EATING THE MIDWEST
Sabrina and I share a birthday. The year is 2001 and she is three. I am not. Sabrina lives in Indiana. A tradition is developing. I drive to Indiana with a theme cake that fills my luggage deck. The baker is Philadelphia's "Ant Marr" and this year's theme is Barbie. Afterwards it's on to Saint Louis for a chocolate banana split, Springfield IL to celebrate the birth of the corn dog and and a bunch of other good eatin'. In May of 2003, another trip to the Midwest, this time Chicago, with more stops along the way in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
All The Places, A to Z
5 & 20 Country Kitchen
Al's Italian Beef
American Coney Island
Ann Sather
Arthur Bryant's Barbecue
Bearden's
Berardi's
Blue Ash Chili
Bongo Room
Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe
Byron's Hot Dog Haus
Camp Washington Chili
Carl's Drive-In
Chicken-N-Spice
Clifton Mill
Coal Grove Freez-ett
Cozy Drive-In
Crown Candy
Culver's
Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket
Eastern Market
Enrico's Biscotti
Evanston Chicken Shack
Famous Coney Island
Fezz's Diner
Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island Weiner Stand
Gene & Jude's
Gold Coast
Gray Brothers Cafeteria
Hackney's on Harms
Harold's Chicken Shack
Hodak's
Jim's Original
Joe Roger's Chili Parlor
Johnnie's Beef
Kate's Kitchen
Kevin's Hamburger Heaven
KJ's Cafe
Lafayette Coney Island
Lemmy's
Louie's Corned Beef and Ham
Mario's Italian Lemonade
Mug 'n Bun Drive-In
Oklahoma Joes
Ole Towne Smoke House
Pamela's Country Kitchen
Phil Smidt's
Poochie's
Popcorn Guy
Portillo's
Powers Hamburgers
Primanti Brothers
Schmidt's Sausage Haus
Schmucker's
Shorty's Lunch
Skyline Chili
Sonic Drive-In
Stroud's Oak Ridge Manor
Sumburger
Superdawg
Ted Drewes
The Strip
Toast
Tony Packo's Cafe
Town Topic, Inc.
U Lucky Dog
Walker Brothers
Wholey Fish Market
Wieners Circle
Winstead's Drive-In
Wishbone
Woofie's Hot Dogs
Young's Jersey Dairy