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 1. Kuma's Corner

2900 W Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 604-8769

Categories: Pubs, Burgers

Neighbourhood: Avondale

5.0 star rating
  9/22/2009

Are you ready to rock?

Ummm lets see...loud metal music...check...great menu...check...nice selection of beers...check. Well that makes it three for three in my book.

I have wanted to make the journey out to Kuma's for over a year now and finally made…More »

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 2. Meatheads Burgers & Fries

601 N Martingale Rd, Ste 324
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 706-6608

Category: Burgers

4.0 star rating
  11/3/2011

This whole burger thing is just turning into a bunch of copycats. With the recent addition of Smashburger  and 5 Guys now we have Meatheads. Now I haven't tried Smashburger yet so ill hold back on really bashing any of them....yet. I will say this -…More »

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 3. The Lucky Monk

105 Hollywood Blvd
South Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 898-0500
4.0 star rating
  9/6/2011

Fried pickles! I'm fairly sure that my friend wanted to take them home and make sweet sweet love to them all night long. Too bad he ate all of them... That being said that wasn't the only good thing to be had there. The truffle fries were ok - not as…More »

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 4. Bread & Butter

933 W Irving Park Rd
Itasca, IL 60143
(630) 250-1000
4.0 star rating
  4/13/2009

Nice modern take on your typical diner. Very nice decor with a big flat screen tv by the bar. It is open for breakfast, lunch,and dinner which is nice because the menu looks good. I had the special for the day ( Chicken Parm Panini) and it was very…More »

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 5. Five Guys Burgers and Fries

383 W Army Trail Rd
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
(630) 351-7002

Category: Burgers

3.0 star rating
  11/30/2009

I agree with most of the reviews of this place that it is kind of a souped up Wendy's. It you can overlook that analogy this place is worth checking out. They have a very short menu which is fine by me and if you do it well kudos.

There are some…More »

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 6. Westwood Tavern

1385 N Meacham Rd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 969-9500

Categories: American (New), Bars

3.0 star rating
  8/6/2010

So I heard about the booths with taps on them and I figured we have to check this place out. We went on an off night so we could get one since in sure they are all taken on busy night and weekends. First impressions of the place were great - TVs…More »

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 7. Smashburger

2425 W 75th St
Darien, IL 60561
(630) 427-1788
2.0 star rating
  1/10/2012

Smash, smash, smash, smash all the life and flavor out of our burgers and charge way too much to sit at a dirty booth. That is the sum of what was our trip to Smashburger.

I heard this place was going to beat Meatheads and 5 Guys - no way in hell.…More »

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Review votes:
68 Useful, 34 Funny, and 31 Cool

Location

Downers Grove, IL

Yelping Since

March 2009

Things I Love

Fire, Bacon, Nacho Cheese, Sushi, Anything Fried, Pepperoni Pizza, Craft Beer, Cookbooks, Gyros, Polish Sausage, Duck Fat, Black Pepper

Find Me In

A tub of nacho cheese.

My Hometown

Schaumburg, IL

My Blog Or Website

http://www.porkandprej...

When I'm Not Yelping...

Im a chef a Medinah C.C.

The Last Great Book I Read

Sauces by James Peterson

My Favourite Movie

Boondock Saints

My Last Meal On Earth

Pepperoni Pizza

Most Recent Discovery

Kimchi Fries at Del Seoul

Current Crush

Bacon Fat