So beautiful

[ScottM]

Look at that mustard!!!

 

[AdamZ]

Is there a hotdog under that pickel?

 

[Missa]

Is there a hotdog under that pickel?

+ 1
...

 

[tonycondon]

i just threw up a little looking at that.

 

[dmccormack]

I had one of those in Midway a few years back and it confirmed my opinion that Chicago doesn't know pizza or hot dogs.

 

[ScottM]

 

[ScottM]

Triplets!!!

 

[kevin47881]

I had one of those in Midway a few years back and it confirmed my opinion that Chicago doesn't know pizza or hot dogs.

Yeah, the pizza is just...well, bad.
The hot dogs? I enjoy them.

 

[dmccormack]

Yeah, the pizza is just...well, bad.
The hot dogs? I enjoy them.

Chicago pizza?

Cake with sauce.

 

[ScottM]

I had one of those in Midway a few years back and it confirmed my opinion that Chicago doesn't know pizza or hot dogs.

Actually it confirms that you know nothing of good eating. Who would ever judge food based on eating it in a commercial airline terminal?

 

[dmccormack]

Actually it confirms that you know nothing of good eating. Who would ever judge food based on eating it in a commercial airline terminal?

It was a SuperDawg stand -- the same "famous" brand Chicagoans trumpet.

Puh-leeeeeeze

 

[ScottM]

Yeah, the pizza is just...well, bad.
The hot dogs? I enjoy them.

Chicago pizza?

Cake with sauce.

Sounds like you guys ordered think crust thinking that was Chicago style.

Chicago pizza is deepdish-stuffed, it is a thin crust in a pan loaded with ingredients. Hardly cake at all.

 

[ScottM]

It was a SuperDawg stand -- the same "famous" brand Chicagoans trumpet.

Puh-leeeeeeze

Does not matter, every food stand in airports sucks. Everyone knows that. The quality is never as good as the real places.

 

[kevin47881]

Sounds like you guys ordered think crust thinking that was Chicago style.

Chicago pizza is deepdish-stuffed, it is a thin crust in a pan loaded with ingredients. Hardly cake at all.

That confirms Dan's comment about "cake". Looks like a cake to me.

 

[ScottM]

That confirms Dan's comment about "cake". Looks like a cake to me.

Cake is all about bread, that pie is all about cheese and other yummies.

You can Dan know nothing of good eats!

 

[dmccormack]

Does not matter, every food stand in airports sucks. Everyone knows that. The quality is never as good as the real places.

Oh let me have a longer layover so I can get downtown to sample a real SuperDawg, please?


Ummm -- no.

Face it -- New York pizza, bagels, hot dogs, and water set the standard, and Chicago remains a second-tier pretender.

 

[Ted]

I had Chicago pizza in Chicago for the first time in college. Yuck. That stuff isn't pizza. I didn't even find it to be very good.

And this wasn't in an airline terminal.

 

[tonycondon]

I prefer Estherville, IA pizza

 

[Ted]

Face it -- New York pizza, bagels, hot dogs, and water set the standard, and Chicago remains a second-tier pretender.

This is something in which I am in vehement agreement with Dan on.

 

[etsisk]

This is something in which I am in vehement agreement with Dan on.

sheesh - and you guys have appeared at times to be rational. Goes to show you can't ever tell about someone...

I've had NY pizza, in a lot of different places. It's not bad, I guess - but Chicago pizza is better. A LOT better.

NY bagels are pretty good, though.

 

[astanley]

Look at that mustard!!!

Look at those fries! Damn, those look good.

Cheers,

-Andrew

 

[Ted]

sheesh - and you guys have appeared at times to be rational. Goes to show you can't ever tell about someone...

I've had NY pizza, in a lot of different places. It's not bad, I guess - but Chicago pizza is better. A LOT better.

Ahh, Tom, it's alright, I won't hold that against ya.

 

[SkyHog]

Now its perfect!

 

[vontresc]

Man I haven't been to Superdawg in eons. I do love the whoopski dog they got there.

 

[Geico266]

I had one of those in Midway a few years back and it confirmed my opinion that Chicago doesn't know pizza or hot dogs.

