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Old Apr 5, 2015 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by milepig
Portillos - I have no problem with them. They make a decent Chicago style dog and I like their fries.
I've never been a fan of their dogs, but I also like their fries. I went to one in the burbs last week for a quick/late dinner, grabbed a chicken sandwich on a whim and it was pretty good.

Originally Posted by milepig
Ann Sathers - OMG. NO, just NO. A faint shadow of its former self. In a previous incarnation it was the safe place to take your parents from the small town who didn't want to be challenged. Now its just gross. There are fewer and fewer of us who remember Ann sitting in the front of the restaurant, always in a red dress.
Prior to the move there was at least still the ambiance of the old building. The new place lost it and just isn't good. Combine that my agreement with others that Tunney is a terrible alderman and ... no.
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