This weeks Lunch adventures

Hello LTH,

This week, unlike most of the previous 10 weeks, I was finally able to explore a little more. I have always been a fan of reliving experiences of my past so that was my goal for this week.

Monday 11:30 AM:

Suddenly, a strong hunger pang erupts screaming, FEED ME!!! Then my thoughts turn to FRIED CHICKEN. While pondering my options is remember that I was going to spend my afternoon in Willowbrook. Yes my friends I had a craving for Del Rhea's Chicken Basket. Twenty minutes later while wiping drool from my chin I turn onto N. Frontage Rd from Rt 83. Much to my suprise, Del Rhea's is closed on Mondays, DAMMIT. Quickly, I grabbed my Grubfinder XLT pocket food radar for help. A blip apppears at the intersection of RT 83 and 63rd street. No, could it still be there? Yes, I'm happy to say The Original Sandwich Factory is still going strong. I have not eaten at the OSF in a number of years, so I decided to stop in. Truly an enjoyable selection of sandwices. My selection? I went with the prez: Warm roast beef, Swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms, tomato, and garlic may on grilled rye. Every sanwich is served with your choice of fries, fruit, cottage chees, or in my case the warm from the fryer homade potato chips served with sour cream and chives. The sandwich was decent as expected, but the chips, they are addictive. I was kinda glad that Dell Rhea's was closed.

Tuesday Noon:

Hunger call again, feeling like BBQ I drive down the streets of Westmont to find Uncle Bub's @ 132 South Cass Avenue. Having never eaten there I decided upon the 2 meat combo with rib tips and a hot link. The rib tips were pleasantly smoky with a toothsome bite. The hot link, while flavorful, I did not care for the texture, kinda mushy. I also did not care for the beans. The beans were extremly undercooked, swimming in a sweet BBQ sauce with a little bacon. Though, mush to my delite they had green river from the fountain, yum lime soda .

Thurs: 11:00AM

While leaving an appointment in Bensenville, I thought that a 30min detour and 45 min order wait was worth the effort to stop at Gene and Jude's on my way back to the office. I'm truly glad I did too!! Two hot dogs w/everything. The fries in their sticky sweet crunchy goodness resting gently upon a crisp frank laden with mustard, relish, onion, and sport peppers. IMHO the only way to order a dog @ G&J's. Who would believe that hot dog nirvana could be found in a grease soaked paper bag, wrapped in parchment?

Well everyone, my that's my lunch adventures for this week. Anyone else have any fun at lunchtime?

Flip

I don't know what God I may have pleased lately, but I have managed to have 3 meals paid for this week. One dinner (Thai at Siam Cafe...and had a taste of the Evil Jungle Prince), but two exquisite lunches.

Tuesday, my friend/manager at work took me to get sushi. I stayed rather simple and humble, what with him footing the bill, and got a Special Eel Roll, a "Popeye Roll", and some miso soup.

Today, we had some Vietnamese, and this was paid for by my aforementioned friend's acquaintance (friend's friend sounded too alliterative;)). We split an order of Goi Cuon (and they even let me have the extra roll!!), and I enjoyed some Com Thit Nuong--sliced, char-grilled pork over rice with nuoc mam sauce. Superb.

To make up for a week of nice dining, I feel that Dame Fortuna has a Wal-Mart salad in store for me tomorrow.

Flip wrote:Tuesday Noon:

Hunger call again, feeling like BBQ I drive down the streets of Westmont to find Uncle Bub's @ 132 South Cass Avenue. Having never eaten there I decided upon the 2 meat combo with rib tips and a hot link. The rib tips were pleasantly smoky with a toothsome bite. The hot link, while flavorful, I did not care for the texture, kinda mushy. I also did not care for the beans. The beans were extremly undercooked, swimming in a sweet BBQ sauce with a little bacon. Though, mush to my delite they had green river from the fountain, yum lime soda .

Only eaten there once, at the insistence of co-workers, and I gotta say my meal there was truly abysmal. I ordered some kind of combo plate w/ ribs & chicken & everything came out coated in bitter black creosote, the surest sign of a clueless pit "master" who runs the smoke full blast the whole time. Tasted like he used telephone poles or railroad ties for smoking wood. Yecch. I tried a small taste of each item in the futile hope that it wouldn't be TOO bad, then gave up & threw the whole thing in the trash. Awful. Not the kind of place that I will return to.