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August 23, 2006
Call me unimpressed
Christy and I rolled over to Poag Mahone's tonight, as I had heard about how they served an excellent hamburger. In fact, Oprah's pal Gayle King adores the Poag Mahone cheeseburger.
Here is Christy with her half-consumed burger:
I am sorry to say, but this once again does not live up to the hype. I wasn't as thoroughly disappointed with this one as I was with Moody's, but it didn't knock me flat on my ass. I wouldn't rate it as one of the better burgers in Chicago, let alone one of the 20 burgers I must eat before I die. However, Poag Mahone's does earn extra points because the french fries were delicious. They were those crinkly ones that should be more fashionable, but they aren't. That saved the thing for me.
So, my unofficial Chicago hamburger rankings go something like this:
1 (tie): Boston Blackies/Irish Oak
3: Yak-Zies
4: Weiner's Circle (Pretty good for a fast-food joint!)
Posted by oz115 at August 23, 2006 12:22 AM
Comments
Holy Shit. I was so just going to email you to say that we need to make another Boston Blackies run one of these days. Let me know what works for you.
Posted by: Q at August 23, 2006 01:58 PM
I wanna go...
Were you at Poag's in the loop? That's a block from my office.
Posted by: G at August 23, 2006 09:26 PM
I much prefer Weiner's Cirlce hamburgers over Yakzees. SOrry kid!
Posted by: Christy at August 24, 2006 05:18 PM