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I miss Jack in the Box for their tacos and a chain called Naugles that had an egg,cheese,and bean burrito that was perfect for soaking up booze after a night of drinking.

I would not mind Jack in the box...greasy but good tacos....not authentic. But....

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"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" - As You Like It,
W. Shakespeare

I kind of liked El Torito, better than Chi-Chi's, Chevy's, went there a lot when our kids were little

Yeah I've graduated to better Mex, but the place was fun.

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I have to confess a soft spot for Amei-Mexican chains.
If there were a Pepe's or El Torito near to me I'd probably be there once a month.

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Come back from the dead: Prince Castle

Come back to the Chicago area: Maid-Rite

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Pi r round.

And don't forget the secret menu item: Bacon Milkshake

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Steve Z.
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"The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." - Julia Child

I have fond childhood memories of Victoria Station.

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Whenever we travel between here and St Louis, we make a point of stopping at JiB for tacos. One of the wrongest things that can be bought...and one of the best.

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I have felt the Burger King tacos are very comparable to the Jack-in-the-Box. A friend did a back-to-back giving an edge over to Burger King.

Regards,

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Cathy2

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The only one I can think of is Cock Robin.

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I'd like to add Chi Chi's. I really loved that fried ice cream. That was the highlight of going shopping at Golf Mill.

If Mr. Pie was an LTH'r, he'd say Checkers. Apparently they had really fantastic fries.

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I can't go to Hollywood. I got biscuits to make. ~ Dwight Henry

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I also loved the Jack-in-the-Box tacos, and agree that the Burger King tacos are about as close as it comes to the real thing.

I would love to see Lum's come back, if only for the Ollieburger. I worked at the Lum's in Glenwood a long time ago and must have eaten those Ollieburgers at least 3 times a week and never got tired of them.

Suzy

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Gino's and Ameche's, the burger chains owned by Baltimore Colts Gino Marchetti and Alan Ameche.

Mid 80's Taco Bell.

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Yes to the Lum's in Glenwood. I think I actually had my first beer there.

If anyone is headed out Lake Tahoe way, Jack in the Box has a few stores in Reno. Every so often when I head down from the lake I have a couple large tacos, and they are every bit as enjoyable as when I was eating them on Ridge and Peterson at 2am in a thoroughly munched out condition.

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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." Frank Sinatra

Schraft's luncheonettes for the special day out with a grandparent.
Howard Johnson's for the fried clams. Especially after a trip to the Bronx Zoo with the grandparent.
(I realize these may be both geographically and chronologically outside the implied parameters of the question. But there it is.)

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+ 1 on the clams. Jaques Pepin was behind many of the dishes served at HoJo in its heyday.

[url]=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/opinion/28pepin.htmlJaques Pepin, who calls his time at Howard Johnson's his American Apprenticeship weighs in[/url].

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Steve Z.
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"The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." - Julia Child

Believe it or not Chi Chi's is big in Belgium. Yes, they serve Glace Mexicaine. Something to look forward to on your next trip to Antwerp.


You can find out for yourself. There are others around but the one at 55th and the Dan Ryan is probably the closest.

Checkers
5451 S Wentworth Av
Chicago
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My partner occasionally swoons over her Friday night dinners of fried clams at HoJo when she was a teen. My bring back to Chicago place is Maid Rite which I came love in college in Iowa. There is one in Peoria.

My inner-geezer is going to be revealed with these blasts from the past--

Victoria Station-- Really terrific prime rib served at a great mid price-point. We used to patronize the location on Caldwell ( near Tam Golf Course )

Rusty Scupper-- Great seafood, also at a great mid price-point. It's the first place that I ever had a lobster. It was located on Higgins, just west of Cumberland.

JoJo's-- Not the greatest food, but reliable. It was the best that you could do at 3:00 A.M

Jack-in-the-Box-- God bless all of you who have fond memories. My memories are clouded because I don't think that I was ever sober while in the place.

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& Peru, IL.

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Before Cotton was King: http://www.grubseeker.blogspot.com

That reminds me. Oogie's, of only for the root beer.

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I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert. ~ Jason Love
There is no pie in Nighthawks, which is why it's such a desolate image. ~ Happy Stomach
I can't go to Hollywood. I got biscuits to make. ~ Dwight Henry

Late-Nite Eats Database

Kentucky Fried Chicken from the '60's and early 70's. Some of the other early chains were pretty good back in day before consistency and marketing took over.

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Raw meat should NOT have an ingredients list!!

I'd like to see A&W Drive-Ins come back if only because of the fond memories I have of my Dad piling us into the car in our pajamas and driving us for rootbeer floats in the summer.

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Dog n Suds. It was a drive-in with hot dogs and root beer. I know there are some out in exurbia (Grayslake, Richmond), but there used to be some closer to the city.

When I was in high school my friend dated a waitress at the HoJo's on Higgins near Cumberland (gone now) and the fried clams were good. I seem to remember a lot of customers ordering peppermint ice cream there too -- maybe it was what they were known for?

Howard Johnson's was known for its 28 flavors of ice cream, which it proudly proclaimed on the outside of their buildings. Of course, back in the 1800's, as immortalized in Blazing Saddles, they had only one flavor.

That particular HoJo's building still stands and exists as a Hooter's today.

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Steve Z.
Photographer/Pseudojournalist

"The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." - Julia Child

I guess it was Peppermint Stick. Frozen Pudding sounds different.

http://www.hojoland.com/28flavors.html