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He's talking about Ventra, but: http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/fares/unlimitedridecards.aspx
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It probably is. But Aurelio's reminds me of my childhood more. Therefore, better
My aunt lives real close to Duke's (in Oak Lawn). Most of the good places I know are outside of the city in the south burbs. Appreciate everyone chiming in on this.brett05
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Happenee this year...just double check the cta site
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It probably is. But Aurelio's reminds me of my childhood more. Therefore, better
Do you remember the original Aurelios?..It was a small place with like 5 tables and mostly carry out. Not far from where it is now
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Ares and I work approximately in the central loop...you should come fight pigeons with us 
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Ares and I work approximately in the central loop...you should come fight pigeons with us
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Spawn of the devil they are
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I don't think so. I've only been to the Homewood location maybe 10 times. The one we usually went to was in South Holland.
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I was born and raised in Hyde Park, but haven't been back in about 30 years. Back then, I loved it when my parents brought back Harold's chicken. Is that place any good? I looked them up on yelp and it looks like they've since franchised out, but they're reviews are so-so.
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I spent a lot of time in Hyde park in the 70-80s..Valois had some great biscuits, and Ribs N Bibs had some fine BBQ as well
The best Harolds is the one on 47th and Greenwood or 47th and Prairie..Great bird!..Unfortunately, you need to be armed to access the place
I went in the Prairie location once in the 70s and while getting my chicken some woman executed her husband out in front of the place on the sidewalk...Why, I do not know....I had to leave via the back door to avoid getting questioned by the cops as to what I saw...lol
Another place like that was Lems Ribs at 59th and State..Great food, but I saw a guy get cut by another customer in that place once..Scares the shit out of a person!
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Wow, it's like your whole lives revolves around fast food. Get past your little Orland Park sensibilities and realize there is a big, beautiful world out there you have missed.
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Harolds...Lems, Ribs N Bibs, and Valois are not fast food... Keep up gramps
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Valois' is great. Only place where at the table in front of you can be a Nobel Laureate and the table behind you be a drug lord.
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And an alderman walking between the two tables.
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One time I was waiting in line in Valois for breakfast..The guy in front of me was wearing two pair of pants..One over the other..Problem was, he only had one belt. He had the belt thru the belt loops of the outer pair on his right side..Then he looped the belt thru the belt loops on the inner pair on the left side. Plus, he was talking to himself.. I later asked a guy at the table next to me who that guy was. He told me he was some brilliant professor at the U of C, and I shouldnt even try to talk to him..The way he described him now reminds me of that guy in "A Beautiful Mind"...Extremely intelligent but crazy as a loon....lol..I took his advice
The owner of that place is funny as hell..His name is Spiros (go figger) and his main cook was a guy named Leddy..What a couple of characters!
Some of the local cops told me that every morning at about 5 AM, Leddy would come down LSD at about 90 mph in his old beater that had NO muffler at all. He was always late...None of the cops would write him a ticket cause then they wouldnt get any breakfast from him..Kind of like the Soup Nazi..
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Remember that Alderman from there Larry Bloom?..That guy looked as straight as an arrow. I never would have suspected him to be a crook...Low and behold, he got grabbed in some sting taking money...lol..I think it was "Silver Shovel" that got him
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This coming from someone who once chose IHOP for a breakfast meeting...:roll:
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I worked at a high school not too far from there and would grab lunch there every Friday on my prep.
Spiros is a good fucking dude.
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