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I spend my summers in Chicago and don't think you can go wrong having a drink in the Signature Lounge in the Hancock Center...

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If you like pizza, you HAVE to get one from Lou Manalti's. Probably the best pizza I've ever had. You could easily spend 5 hours eating it, but you'd probably go broke and have a heart attack from doing so.
 
vgeek said:
If you like pizza, you HAVE to get one from Lou Manalti's. Probably the best pizza I've ever had. You could easily spend 5 hours eating it, but you'd probably go broke and have a heart attack from doing so.
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Fuck that, I'm down with Big Will. Geno's East > * . The best Chicago style deep dish pizza there is. Have a good hot dog, too.

Qualifications: Born and raised in Chicago, lived there a long time.
 
vgeek said:
If you like pizza, you HAVE to get one from Lou Manalti's. Probably the best pizza I've ever had. You could easily spend 5 hours eating it, but you'd probably go broke and have a heart attack from doing so.
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+1 Gino's East is shit in comparison. Large deep dish sausage FTMFW!

Also Portillo's hot dogs are the best in the world.

Don't forget to play "spot the skinny chick" it's a real challenge ;)
 
Insomniac said:
+1 Gino's East is shit in comparison. Large deep dish sausage FTMFW!

Also Portillo's hot dogs are the best in the world.

Don't forget to play "spot the skinny chick" it's a real challenge ;)
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are you on crack? Portillo's has a good italian beef (not the best), but their hot dog is by far not #1 in the city, and Gino's East is way better than Lou Malnati's.

Best Italian Beef in Chicago: Al's #1, at 1079 W. Taylor st.

Best Hot Dog is up in the air really, but Portillo's is not the best. Superdawg or Five Faces are good; in the suburbs (buffalo grove), Uncle Freddy's Red Hots was always my favorite.

Don't forget a Maxwell St. Polish Sausage
 
papajohn56 said:
are you on crack? Portillo's has a good italian beef (not the best), but their hot dog is by far not #1 in the city, and Gino's East is way better than Lou Malnati's.

Best Italian Beef in Chicago: Al's #1, at 1079 W. Taylor st.

Best Hot Dog is up in the air really, but Portillo's is not the best. Superdawg or Five Faces are good; in the suburbs (buffalo grove), Uncle Freddy's Red Hots was always my favorite.

Don't forget a Maxwell St. Polish Sausage
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I never liked Gino's East, my gf is a HUGE nut for Giordann's, but nothing compares to Lou's.

I don't like superdawg, can't remember if I've tried uncle freddy's. I used to ride down to Portillo's in Elmhurst at least once a week for the cheese fries and either ribs, dogs or beef. mmmmm ribs *drool*
 
Insomniac said:
I never liked Gino's East, my gf is a HUGE nut for Giordann's, but nothing compares to Lou's.

I don't like superdawg, can't remember if I've tried uncle freddy's. I used to ride down to Portillo's in Elmhurst at least once a week for the cheese fries and either ribs, dogs or beef. mmmmm ribs *drool*
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Uncle Freddy's closed I think, sadly. It was at the corner of Dundee Rd and Buffalo Grove Rd in a plaza.

I've heard a lot of people say they prefer Nancy's to all of them (pizza), but I need to try them first.

Also Hot Doug's is good..but it's touristy and yuppie/hipster.
 
italtian beef combo with hot peppers, going by the posts, what do do in chicago, eat!
 
papajohn56 said:
are you on crack? Portillo's has a good italian beef (not the best), but their hot dog is by far not #1 in the city, and Gino's East is way better than Lou Malnati's.

Best Italian Beef in Chicago: Al's #1, at 1079 W. Taylor st.

Best Hot Dog is up in the air really, but Portillo's is not the best. Superdawg or Five Faces are good; in the suburbs (buffalo grove), Uncle Freddy's Red Hots was always my favorite.

Don't forget a Maxwell St. Polish Sausage
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+Genos I have to bring my sister a frozen one back every time I'm there.

I usually go to downtown dog/pippens tavern for italian beef. What are your thoughts on them as compared to Al's, I haven't had theirs.
 
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