I wouldn’t call it “great” food, but it’s always solid. I can’t say for sure, but I imagine going Maggiano’s for Italian in Chicago would be like going to Famous Daves for BBQ in Nashville. You’re going to have a decent meal at either place, but there’s better options.
Probably even smaller geography. Other than the ones in LA and Arizona, I don’t think there are any Portillo’s outside of Chicagoland. Either way it’s delicious.
A regional chain that nobody ever talks up (myself included), is Culver’s. Probably the best fast food burger in the Midwest and they have cheese curds.
You can probably use it online? This is another thing that makes me feel a lot older than I should at 29. Getting a $50 Best Buy gift card as a youth was a jackpot.
For real. I’ve never really thought about it but it’s pretty remarkable Best Buy is still going strong. I rarely go to either, but both locations by my house are always crowded. I wonder what keeps them afloat? Appliances?
Harsh but accurate. The contractor thing is great idea with an old house. Aside from all the things that can go wrong from a house aging, you have no idea what all the bozos living in it prior to you had their cousin “remodel” on the cheap.
My recommendation for anyone buying a home for the first time is to watch a marathon of Holmes on Holmes or Holmes Makes It Right. That Canadian son of a bitch will show you stuff you didn’t even know could go wrong with a house.
Hope your problems get solved with as little headache and money as possible.
Even if the inspector is horseshit, I would hope you have someone in your life that knows the risks of buying an old home. Roots through a sewage line is a common problem.
This is why it’s important to have friends in trades (or be in one in my case). Also, it sounds like you bought an old ass house and didn’t expect shit to go wrong, which is crazy.
I had a very similar situation recently. One of my best friends got married three years ago, and I was the best man in his wedding. About a month after the wedding my buddy just disappeared off the face of the earth. Went from having a standing weekly appointment for fishing and beers to only seeing him at major annual events (fantasy draft, 4th of July etc). Needless to say it bummed all of us out. But in the last year or so he’s turned a corner and we see more of him and he makes an effort to hang. With time your buddy will either make a stand and hang out more, or he’s just lost in the sauce.
The one key difference is that his wife doesn’t hate us. She’s just needy and doesn’t like being left alone.
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That’s right. There has to be some correlation with Chicago snowbirds and where they put their restaurants.
That’s a good call. I think Red Robin > Five Guys for sure.
I wouldn’t call it “great” food, but it’s always solid. I can’t say for sure, but I imagine going Maggiano’s for Italian in Chicago would be like going to Famous Daves for BBQ in Nashville. You’re going to have a decent meal at either place, but there’s better options.
Probably even smaller geography. Other than the ones in LA and Arizona, I don’t think there are any Portillo’s outside of Chicagoland. Either way it’s delicious.
This is 100% true. It’s fancy for kids taking their dates to dinner before homecoming.
A regional chain that nobody ever talks up (myself included), is Culver’s. Probably the best fast food burger in the Midwest and they have cheese curds.
I didn’t even know there were any outside of the Chicago area.
As someone who has a lot of experience third wheeling, this is spot on. All too often it ends up with the last resort being the best resort.
You can probably use it online? This is another thing that makes me feel a lot older than I should at 29. Getting a $50 Best Buy gift card as a youth was a jackpot.
Anyone that claims they’re into “deep conversation”, has never had a deep conversation.
For real. I’ve never really thought about it but it’s pretty remarkable Best Buy is still going strong. I rarely go to either, but both locations by my house are always crowded. I wonder what keeps them afloat? Appliances?
Harsh but accurate. The contractor thing is great idea with an old house. Aside from all the things that can go wrong from a house aging, you have no idea what all the bozos living in it prior to you had their cousin “remodel” on the cheap.
My recommendation for anyone buying a home for the first time is to watch a marathon of Holmes on Holmes or Holmes Makes It Right. That Canadian son of a bitch will show you stuff you didn’t even know could go wrong with a house.
Hope your problems get solved with as little headache and money as possible.
Even if the inspector is horseshit, I would hope you have someone in your life that knows the risks of buying an old home. Roots through a sewage line is a common problem.
This is why it’s important to have friends in trades (or be in one in my case). Also, it sounds like you bought an old ass house and didn’t expect shit to go wrong, which is crazy.
I had a very similar situation recently. One of my best friends got married three years ago, and I was the best man in his wedding. About a month after the wedding my buddy just disappeared off the face of the earth. Went from having a standing weekly appointment for fishing and beers to only seeing him at major annual events (fantasy draft, 4th of July etc). Needless to say it bummed all of us out. But in the last year or so he’s turned a corner and we see more of him and he makes an effort to hang. With time your buddy will either make a stand and hang out more, or he’s just lost in the sauce.
The one key difference is that his wife doesn’t hate us. She’s just needy and doesn’t like being left alone.
Treating service workers in general poorly is the mark of a truly terrible person.
I hate these girls with the power of a thousand suns. I really hope at some point there’s a reveal as to why Todd has stuck around this long.
Well, if there were hooligans interrupting his robe time, he may have had good reason to be riled up.
You’re just gonna drop a line about being “accosted by a middle aged man in nothing but a bathrobe and slippers” and leave us hanging? C’mon man…