Hole In The Wall Discovery

[nvanprooyen]

Any of you make it a habit to try and seek out hole in the wall restaurants with great food? It's sort of a hobby of mine, usually at lunch time. Found a new Thai place today tucked away in a shitty strip mall. The food was fucking amazing...probably the best massaman I've ever had in my life.

 

[brett05]

Jody's in Joliet just one block west of St. Joseph's Hospital.
The inside is like a decorated 50's diner
The food is mom and pop hot dog place
Fresh cut fries with extras like Five Guys
The Cajun Rib Eye with extra Cajun Spice is one of the best sandwiches I have ever had.

Have to recommend it.

http://www.jodyshotdogs.com/

 

[Anytime23]

Yep. Unfortunately its more miss than hit in South FL. I wish i could get some chicago grub

 

[1COBearsfan]

I love doing this. But, alas, working nights and only getting 30 minutes for lunch doesn't give me many opportunities to do it now. We usually try to find some new breakfast joint on Saturday or Sunday

 

[Unannounced Fart]

Yup, I love doing that. I use my Yelp app for assistance, though.

 

[nvanprooyen]

I do the same a lot...a combination of Google reviews, Yelp and TripAdvisor usually.

 

[SERE Bear]

I love doing this for Chinese restaurants

 

[HeHateMe]

sun wah bbq in uptown chicago

 

[malcore]

I love doing this for Chinese restaurants

That's a bit like Russian Roulette.

 

[AuCN]

Yelp is tough. Most of the reviewers are snobby and only give good reviews if they are given free things. For instance my wife's restaurant had a Yelp party (they said they would give negative reviews if they didnt) and gave out a huge free dinner. Afterwards somebody said that they were unhappy with their choice of order and said if they had another Yelp party, they would definitely give 5 stars. The owner ended up saying screw that.

At any rate, there is a lot of politics in professional Yelp reviewing. Best to check many sources.

 

[DC]

Can't trust online reviews...AT ALL.

 

[AuCN]

Article I just ran across:

Yelp Extortion Rampant, Say Small-Business Owners As Class-Action Lawsuit Against Review ‘Bully’ Appealed

 

[JimJohnson]

Can't trust online reviews...AT ALL.

Sure you can. I go to TripAdvisor and stick with top #200 restaurants in the Chicago land area. I have never had a bad meal at any of them.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Yep. Unfortunately its more miss than hit in South FL. I wish i could get some chicago grub

There is a place not too far from you, and the only one I ever found in Miami-Dade, Broward, or PBC.

Hot Dog Heaven, owned by Chicagoans for many years.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hot-dog-heaven-fort-lauderdale-2

 

[nvanprooyen]

There is a place not too far from you, and the only one I ever found in Miami-Dade, Broward, or PBC.

Hot Dog Heaven, owned by Chicagoans for many years.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hot-dog-heaven-fort-lauderdale-2

Weird, there is a Hot Dog Heaven in Orlando too. Wonder if it's the same owner. There is also this place in Boca...

http://www.hotdogopolis.com/

Pretty decent Chicago dog.

 

[Nail Polish]

Tacos Erendira...32nd and Halsted..Chicago

Great burritos

 

[Iwritecode]

One random day my wife and I had to go to the bank to close one of our accounts. As we were leaving we witnessed a lady in the parking lot back her car up into another car. We sat and waited to see if she would leave a note or not and she eventually did.

We went up to the pizza place next to the bank to see if we could figure out who’s car it was and it turned out it was the owner of the restaurant. We started talking with a few of the workers and noticed that the food smelled pretty good. So we picked up a menu to take home with us and ended up going to eat there either that night or the next day.

We’ve tried a number of different things on their menu including their pizza and have yet to have a bad meal. The great thing is that it’s only minutes away from the campground we stay at every weekend. The staff knows us by name when we walk in.

 

[NCChiFan]

I know of a FANTASTIC Italian restaurant located near Circle Campus, but isn't advertised. They don't want the college kids in there. So you have to know about it to eat there. I've seen the Chicago's Chief of police eating in there, aldermen, local Chicago News anchors...

 

[brett05]

I know of a FANTASTIC Italian restaurant located near Circle Campus, but isn't advertised. They don't want the college kids in there. So you have to know about it to eat there. I've seen the Chicago's Chief of police eating in there, aldermen, local Chicago News anchors...

And it's called??????

 

[clonetrooper264]

Ares and I need a new hole in the wall place near the office...