We eat our way through some of Chicago's most legendary dishes, in celebration of one of the best food cities in America.
Chicago is America’s third largest urban center and, in terms of original food, also the country’s third best culinary city . Drool-inducing deep dish pizza, topping-rich Chicago dogs, dripping wet Italian beef sandwiches, the birthplace of brownies, and several other tasty treats are all worth visiting for. Which is precisely what I did this spring.Here’s everything you need to know from my recent Chicago food crawl, which pitted the Windy City’s top-rated restaurants against each other.
If I’m really being honest, I didn’t have a bad dog from the four places I tried. But of the two top-rated locations, I prefer the newer. The former has better bite and fresher combinations, like the fantastic Elote-style Chicago dog. While the latter is still solid, the wiener was a little too mushy against all those crunchy toppings.
So how does it taste? Richly fantastic! The original Palmer House brownie has less flour and more melted chocolate to create a fudgier, less bready, and less cake-like consistency than modern brownies are known for. For comparison, I tested the indulgent, berry-topped Palmer against the traditional fudge brownie from. I love ‘em both for different reasons—the former for being more indulgent; the later is more balanced. You can’t go wrong, though.
ProTip: If you visit only one Chicago restaurant, make it Portillo’s & Barnelli’s, which is like a “greatest hits” of famous foods, including Chicago dogs, cake shakes, Italian beef, and chop salad. No deep dish though.contributes to fancy publications and Fortune 500 companies as a bodacious writer-for-hire and frequent travel columnist. He lives in Provo, Utah with his wife, five children, and one ferocious chihuahua.
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