Category Archives: Food

St. Ferdinand Fish Fry.

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Last night I made my annual trip to a Fish Fry with Julie and Todd.  This year we once again went to St. Ferdinand which is in Belmont Central.  We  managed to get there early this year so the fish selection was much more varied (I got the perch while Julie and Todd went with the old standby: cod).  The food as always is not something to brag about but then again that’s not why we go.  We go for the atmosphere and the $2 beers.  This year we grabbed a table closest to the ‘bar’ and were rather sure that we were the only ones drinking.  Either way it went well and I’m starting to make a name for myself.

St. Fredinand has a different themed fish fry each Friday night during Lent.  If you are going to make the trip I highly recommend Elvis Night over all the others. We went on ‘Kids Night’ this year due to a scheduling conflict and it wasn’t quite as good as last year.  The entertainment consisted of clowns making balloons, a children’s book fair and 20 games of Bingo.

Like I said, go on Elvis Night and you won’t be disappointed.

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BlizzNasty.

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BlizzNasty began yesterday around 1pm and continued until about noon today. With nearly everyone in Chicago with a snow day we decided to throw together a last minute cookout.

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Foraging

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Julie and I headed out into the neighborhood for supplies.  We made our way to Dinkel’s Bakery which was packed considering the 18 inches of snow on the ground.  We picked up a couple donuts for our neighbor and got a batch of pretzel buns for our cookout.  Then we headed back up Lincoln to Paulina Meat Market which was also open. We were their first customers of the day, so we scored some burgers and charcoal.  It was great to know that with all the snow both places with in walking distance were open.

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SnowBBQ

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At around 2pm we started the cookout, we used the snow as a cooler and we setup the chairs and table in the middle of the snow.  We spent about two hours in the yard as the burgers cooked.  The sun was out and the weather was really good considering all that has occurred in the past 24 hours.

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Train Football

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After our cookout we headed down Marshfield in search of a suitable football field. We ended up playing under the Brownline Paulina Stop for a little one-on-one Train Football.  I’m pretty sure we’ll all be feeling this for the rest of the week.  A running game is probably the best option in this weather.  As you can see in the video above I’m pretty sure I blew my knee out.

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Side Notes:

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* We also did take time out of the day to push a car.

** The rest of my photographs are here and Julie’s are here.

Revolution Brewing Company

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Last night Julie and I headed to Logan Square to finally checkout Revolution Brewing Company.  I’ve been meaning to get out there since they opened this year but it’s not really convient unless I’m taking the blue line from the Loop (which I did last night).  Revolution has more than 10 beers on tap, most of them their own beers and then they have a small selection of guest taps (Three Floyds Brewing and Victory Brewing) along with a large bottle selection.  I stuck with the house beers since you can’t get them anywhere else.  I started with the Workingman Mild, moved on to the Cross of Gold and finished the night with a couple Iron Fist Pale Ales.  I wish I would have had one Thee Destroyer but that will have to wait until next time.  I did get a growler of Cross of Gold to go so I’m set for the weekend.

In addition to all the beer, the food at Revolution Brewing is really good.  I managed to mooch some Bacon Fat Popcorn from the guy next to me and Julie and I had a soft pretzel and burgers.