tbh, the last thing this city (or any city) needs is more "artisanal hipster" anything
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
i'm holding out for a fast pho chain where you can add your own vegetables in the quantities that you please from a little bar. how hard could that be?
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
I will make that sacrifice to be able to buy cheese grits and a biscuit for breakfast before work. xp
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, but ime, "artesinal hipster" usually means you'll be paying $13.99 for those grits and a biscuit when it should cost like under 5 bucks
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
you mean
14
(those places always have round numbers and no disgraceful dollar signs)
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
I could do a southern breakfast place. I envision a restaurant where a Mississippian and a Britishes team up and "compete" for customers, and you can get your choice of a Full English Breakfast or a Full Southern Breakfast. "Race for Angina" is the first name that comes to mind.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
housemade merrypork farms sausage and artisanal biscuit 14
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
very good point!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
I know it can be a little eye-rolly sometimes when businesses go out of their way to trumpet their artisanal values, especially when there's mustache wax involved, but the concept of artisanal food (i.e., food prepared in small batches with high-quality ingredients) is a good thing, IMO.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
xposts You might be OTM about the mark-up, though.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i was being a little tongue-in-cheek because i think its a little too much of "a thing" right now. i completely think it can be a good thing, it just seems to be getting touted so often that it really starts to become meaningless.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
I pretty much agree with all of you about everything (and LOL at "14"). Especially WmC moving here and starting a southern breakfast place. Do the eastern NC thing and serve cucumbers and onions as a breakfast side dish.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
That reminds me that I haven't made cucumbers and onions all summer. What the hell is wrong with me. Will rectify tomorrow after the farmers' market.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
here's a question i've had - is there some sort of exchange program between the UK and the US to train family farm workers? there are three britishers who work the tables at my farmer's market and i found that curious. it's not that big, and i don't usually see/hear any britishers on a regular day in my hood.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
srs lolz
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
i know, right? That was perfect.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Admittedly, I'm a little over the chalkboard that lists all the farms from which the restaurant sources its ingredients. Like it's not enough to just say "Our food comes from various Midwestern farms." Does anyone look at that board and go "Ooh, Dietzler Farms, that's a good one"?
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
I was at the big Whole Foods on Kingsbury a month or so ago and this woman was grilling a WF employee about the provenance of their lentils, like "You say they are organic and local but where exactly do they come from" and so I think that yes, at least one person does that, but she's an asshole.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Only once, in the restaurant in Columbus, Wisconsin that serves an entire meal made up of stuff from my uncle's farm!
(xpost)
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
in relevant news, a friend that works at WF passed this along the other day: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/19/do_foodies_care_about_workers/
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Well, looks like I'm only ever eating at Houlihan's - http://rocunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ROCDinersGuide2011_F5.pdf
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
That's a good article, Dan. Thank you.
specially WmC moving here and starting a southern breakfast place.
Yes. WmC, if you ever visit, I'm sure you won't want to eat Southern food, but I'd be curious about your take on Big Jones.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Hi, Wm. It's nice having you around.
Doesn't Northdown Cafe list farms on their chalkboard? They stopped listing their pies, and if they replaced useful pie listings with farms, that's stupid.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Never been to Northdown -- looks good, though.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
you guys i am still pretty proud of our second place finish will ride this wave as long as it'll have me
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'm impressed!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qoMp8IW2mTk/T3cD1yE-irI/AAAAAAAAFIY/Pasfyg35jCw/s640/great+job.jpg
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
So what was the quiz like in comparison to the prognostications itt?
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
Hi Jesse. I lurk on this thread all the time, just post occasionally.
WmC, if you ever visit,
When, not if!
― Neil Jung (WmC), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
xp Music from the entirety of the rock era was covered, though very little outside of the rock genre.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I guess that's not entirely true -- there were questions about Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and Lady Gaga. But those are big names. There were also questions about the Wipers and the Unicorns and a whole round in which you had to match the band to an excerpt of their Pitchfork review, which included Ty Segall and the Cloud Nothings and Dirty Beaches. So your knowledge of rock music was expected to go deep.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://chicago.racked.com/archives/2012/07/25/liveblogging-opening-day-of-the-very-first-citytarget.php
Target's open?
