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By: catnfiddle

catnfiddle — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:45:09 +0000

I'm reviving this thread because I wanted to thank Liz (and Harold of course) for turning the back room of The Surly Girl into a perfect wedding reception locale for two of my best friends last evening. The food was excellent, the service was quick and friendly, and the drinks were perfect, including the champagne toast.

Liz, I can see why you are so beloved in this city. Meeting you was an honor and pleasure.

By: somertimeoh

somertimeoh — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:24:43 +0000

osulew wrote
roy wrote Marinos has smelts! Fried smelts with lemon and french fries, yummy.
Shut your mouth! That sounds tasty. :)
I see a fishy trip in my future this week.

I'll go with you!!

By: osulew

osulew — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:43:31 +0000

roy wrote Marinos has smelts! Fried smelts with lemon and french fries, yummy.

Shut your mouth! That sounds tasty. :)

I see a fishy trip in my future this week.

By: blammo

blammo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:38:53 +0000

somertimeoh wrote
blammo wrote
Mercurius wrote There appears to be a place called Marino's Seafood at Northwest and 5th Ave that I'm going to go check out tonight!
It's pretty goodâ€¦it's an old converted Arthur Treacher's. I haven't been there for quite a few years, but it's pretty good fried seafood, if a little pricey.
Weird, I thought it was super cheap.

To be fair, it's been several years since I was thereâ€¦and my perception of value probably hinged on my employment status. So perhaps I was being super cheap at the time.

I am a smeltsman though, so perhaps I should give it another shot.

By: Lanibug65

Lanibug65 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:35:20 +0000

You are just plain evil :twisted: for mentioning Portillos — I miss my Italian Beef — and no one around here knows how to make the properly –

By: chivespa1

chivespa1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:09:14 +0000

Yeah, that was the place I was referring to up at Polaris. It's too far for me to go on any sort of regular basis. Usually I just make this stuff up at home but that's usually a much more expensive and messy option than just going to a vendor for it.

Places I seriously miss right about now:

Dog Day Afternoon

Gene and Jude's

Superdawg

Johnny's Beef (on North Ave Elmwood Park) - best beef/combo ever!

Portillo's (even though it's a "local" chain it is still great)

Now if only we had tamale vendors walking the bars here too. Nothing hit the spot after a few beverages the way a fresh homemade tamale did delivered directly to you for $.50/$1.00, good times.

By: shroud

shroud — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:30:52 +0000

chivespa1 wrote Anyhow, yes, 1/4lb dog, steamed, poppysead bun warm, yellow mustard, celery salt, diced onions, 2 half slices of tomato, 2 half slices of cucumber, relish, 1/4 sliced pickle spear, 3-4 sport peppers. Make me up 2 of those for $6 plus a coke and I'm in heaven.
If you REALLY want to put me over the top serve up 3 other beautiful things:
Italian Beef on French Bread, dipped in au jus (soak it) covered with spicy gardinera or replace the beef with a spicy Italian Sausage. For the ultimate bring on the combo - yep - Italian beef over top of an Italian sausage, dredged through the au jus on French bread with plenty of spicy gardinera on top.

If you can't wait for Dirty Frank's to open and you're up for driving out a bit, Wholly Joe's on Polaris has chicago-style dogs and italian beef sandwiches. No sausage-option that I know of, but you can get it dipped, with peppers, however you like.

By: chivespa1

chivespa1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:58:14 +0000

Curving back to Liz' question I'm all for 1/4lb dog. I'm a Chicago boy and I hate that the only place "in town" that serves a pretty good chicago style dog is all the way up at Polaris. That's total bunk. It is possible that Fabiens does too but the first time I saw their menu and they charged like $5 for a chicago dog I said no thanks and haven't been back since.

Anyhow, yes, 1/4lb dog, steamed, poppysead bun warm, yellow mustard, celery salt, diced onions, 2 half slices of tomato, 2 half slices of cucumber, relish, 1/4 sliced pickle spear, 3-4 sport peppers. Make me up 2 of those for $6 plus a coke and I'm in heaven.

If you REALLY want to put me over the top serve up 3 other beautiful things:

Italian Beef on French Bread, dipped in au jus (soak it) covered with spicy gardinera or replace the beef with a spicy Italian Sausage. For the ultimate bring on the combo - yep - Italian beef over top of an Italian sausage, dredged through the au jus on French bread with plenty of spicy gardinera on top.

Man, I so wish I was living back home in Chicago right at this very moment.

By: roy

roy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:51:39 +0000

Marinos! I love this little place, the fish/chips are always good and Saturdays are all you can eat. Marinos has smelts! Fried smelts with lemon and french fries, yummy. It's run by a family, super nice people. If you order smelts they'll remember you forever. The fish chowder is quite good too, a great to-go dinner on the way home when you're tired of winter.

Very inexpensive.

By: somertimeoh

somertimeoh — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:47:45 +0000

blammo wrote
Mercurius wrote There appears to be a place called Marino's Seafood at Northwest and 5th Ave that I'm going to go check out tonight!
It's pretty goodâ€¦it's an old converted Arthur Treacher's. I haven't been there for quite a few years, but it's pretty good fried seafood, if a little pricey.

Weird, I thought it was super cheap. I'd never been in there either, but Jim wanted to try it so when I was getting a Chiptle fix this weekend we stopped in so he could get fish and chips. It looked really good and it was $5.00 for fish, chips, and hushpuppies. I guess if you're a STARVING man you might be able to eat 2 of those, but I'd still say that would be way more food than any restaurant would give you for $10.

Anyway, it looked good and actually made me wish I hadn't gotten Chipotle and you know that's saying a lot :lol:

By: swan

swan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:24:20 +0000

marinos is like free! you can get an awesome meal for 6 dollars. i used to go there for lunch all the time when i worked in victorian village. id recommend it.

By: blammo

blammo — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:33:37 +0000

Mercurius wrote There appears to be a place called Marino's Seafood at Northwest and 5th Ave that I'm going to go check out tonight!

It's pretty goodâ€¦it's an old converted Arthur Treacher's. I haven't been there for quite a few years, but it's pretty good fried seafood, if a little pricey.

By: Mercurius

Mercurius — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:30:02 +0000

There appears to be a place called Marino’s Seafood at Northwest and 5th Ave that I’m going to go check out tonight!

By: Rocknrolloutlaws

Rocknrolloutlaws — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:28:29 +0000

Mercurius wrote I know I would frequent a place that had good hushpuppies!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy

City Barbeque has good hushpuppies. But I’m with you, I’d like a closer option. That’d rule.

By: Walker

Walker — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:22:31 +0000

gmcsoccer wrote Queen Bee awning is still up. did this stall? anyone have an update? i'm ready for a hot dog for lunch.

Last I heard there's just been some delays on permits, inspections, red tape, etc. The same sort of stuff that ends up delaying all sorts of projects like this. Otherwise it sounds like they're nearly ready to open.

Can't wait!