Banana Leaf Wrapped Duck Leg Tamal at Chilam Balam
b.titcombIts been 20K Leagues since CG has doled out shine for those who share in gluttony. This week, we suss belly with the real from KidItamae who gets blasted by…
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Opart Thai Puts Their Foot In The Tom Yum
It’s December in Chicago, which means temperatures are dipping lower than Patrick Swayze’s white blood cell count. Time to get out your soups spoons, gluttons. Roy already pushed matzo ball.…
Booze Star
Whiskey. Tacos. Tostadas. Shakes. In Chicago, Big Star is now as synonymous to Tex-Mex as Dulcelandia is to Chicano Candy-land. Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Publican, Avec + dickEverest of James Beard…
Shalom Motherfuckers!
Matzo ball soup at The Bagel is softer than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's testicles.
Things fall APART.
Aaaaaannd . . we’re back. Sorry about that little hiatus faithful readers, we were on a diet. Now that I’ve widdled my man boobs down to a supple B-cup we…
Huaraches con Flavorfuckery @ Dona Chio
Pregunta: What the eff is huarache, joe? Respuesta: Masa as fresh as Rappers Delight, stuck into a grimy ass tortilla press, all jammed together by frijoles fritos, cousin. You could…
Soul Power Buffet at Priscilla’s
When I moved here, I stayed with my Aunt Lucinda who has a spot in La Grange Park. On Sunday afternoons, after 6 hours of sweaty Baptist church service, we’d…
Cochinita Pilil Torta at Xoco
Back on Top Chef Masters, Rick Bayless was hurdling chefs like Carl Lewis at the Pan American Games. Riding his personal fame train, Ricky B launched Xoco a few weeks…
Snappy’s: The Best Fish Sandwich Since Basic Instinct
Chicago’s a food town. We love food like Lenny loves Carl. We love food so much we took Wisconsin’s lunch money and spent it on Gobstoppers. Our fat souls have…
Three Little Piggies Sandwich at The Silver Palm
One huge ass onion ring, two slices of ham, a breaded pork cutlet, two strips of bacon, two fried eggs, covered in gruyere, all on a brioche bun….yowza! Human beings…
Rainbow Cone at Original Rainbow Cone, Inc
Now girls step up to this One simple lick, and its ova Miss Sold to nice dreamers, high as the price seem Girlfriend, youve been scooped like ice cream Competition,…
The Cemitas Arabe at Cemitas Puebla
A CG flickr “cemitas” description from bindifry: Spit roasted pork sandwich with queso fresco, avocado spread & chipotle mole sauce. It’s served on a sesame style torta bun. Unique regional…
King Crab at Half Shell
Sup Big Shoulders! I got 99 problems but a crab aint one… Fanny pack touting tourists who insist on calling Chicago “Chi-Town” love to talk shit about our seafood. It…
Strawberry French Toast @ Over Easy
So you enjoy a savory breakfast with eggs sunny side up, ham on the bone and some biscuits and gravy. I get it. But how could you deny the sweetness…
Goober Burger and Fries
Yall remember Goober’s PB&J? Well, food combinations just veered further left with the introduction of the Goober Burger which was flicked by BrainHagy on a recent vaca to the ‘Sota.…
Nightwood=Popwood
At CG, the job description states, “candidate must be willing to rap mad shit, speak on the goodness and fulfill other duties as assigned.” Written next to all the analogies…
Broaster To Go!
Black market seasonings. State of the art pressure cooking. 10 joynts for $10. Good Lord Christ. It’s a dark/white meat slumber party!! a.k.a. Annette’s Broaster To Go. Consider your lame…
Poutine Poutine Poutine
Aint no half steppin hurr…the combo of golden french fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy woes gluttons like a meth additiction. And full fuck yeas to our girl…
Farm Chicken w/ Summer Sausage & Frites @ The Publican
Don’t go because of all the hype. Don’t go beacuse their food program focuses on craft beer and pork. Don’t go hoping to give Paul Kahn a B.J. in the…
18 Rounds at l2o – or – How I Spent my Second Mortgage on Anthony Bourdain’s Froggy Boyfriend
I can definitively say three things about Chef Laurent Gras after dropping the GNP of a depressed Caribbean country at l2o: he has what approaches a pathologically unhealthy fascination with…