{"id":8765,"date":"2013-02-24T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2013-02-24T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T19:33:13","slug":"wauconda-il-scooters-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"Wauconda, IL &#8211; Scooter&#8217;s Hot Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out beyond the hoity-toity Chicago suburb where we raised our family, there\u2019s the outpost of the town of Wauconda, IL,\u00a0 a nice little lake, some shops, quiet neighborhoods.\u00a0 We used to go there pretty often for an \u2018all you can eat\u2019 Friday nite fish fry, quite common in Northern Illinois,\u00a0 Southern Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>But today it was just a quick pass through and a stop at a local weenie emporium called Scooters, which has been around since \u201986.\u00a0 Scooters is one of the 1000+ places in Chicagoland that serves hot dogs, beef, and sausages from my favorite (and Chicago\u2019s) supplier, Vienna Beef.<\/p>\n<p>I went with a Maxwell Street (a Vienna brand) polish with kraut and mustard, and added a side of Greek fries;\u00a0 which have Greek seasonings, oil and vinegar, and as you can see, a healthy dose of Feta.\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019re great, my new favorite thing I shouldn\u2019t eat.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever get to Wauconda, stop by Scooters for your Vienna fix, then hang around til Friday nite for one of the local fish frys.<\/p>\n<p>Scooter&#8217;s menu is <a href=\"http:\/\/scootershotdogs.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=193&amp;Itemid=206\">online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wauconda2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8766\" title=\"wauconda2\" alt=\"Scooter's Greek Style Fries\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wauconda2.png\" width=\"408\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wauconda3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8767\" title=\"wauconda3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wauconda3.png\" width=\"410\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/2\/862806\/restaurant\/Chicago\/Scooters-Lake-Bluff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" alt=\"Scooters on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/862806\/biglink.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out beyond the hoity-toity Chicago suburb where we raised our family, there\u2019s the outpost of the town of Wauconda, IL,\u00a0 a nice little lake, some shops, quiet neighborhoods.\u00a0 We used to go there pretty often for an \u2018all you can eat\u2019 Friday nite fish fry, quite common in Northern Illinois,\u00a0 Southern Wisconsin. But today it&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8765\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wauconda, IL &#8211; Scooter&#8217;s Hot Dogs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,16,34,25,26],"tags":[305,939,3147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765"}],"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=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}