
Prime BurgerHouse is one of the restaurants inside the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, IL. It’s my recollection the Grand Vic was one of the original casinos in Illinois, back when they were limited to being on water and having to take small cruises multiple times a day, during which time gamblers could play. Those [...]
If the frozen pizza industry has “class” or “segment” descriptions (like ‘value line’, ‘premium line’, ‘gourmet’), I’m not aware of it. Of course there are all manners of self-descriptive phrases used for marketing, whether it’s “pizzeria style” or “rising crust”. “Classic” has come to mean, by and large, I believe, the look, shape, feel, and [...]
(By Roger Kethcart) The Meat Lovers of Professional Golf The Masters golf tournament is one of the biggest professional sporting events of the year drawing thousands of fans and golfers to Augusta National Golf course. And where there’s a crowd, there’s food. Held the Tuesday before the tournament, the Masters Champions Dinner is one of the [...]
1928, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Emil Chermak had a bunch of old world sausage recipes which he decided to share with this friends and neighbors. 80 some years later, Cher-Make is a good sized producer and supplier of smoked and fresh sausages in the Upper Midwest. With a wide variety of summer sausages, ring bologna and wieners, [...]
The 29th annual “Pizza Blast” to raise money for the Quentin Road Christian School, Lake Zurich, IL, is scheduled this year for April 19 -20th, 4p – 8p. Children are $3, adults $5. At the Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church, in Lake Zurich, IL. Great pizza, a good cause. Please attend. Map. Tweet
Posted on 16 May 2013
Prime BurgerHouse is one of the restaurants inside the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, IL. It’s my recollection the Grand Vic was one of the original casinos in Illinois, back when they were limited to being on water and having to take small cruises multiple times a day, during which time gamblers could play. Those [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 03 May 2013
If the frozen pizza industry has “class” or “segment” descriptions (like ‘value line’, ‘premium line’, ‘gourmet’), I’m not aware of it. Of course there are all manners of self-descriptive phrases used for marketing, whether it’s “pizzeria style” or “rising crust”. “Classic” has come to mean, by and large, I believe, the look, shape, feel, and [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 20 April 2013
(By Roger Kethcart) The Meat Lovers of Professional Golf The Masters golf tournament is one of the biggest professional sporting events of the year drawing thousands of fans and golfers to Augusta National Golf course. And where there’s a crowd, there’s food. Held the Tuesday before the tournament, the Masters Champions Dinner is one of the [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 10 April 2013
1928, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Emil Chermak had a bunch of old world sausage recipes which he decided to share with this friends and neighbors. 80 some years later, Cher-Make is a good sized producer and supplier of smoked and fresh sausages in the Upper Midwest. With a wide variety of summer sausages, ring bologna and wieners, [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 07 April 2013
The 29th annual “Pizza Blast” to raise money for the Quentin Road Christian School, Lake Zurich, IL, is scheduled this year for April 19 -20th, 4p – 8p. Children are $3, adults $5. At the Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church, in Lake Zurich, IL. Great pizza, a good cause. Please attend. Map. Tweet Continue Reading
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Posted on 06 April 2013
Just like in the Pacific Northwest where you’ll see innumerable small restaurants with the word “Teriyaki” on them, in Chicagoland, you’re apt to see countless outlets with the word “Beef”, which is a reference to “Italian Beef”, thin sliced, slow-simmered, seasoned roast beef served on a roll. Make it a “combo” and they add an [...] Continue Reading
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