a chicago dog

a polish dog from Jim's

you can see jim's hot dog stand from 90/94, just south of the city.  we've passed this stand many times over the past four years, and i've always wanted to stop.  it looked like a real chicago establishment.

and once we moved to the city, jim's was only a mile or so from our home.  but, it still took us four months to stop by.

little girl likes her dog plain

when asked if mr. pike and i wanted everything on our polish sausages, i didn't want to look wimpy.  i said, "of course!" but at jim's this means you'd like sauerkraut and mustard with hot peppers on the side.  a little different than some of the topping fanfare you might get at other chicago stands.  it was simple and good.  yummy fries, too.  (although, we're still bigger fans of j dawg's.  that secret sauce to to die-for!)

and we relived our outing every time we got in our car over the next three days.  the dog smell sure lingered.  that's a good chicago eat.

during the holidays

while spending time with the family, we headed down to koreatown for lunch. we found a delicious korean bbq restaurant -- soowon galbi. we lunched on bulgogi -- marinated barbecued beef, doenjang jjigae -- bean paste soup, and jap jae -- a noodle dish. what a feast! it was so delicious!

after lunch, we headed over to santee alley in the fashion district. what a place -- you can buy anything from everyone!

i had been to the alley once before and introduced to bacon wrapped hot dogs. so we had to pick one up for mr. pike and his sisters, miss b. and miss a., to try. this one was topped with grilled onions and pico de gallo. what a treat! since we were already full from our korean lunch, we shared the dog among the four of us.

seeing this pic, i'm craving another one right now.