we love secret menus, especially when they have us reaching for the defibrillator! split-char polish with a char dog in the middle smothered with grilled salami mac & cheese on french bread with cheddar sauce, grilled onions and mustard. "HOLY FUCK!" is right.  "phil's special" (as this sandwich(?) is so innocuously named) is the creation of chicago fat phil.  "always charred never steamed" is their motto and phil and his partner dave from lockdown bar & grill are serving up some of the best char food in town!  char dogs, char polish, char burgers and char-grilled salami sandwiches. a single burger not enough?  ok, order the "double fatso!"  did we mention the fried shrimp po' boy?  how about the two-pound fatso's po' boy challenge?  this cousin just drooled on his keyboard.

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5 comments:

  1. Love photo 22 of the hot dogs from above! Makes me yearn for summer barbecue. Whose autograph was in the baseball photo?

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    1. thank you! the baseball photo is of the one and only chicago fat phil.

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  2. Weekend trips to Skokie to have a REAL Merkts cheddar cheese dog at "Big Herm's" is one of my favorite childhood memories. Wishing Fasto and the guys best of luck and heading straight to my cardiologist to make sure I have enough soft tissue in my arteries to survive a Saturday lunch!

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    1. phil is such a wonderful character. no doubt he'll be happy to see you (and give you some crap about not visiting sooner)!

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  3. OK...what do they cook with that open ended wrench ?!?

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