Category: Burgers
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What You Been Grilling?
Memorial Day Weekend is the official start of grilling season. Plenty of folks have been searing all spring as social distancing keeps most of us in our own backyard or out on the balcony. The rain can’t stop us, either: Weber grillmaster Kevin Kolman applauded my efforts, which inspired me to spark up my…
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Chicago deals with COVID-19
On Wednesday, things started getting real. That morning, Mayor Lightfoot cancelled both St. Patrick’s Day parades. Bummer. Is that really necessary? I wondered. Dublin and Boston cancelled St. Paddy’s festivities. Maybe Chicago was only following suit as to keep up appearances? That one expert said outdoor gatherings were okay. In Chicago, we wait all winter for St. Patrick’s…
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Two Burger Weekend
If the weekend starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday night, then I can say I got down on two pub burgers over the weekend. After a workout and a sauna on Thursday night, I met my sister Meg and our softball teammate Zotti at Floyd’s on Armitage. I was ravenous after burning some calories.…
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Good Cold Fashioned Fun in South Bend
“The Irish never quit.” – Irish Spring deodorant soap tagline As good Irish-Americans, my family refuses to quit on Notre Dame – despite a blowout loss at Michigan on October 26th. Besides, we had a whole weekend planned for the Virginia Tech game the first weekend of November. Uncle Chris, business professor at ND,…
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Ditka Polish Sausage and the Old Town Art Fair
Grilled up some Ditka’s hot polish sausages and Wahlburgers at my cousin’s while pregaming for Old Town Art Fair with vodka lemonades. Made with Lemonade-flavored vodka. Mixed in a couple of New Glarus Two Women Lagers. My cousin Sean brings a supply back every time he goes home to Milwaukee. First time I tried…
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New chiPOD show – Matt & Brendan Night Out at Cordial Inn
Brendan tells Matt about blunts at the Bone concert & M&B recap a night out at Cordial Inn & Irish Times. LISTEN FREE ON THE chiPOD: https://chipod.libsyn.com/website/the-bone-bus
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Bar Hopping Through Brookfield
Met Matty D; our boy Joyce and their buddy Andy – who was celebrating his 24th birthday – out at Cordial Inn on a biblically rainy Tuesday night for tall Jack & Cokes, beer and garlic pizza. Oh, and I got one of the famous Cordial cheeseburgers. Look how happy it makes Mad Dawg: Andy…
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Felt Like a Big Mac Last Night
In high school, my go to McDonald’s meal was a #1 and a 6-pc McNuggets. Large meal, but teens can eat and eat. A craving hit me Sunday night and I flashed back to my youth. Really wanted a Big Mac and went all in: Tempted to try the Big Mac with bacon the JB…
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Another St. Patrick’s Day For the Ages
A jolly green weekend came and went and I’m left with partial memories of gleeful celebrations from the North Side to the South Side. I gathered with my Irish cousins and started the day with the (inappropriately named) homemade Irish Car Bombs. You can tell my sister Meg is unconvinced of cousin Conor’s recipe: Wells…
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