+1.


or non corrupt politics.

 

[wbarnhill]

Face it -- New York pizza, bagels, hot dogs, and water set the standard, and Chicago remains a second-tier pretender.

Water? Really now?

But the pizza and bagels, agreed.

 

[nddons]

Look at that mustard!!!

Woa! Fraud!

A Superdawg comes in a narrower box, with the fries scooped up by hand and thrown on top of the Superdawg. I've been going there since the mid-1960's.

This isn't a great picture as it is meant to show the dog, but when you open it up you generally only see the fries, with the dog buried underneath. http://superdawg.com/menu.cfm?menuscreen=superdawg

 

[nddons]

Water? Really now?

But the pizza and bagels, agreed.

Seriously? That floppy, New York, no-crunch, bready, fold-over grease quicker-picker-upper thing that you ask for "by the slice?"

Chicago thin-crust pizza has a crunchy crust. Chicago pan pizza also has a crunchy crust, at least at the edge. If it's doughy, it hasn't been made correctly.

 

[vontresc]

The chicago dog is great, but I do miss a good Currywusrt...

 

[tonycondon]

ugh, where is the ignore thread feature? im going to vomit

 

[astanley]

Seriously? That floppy, New York, no-crunch, bready, fold-over grease quicker-picker-upper thing that you ask for "by the slice?"

Chicago thin-crust pizza has a crunchy crust. Chicago pan pizza also has a crunchy crust, at least at the edge. If it's doughy, it hasn't been made correctly.

NY and Chicago pizza suck in relative comparison to true 00 flour, coal/wood-fired oven Neapolitan pizza.

The two best slices in the country are in Philly and Williamstown, MA. (Lorenzo's on South Street and Hot Tomatoes on Water Street, respectively)

Now, onto fries and dogs.

Poutine. It just doesn't get any better.

Yeaaaaah. Bratwurst in Dusseldorf. So good.

The greatest hot-dog in the world: Red Snapper from Rice's of Maine:

Cheers,

-Andrew
now hungry

 

[ScottM]

Now its perfect!

What is that? Blood?

 

[SkyHog]

What is that? Blood?

The blood of hundreds of tomatoes. They gave their life so that we may enjoy them.

 

[dmccormack]

Water? Really now?

But the pizza and bagels, agreed.

Actually, yes! NYC water is amazingly good!

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/25/nation/na-tapwater25

(Many NY Bagel makers swear the bagels are best due to the water. Long Island water is also very good. The entire island is one big aquifer)

 

[dmccormack]

NY and Chicago pizza suck in relative comparison to true 00 flour, coal/wood-fired oven Neapolitan pizza.

The two best slices in the country are in Philly and Williamstown, MA. (Lorenzo's on South Street and Hot Tomatoes on Water Street, respectively)

-Andrew

Oh, come one -- NY pizza "sucks"? That's a bit over the top.

http://gonyc.about.com/od/restaurants/tp/best_pizza.htm

 

[steingar]

If you say so...

 

[astanley]

Oh, come one -- NY pizza "sucks"? That's a bit over the top.

http://gonyc.about.com/od/restaurants/tp/best_pizza.htm

I don't think it's over the top. I know what I like -- just like I do not enjoy uni sushi outside Japan. I find that most places that sell "NY Style Pizza" or "Chicago Style Pizza" are selling some hopped up myth, not good pizza.

Cheers,

-Andrew

 

[dmccormack]

I don't think it's over the top. I know what I like -- just like I do not enjoy uni sushi outside Japan. I find that most places that sell "NY Style Pizza" or "Chicago Style Pizza" are selling some hopped up myth, not good pizza.

Cheers,

-Andrew

Hmmm... well, then that's personal preference.

Any New Yorker knows Pizza and bagels are not mere food -- they are New York's contributions to mankind -- a legacy, and as such must be defended!!

 

[JoeSelch]

A beautiful sight indeed!

Superdawg and Bill's Drive-In - on the same weekend, passing through on the way home from Oshkosh one year.

Dang... Now I'm hungry!!

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Triplets!!!

What the hell is that, some kind of salad?