Any of you freepers out there remember growing up in the western Chicago suburbs and chowing down regularly with "Frenchie's" Chicago hot dogs and a side of wonderful fries?
I think Frenchies is long gone. "Portillo's" drive-throughs have good Chicago hot dogs, but no match for Frenchie's of the old days.
How about this...I used to date a young Portillo in MY younger days....and now he's a multi-millionaire derived from his Chicago-area drive-through-or-eat-in restaurants.
Here in Florida I make my own Frenchie's. Occasionally I bump into a Chicago suburbs ex-pat and we pine together as we fondly reminisce over Chicago hot dogs, Italian beefs and pizza....all of which especially-tasty treats are non-duplicated down here in the southland.
Bon appetit!
Leni
Now a good Italian beef with worth pining for. mmmmmm......
Extra juice (sloppy in fact) hot giardiniara on the side, no cheese. We often went out for Saturday lunch for these. With a side of fries.
Gawd, they are good.