On Jan 24, 6:04*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:29:01 -0800, "Calif Bill"





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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:28:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. *I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had
a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46
years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. *You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. *Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. *I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. *'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

A couple of years ago my 90 year old Aunt in Arlington Hts became
terminally
ill. *My brother, from Michigan and I both traveled there to be with her
as
she had no other family. *The three weeks I was there much of our dining
was
on pizza and Italian beef. *When I arrived home in Florida I jumped on the
scale only to find I had gained 13 pounds.

Haven't found a decent pizza joint here. *There have been a couple of
places
that opened and served pretty good Chicago style Italian beef but neither
of
them lasted very long.

When I first moved to Florida I walked into a "Italian" pizza restaurant
and
ordered an Italian beef to go. *They looked at me like I just fell out of
tree, they had never heard of such a thing. *I didn't realize it's a thing
pretty much unique to Chicago.

Yep.

Another "thing" is ordering pickle on your hot dog. *Nice big fat
slice of pickle. *And real mustard, not the crap mustard most hot dog
places have. Properly chunked spanish onions.

mmmmmm.....

Used to be only one place out here in the west that had those great pickles
like the midwest. *Not worth living in the midwest for the pickles, but I do
eat them when in Chicago.

We have a real New York Deli in Vernon, CT - Rein's. *They pickle
their own pickles.

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How can it be a real New York deli if it's in CT??