royBongo Room…Eat with Caution
I love Breakfast. I will have breakfast at anytime of the day, anywhere, and in most circumstances, cooked by anyone. From greasy spoons after the bar, to champagne brunches on…
Duck Confit Poutine Re-Up @ Nightwood
Bevin back in this! After popping out 7 kids, Moms finally decided to get that hysterectomy on, so I had to play nurse while her pussy healed… Fuck all that…
Leo’s Coney Island gets Windy
Leo’s begins the long voyage across Lake Michigan to Chicago In 1984, when I was a just a shorty with a banana seat bicycle, I cared about one thing and…
Revolutionary Brewing
Trotsky, Guevara, Levski, Mao Zedong, Spartacus. If the first few weeks of business at Revolution Brewing are any indication of what is to be expected in the years to come,…
How You Can Help Kill a Chicago Glutton.
To the surprise of nearly everyone involved, ChicagoGluttons.com has been nominated for “Best Indie Food Blog” by Time Out Chicago. Guys, we want this . . . we’re not sure…
Shortrib Sandwich at Lockwood
Palmer House? The fuck? No, this post aint about the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse or that time your boss told you she’d pick up…
Chicago Gluttons Favorite Restaurants of 2009
2009 is done, son! Time to pick our favorite restaurants of the year. Roy Big Star Nearly the same great pastor taste of El Tizconcito but full of non-eating hipsters…
Banana Leaf Wrapped Duck Leg Tamal at Chilam Balam
Its been 20K Leagues since CG has doled out shine for those who share in gluttony. This week, we suss belly with the real from KidItamae who gets blasted by…
Opart Thai Puts Their Foot In The Tom Yum
It’s December in Chicago, which means temperatures are dipping lower than Patrick Swayze’s white blood cell count. Time to get out your soups spoons, gluttons. Roy already pushed matzo ball.…
Booze Star
Whiskey. Tacos. Tostadas. Shakes. In Chicago, Big Star is now as synonymous to Tex-Mex as Dulcelandia is to Chicano Candy-land. Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Publican, Avec + dickEverest of James Beard…
Shalom Motherfuckers!
Matzo ball soup at The Bagel is softer than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's testicles.
Things fall APART.
Aaaaaannd . . we’re back. Sorry about that little hiatus faithful readers, we were on a diet. Now that I’ve widdled my man boobs down to a supple B-cup we…
Huaraches con Flavorfuckery @ Dona Chio
Pregunta: What the eff is huarache, joe? Respuesta: Masa as fresh as Rappers Delight, stuck into a grimy ass tortilla press, all jammed together by frijoles fritos, cousin. You could…
Soul Power Buffet at Priscilla’s
When I moved here, I stayed with my Aunt Lucinda who has a spot in La Grange Park. On Sunday afternoons, after 6 hours of sweaty Baptist church service, we’d…
Cochinita Pilil Torta at Xoco
Back on Top Chef Masters, Rick Bayless was hurdling chefs like Carl Lewis at the Pan American Games. Riding his personal fame train, Ricky B launched Xoco a few weeks…
Snappy’s: The Best Fish Sandwich Since Basic Instinct
Chicago’s a food town. We love food like Lenny loves Carl. We love food so much we took Wisconsin’s lunch money and spent it on Gobstoppers. Our fat souls have…
Three Little Piggies Sandwich at The Silver Palm
One huge ass onion ring, two slices of ham, a breaded pork cutlet, two strips of bacon, two fried eggs, covered in gruyere, all on a brioche bun….yowza! Human beings…
Rainbow Cone at Original Rainbow Cone, Inc
Now girls step up to this One simple lick, and its ova Miss Sold to nice dreamers, high as the price seem Girlfriend, youve been scooped like ice cream Competition,…
The Cemitas Arabe at Cemitas Puebla
A CG flickr “cemitas” description from bindifry: Spit roasted pork sandwich with queso fresco, avocado spread & chipotle mole sauce. It’s served on a sesame style torta bun. Unique regional…
King Crab at Half Shell
Sup Big Shoulders! I got 99 problems but a crab aint one… Fanny pack touting tourists who insist on calling Chicago “Chi-Town” love to talk shit about our seafood. It…