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-Nate's avatar

SO much beauty there ! . thanx for sharing =8-) .

-Nate

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Speed's avatar

the caddillacs are nice and all but what exactly is a chicago dog

ive come to understand that certain parts of america have a preferred way of making and dressing hotdogs and to do so otherwise is blasphemy and/or will get you shot

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Ataraxis's avatar

This is accurate. https://www.chicagojournal.com/the-definitive-chicago-style-hot-dog-recipe/

The last line is correct. “Ketchup is forbidden on a Chicago Style Hot Dog. May God have mercy on the tourist that requests it”.

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Speed's avatar

new suicide method unlocked

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David Florida's avatar

Koegel's Vienna frank, fresh cut onion, mustard, and Flint Original coney sauce. I've known people to make one the first meal following cholecystectomy.

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Speed's avatar

thats pretty specific

thanks

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David Florida's avatar

I’m a refugee from Flint, Michigan. Angelo’s Coney Island restaurant was open pretty much 24/7 if the AC, Buick, and/or Chevrolet plants were running. The arguments over which recipe for the ‘coney’ sauce is authentic are legends in themselves.

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Ataraxis's avatar

Slaw on a dog? That’s an abomination.

Now THiS is a drive in: https://superdawg.com/

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Speed's avatar

you guys sound pretty serious about your hotdogs

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Ataraxis's avatar

There’s a long history of neighborhood joints turning out classic dogs, so eating these in your neighborhood starts when you’re a kid, then it stays with you for life. Chicago pizza is actually at a much crazier level than this. Way more divisive and tribal than hot dogs. Comfort food in a place that’s increasingly not comfortable any longer.

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Speed's avatar

see chicago pizza is a different animal entirely because its so easy to explain why its trash

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Scott A's avatar

We all eat thin crust tavern style 95% of the time. Deep dish is fine on occasion but most chicago style pizza is not deep dish

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Ataraxis's avatar

Deep dish IS trash. Tourist pizza.

But there are other versions that are spectacular. Lots of nuance to the better versions. I was back in Chicago recently for the first time in 4 years and made a point to have some great pizza.

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Scott A's avatar

You have no idea.

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Lynn W Gardner's avatar

Of the establishments listed in the article, Jim’s Drive In at Lewisburg is the five star choice….. IMHO

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Speed's avatar

hell id try it

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Ataraxis's avatar

Tom, was the last Cadillac 4 door hardtop in 1976?

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Lynn W Gardner's avatar

Yes, if you mean a four door without a “B” pillar and frameless side windows. All subsequent Sedan deVilles had framed windows and a “B” pillar. 1976 was the end of the line to was once was referred to as hardtop’s.

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Ataraxis's avatar

Yes, no B pillar is what I meant. Saw the silver one in the article and was guessing the year. Thanks.

I did not know that the idea for the original hard tops came from people who bought convertibles and never put the tops down for the pillar less look. https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/gm-creates-the-hardtop-1949-buick-roadmaster-riviera/

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frightastic's avatar

I’m kind of barging into the comments section of Tom’s cool article, but $&@-ing substack isn’t letting me send a message to Jack. My apologies to Tom. Carry on & tip the bartender.

https://newsletter.dunneinsights.com/p/china-is-done-with-global-carmakers

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soberD's avatar

Celozzi Ettleson Chevrolet?

In Elmhurst

At York and Roosevelt roads

Where you always save more money

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Tom Klockau's avatar

Likely the same family, but the CLC show was at Ettleson Cadillac in Hodgkins, about a block from the town line with Countryside.

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Alan's avatar

Having grown up in Chicago, that's as engrained in my subconscious as Victory Auto Wreckers (710 East Green in Bensonville, near O'Hare) and Empire Carpet's phone number.

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Acd's avatar

Where You Always Save A Lot Of Money…..

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Dannyp's avatar

It’s nice to see that 90’s Fleetwood being cared for and appreciated. Around here, Cadillacs of that vintage were just kind of used up and left for dead.

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Lynn W Gardner's avatar

Great show Tom, was that one put on by the West of the Lakes Region?

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