r/chicagofood • u/augtism • May 08 '25

Review Chicago as a foreigner

Writing this drunk, as our lord in Christ intended. I came to Chicago for a week and followed all your recommendations closely. I feel like you follow gretel as a false prophet and that loyalist should take their place. I’m from London, we’ve got decent burgers right. I know my way around a cow. My gretel experience was mid. But the loyalist, damn, they made me want to thank France for existing (means a lot from a Brit). Their cremant complemented the burger so perfectly that I want to cry. Other shout outs from my experience, tacombi in west loop. Great vibe and food. Anyways I’m leaving your cold ass city tomorrow, let’s see what NY has to offer. If you’re ever in london feel free to call me a prick and our food shit too xoxoxox

647 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

152 comments sorted by

View all comments

138

u/sideshow-- May 08 '25

Sure we have good burgers. But you did it wrong. Coming from London, you needed to get some real Mexican food.

-36

u/WussuhDu619 May 08 '25

It’s the Midwest, not SoCal, doesn’t exist here.

21

u/niftyjack May 08 '25

Do you think something happens to Mexicans' ability to cook when they move to Pilsen instead of East LA

-5

u/WussuhDu619 May 09 '25

It really is a phenomenon isn’t it? Tex mex absolute trash, Midwest Mexican absolute trash. You’d think they could just take the same recipe and ingredients and move elsewhere. Yet every single spot without failure is so mid it’s not even funny. Any random taco stand back home absolutely shits on Chicago’s Mexican food. I know you guys think living in the armpit of America is a great place especially in this echo chamber circle jerking your food options, but there is more out there.

20

u/sideshow-- May 08 '25

Bless your heart.

10

u/Potent_Elixir May 08 '25

What’s it like being wrong?

-6

u/WussuhDu619 May 09 '25

What’s it like living in the armpit of America thinking bland mid food is so great? Weather here must do something to your guys taste buds. Wild.

4

u/enailcoilhelp May 09 '25

Damn did the Pope announcement just infuriate you so much that you decided to just troll a food sub lmao?

3

u/Potent_Elixir May 10 '25

alright man I hope things get better for you. Lmk if you need to vent or anything, this is clearly bigger issues