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
I thought it was supposed to open Sunday.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Re: farms, the Green City/City Provisions-type folks may have some real association with the people working those farms (or follow them on Twitter), so the chalkboard names aren't generic BS but code for quality within that world.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
FB post from a left/activist friend, followed by one of the first comments:
I just have to get this out: The grandstanding by Ald. Joe Moreno to deny a chicken franchise zoning rights in his ward based on comments made by the owner that shows he does not support gay marriage reminds me when some Chicago suburbs deny zoning to mosques because some disagree (or more likely fear) Islam. Both are wrong and border on the absurd. The personal religious beliefs are being used by the other side for political gain with their constituents. If you don't like a business, boycott it or just don't frequent it. This is why I don't get gas at BP.The comments made by the chicken exec just reflect his religious beliefs and nothing more. They still sell chicken freely to anyone and no one is discriminated when buying some wings. For the city of Chicago to now suggest that executives of companies that want to do business here must now prove they share their same social agenda or values is bizarre and hypocritical. And I'm someone who supports gay marriage and rights.Like · · about an hour agoSome town in the country will use this same reasoning to once again stop a women's health clinic to open for they offer birth control or abortion services.
Both are wrong and border on the absurd. The personal religious beliefs are being used by the other side for political gain with their constituents. If you don't like a business, boycott it or just don't frequent it.
This is why I don't get gas at BP.
The comments made by the chicken exec just reflect his religious beliefs and nothing more. They still sell chicken freely to anyone and no one is discriminated when buying some wings. For the city of Chicago to now suggest that executives of companies that want to do business here must now prove they share their same social agenda or values is bizarre and hypocritical. And I'm someone who supports gay marriage and rights.Like · · about an hour ago
Some town in the country will use this same reasoning to once again stop a women's health clinic to open for they offer birth control or abortion services.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I don't doubt that some people in the industry have certain connotations -- and may be able to discern one farm as better than another -- but I think those distinctions are lost on most consumers. I guess part of it's just giving credit, though, too.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in DeKalb. It's way the fuck out.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
I spent 6 weeks there in '08, directing a play at the university. I like the downtown. Nice day for a drive out there.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
Going back to the quiz topics -- it was much easier in places than I expected (boo if you don't recognize "Another One Bites the Dust" in 3 notes), but did focus on lesser-known details about well known figures, like all the bands Ron Wood has been in or w/e. Overall I think the hardest round was the one about basslines. I didn't know a lot of them because I just wasn't familiar with the songs they chose.
(or follow them on Twitter) this made me lol for some reason.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Ugh, fuckin' Lollapalooza. All the roads through Grant Park are already closed for Lollapalooza, even though it doesn't start for another week and a half.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 July 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
10 best biscuits in Chicago
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Thursday, 26 July 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
weird work day so far, our email is down and no one has called me, feeling kinda isolated and can't really work on much of anything
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
it would be perfect if no one replied to that
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
also they told us not to use spotify/pandora/etc while our IT guy downloads software to try and fix our email so i can't even listen to music or podcasts or whatever. just sitting in a quiet library doing nothing.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
can you go get a book of pictures to look at? that's what i would do.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
I got a $10 credit at the lunch place by my work when I signed up for Level Up, which I'd been meaning to do anyway.
Thinking about starting a thread about the move away from cash and away from plastic and toward using one's smart phone as a wallet.
― Je55e, Thursday, 26 July 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I went in the new target. It's targety.
― Jeff, Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
When I walked by today there were a lot of people going in and out, even, I kid you not, like organized tour groups. To go to the new Target!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Nice to have a grocery store there. Also I can buy underwear.
― Jeff, Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/208855_10151108316990600_1048969801_n.jpg
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link