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I know. I'd love to find even more places like this. But Zebda certainly is a great start.

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Huh...turns out The Parthenon is not on Google Maps, though a hostel is. Perhaps they light things on fire, too? Anyway, it's corrected.

Oh...I miss this from when I lived in Brooklyn. No chance the company ships to Chicago?

Fighting words!

I haven't been to either enough to truly make a stand, but I have found Tank's pho to be a little sloppy sometimes, though that was probably due to the specific time I went. The couple times I've been Pho 777, on the other hand, the pho has been great.

...and that is fixed, too.

I'm surprised I haven't heard of this place. I need to change that soon.

@Mr. Nick: That's a good point. A little textural variety is welcome. I have a thing for the little crunchy bits at the bottom of the bag.

@jim1126: Sorry that didn't publish correctly. It's 3/4 cup of a cup and is now there.

Now Dannis, that's too far. (By the way, I'm going to call you Dannis from now on.)

For what it's worth, I love the bar here. It's gorgeous, the beer is relatively cheap, and they often create questionable cocktails for local events. Chicago may not have won the olympics, but the Berghoff did create a bright blue "Olympic Cocktail". So cheap and so...blue.

@CheesePlease: I am immensely sad that I never experienced that place. Pretty sure I've never heard the phrase, "a Loop country-western basement dive" before. Hopefully someone will bring this back.

I'm so glad you checked this place out. I walked in the other day and was just overwhelmed by it all. They definitely didn't hold back. I'm interested to see how it holds up for workers in the Loop.

@huge: Yes! I'd work the fry station at this Montréal-style diner of yours.