Proposed itinerary (in order). This route minimizes doubling back, but can be modified:

1) Buona Beef, Hillside Opens at 10:30 am
2) Carm's, Hillside Opens at 10:00 am ? miles from Buona
3) Johnnie's, Elmwood Park Opens at 11:00 am
4) Frannie's, Schiller Park 3/4 miles to Jay's
5) Jay's, Schiller Park I can't remember when Jay's and Frannie's open, but they're both before 11:00 am.

Buona could be changed from #1 to #3 as there is also a Buona ? miles east of Johnnie's.

Keep in mind that during lunch hour parking will be difficult at Johnnie's and there will be a long line to get in. Best to visit Johnnie's before 11:30 or after 1:30.

Going to all the above will probably take 3-4 hours.

Starting time? Last year we started at Al's around 10 or 10:30. In an earlier post DDickson suggested starting at 10 am. I was thinking of 10:30 because it's a bit further from breakfast, and I don't want to walk into a place as they're opening the doors. Give them a chance to get set up.

However, I'd hate to deny VI and Hat the pleasures of a full beefathon, so we could start at noon. Would a noon start mean the Beefathon runs too late for some?

Comments please. What works for the majority?

The consensus seems to be start at 10:30 am. That's fine by me.

If you don't mind, I'm going to propose one slight change to the schedule. Instead of Buona's in Hillside, let's start with Carm's at 10:30, go to Johnnie's, then Buona's in Oak Park, followed by Frannie's and Jay's as before.

My reason is that this way we get to Johnnie's earlier -- probably about 11:15 or so and avoid the worst of the lunchtime rush. It means a little backtracking (East

beef tasting 2 reports are here: http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=461

This thread has been edited, and all posts that did not include specific info about beef removed. If I pulled something valuable, it was a mistake, please forgive .

stevez wrote:

George R wrote:As I mentioned before re Torre's, both Max's and Roma's are worthy entries, but I would prefer to save them for Beefathon III - the North Side of Chicago.

There are 11 Buona Beef places in the Chicago area. As already noted one is about

Steve Z.
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While searching old Beef threads, I came across this entry.

When I saw this thread I thought there was a beef-a-thon on thursday---i was ready to cross over the fourth wall and participate in an LTH event. Guess ill need to work on the flux capacitor to attend.

iblock9 wrote:When I saw this thread I thought there was a beef-a-thon on thursday---i was ready to cross over the fourth wall and participate in an LTH event. Guess ill need to work on the flux capacitor to attend.

iblock,

I'm will edit the title to reflect 2004, I read the subject line and thought there was a Beef a Thon Thursday as well.

We should meet Thursday at Al's on Taylor for a beef then walk across the street to Mario's for an Italian ice. A micro Beef a Thon.

Enjoy,
Gary

Is this the Dawn of the Dead? Have the halls of LTH Hell filled up and now the dead (threads) will roam the earth?

Yeah, I was a little surprised to see this one, too, Steve you trickster.

G Wiv wrote:I'm will edit the title to reflect 2004, I read the subject line and thought there was a Beef a Thon Thursday as well.

We should meet Thursday at Al's on Taylor for a beef then walk across the street to Mario's for an Italian ice. A micro Beef a Thon.

Wow, I missed this post too I am always game to meet up for a beef