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Nice. I'll have to try it one day 'cause I cant say that I have

@friar12 Johnnie's is in Elmwood Park and yes they make an amazing combo and the sausage is grilled over real charcoal. However Al's on Taylor does the same for their sausage BUT they are two completely diff beef sandwiches.

I slightly prefer Johnnie's but was at Al's on Taylor last night. Al's has better fries but much higher prices and could learn a thing or two from Johnnie's about how to move a line, they can be super slow and shouldnt be when its just a beef with hot. Both places the people behind the counter are kind of pricks but at Johnnies its understood as they only get mad when customers are being idiots, at Al's its consistent no matter what. I love them both, just depends which one im in the mood for as they are different in taste. Al's is prob the most unique tasting of all beefs in Chicagoland

http://beefwithhot.blogspot.com/

When I was driving from Chicago to Wisconsin for the sole purpose of eating hamburgers and taking pictures of them...

What a complete joke of a list. This must have been researched and written by someone at a desk wherever their headquarters are located. Maybe they scored the cities based on reviews off yelp or something? Chicago shouldnt be in the top 10/15 maybe 20. NYC? nah doesnt belong. Utah? I mean they could be in it, but number two? why b/c of their apollo burgers? What about Detroit? They have a crazy slider/small hamburger culture. No OKC or Tulsa? That's a travesty. Another example of why I dont even bother looking at the garbage these popular magazines put out.

Good Stuff. I've been eating at Pat's since I've been eating pizza pies. back in the day we would stop in there after Cubs games which we walked to and from, when they were over on Sheffield. Still my favorite pizza in the game and yes their sausage is da best and all I ever get.

Sausage and giardinaria is my go to for the neighborhoods other good pizza stop, Pequods which for those of you who arent familar (I'm sure Daniel is) does a great pan pizza with an awesome caramelized crust.

Nothing beats a Mickey burger from Schoop's (regional fast food chains ok?) It's one of the better burgers period.

http://chibbqking.blogspot.com/2011/05/schoops.html

Happy Hamburger Month!

'Got Beef?'

I like their sloppy joe's but not a big fan of the bugers.

Thats awesome man, good stuff and now on my radar, thanks for another stellar write up.

Nothing beats Vienna Beef natural casing 10 to a pound hot dogs (Sabrett incl.) Made in Chicago, land of the dog, nothing snaps like those all beef beauties.

Although I do like Koegel's brand especially when making Coney's.

How do you live in Milly and not know of Mazo's? Had you never been to Leon's? Just curious, I'm born and raised in Chicago but knew of it years ago. I guess if your going to be writing articles on here you might as well check out some other spots in Wisconsin, many of which have great burgers. If you need any more rec's I got 100's yet to be posted, I'm so backed up on WI burger posts many will have to wait til next year since they are seasonal shacks. I hope you do your state right...

http://chibbqking.blogspot.com/search/label/wisconsin

http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27796&

If you are going to use any of my rec's I hope you also give credit, I done did every burger in WI many of which are yet to be posted. Good luck.

Da Beef aka chibbqking

Interesting you'll see under my last bites on earth that real jerked pork (from Ossie's in Negril or Boston Bay) is my dish. I have experimented with different preperations of the dish and funny enough was going to try my third variation of it this labor day wkd and that way is with a butt. A very popular place in Negril for jerked pork uses a boneless butt but I prefer the jerk to have bones in it which gives it more flavor. Another nice tip for anyone trying to make real jerk pork at home like that in Boston Bay but cant get the real pimento wood is to throw pimento berrys in your fire along with the hickory wood. I might have a go at Raichlen's jerk sauce for my experiment this wkd. If you love jerked pork you should check this out here below, recipes of my jerked pork at home are included along with spots in JA and they're style's of it.

http://chibbqking.blogspot.com/search?q=jerked+pork

Great stuff. Just another one of Wisconsins treasures both the brewery and the town itself. Im planning a trip back there this summer. We used to take day trips here when I was at college in Madison. Great times.