to bars and restaurants in strip malls. \u00a0I guess it’s perfectly fine to younger generations, but the idea of trying to squeeze “ambiance” into a former yogurt shop or dry cleaner just seems a stretch to me.<\/p>\n

The Chubby Bullfrog sees itself as a sports bar, with the usual memorabilia perched on the walls, and a couple dozen NHL jerseys hanging from the ceilings. \u00a0Five TVs ring the bar, and four video poker machines are perched in the corner.<\/p>\n

The owner has decided there is no local lunch crowd, so they open at 3 PM \u00a0most days. \u00a0 With the exception of there being alligator bites and frog legs on the menu, it’s straightforward standard \u00a0Chicago bar food.<\/p>\n

It will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that I had a burger, which are hand-formed patties in your choice of 6, 8, or 10 ounces, \u00a0on a fresh ‘pretzel-like’ roll, and topped with Spanish onion, tomato, lettuce, accompanied by a kosher spear. \u00a0I say “pretzel-like” as it has the appearance of a pretzel roll, but not the cloying sweet taste most buns of that ilk possess, which I find unpleasant.<\/p>\n

Fries or chips are standard, upgrade to tots, rings or a salad for a buck. \u00a0About $11 in all for the 8 ounce, with bacon and blue cheese. \u00a0The bacon was very flavorful, and while the blue cheese was a chunky sauce, is was very “blue,” strong in flavor, which was a delight for me.<\/p>\n

At some point in every burger experience, I strip everything away to taste just the beef, and this is a nice grind, very flavorful, natural \u00a0beef flavor, with a slight char. \u00a0The deep fried tots were exceptional. \u00a0Pepsi soda products and a gajillion beers in bottles.<\/p>\n

Worth a stop in the Northwest burbs, and they are periodically on restaurant.com with a $10 coupon. (Active as of the date of this post<\/a>). Want some fantastic blue or goat cheese for your home burgers? \u00a0Check these ou<\/a>t.<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if I’ll ever get used to bars and restaurants in strip malls. \u00a0I guess it’s perfectly fine to younger generations, but the idea of trying to squeeze “ambiance” into a former yogurt shop or dry cleaner just seems a stretch to me. The Chubby Bullfrog sees itself as a sports bar, with… Continue reading West Dundee, IL – Chubby Bullfrog Bar & Grill Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,12,16],"tags":[919,956],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12814"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}