I visited Philly recently, and my hosts took me to Woodrows for the philly cheesesteak, and it was bonkos good! house-made "truffle whiz" cheese sauce was gooey and the steak and onions was more flavor than I was expecting. Perfect hangover food, but I'm sure would be great without the hangover (better even, maybe)
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I know going to a steakhouse is cheesy--- and I donβt even eat steak but Old Homestead put that wooooork in when they formulated that garlic bread. Iβve never had anything like it. Itβs like a parmesan fondue with bricks of garlic bread stacked up like Manga, it is one of the best appetizers Iβve ever had. The crab cakes are great too, a nice jumbo lump crab without all that filler and a beautiful aioli.
Jun 21, 2022
still dreaming about the tomato pie at beddia. take me back!!!
thank you so much to everyone who sent such amazing philly recs π₯Ήπ€
Mar 4, 2024
If I'm in Chicago the only place I'm tryna get Italian Beef is Johnnie's in Elmwood Park. If I'm outside of Chicago I know the great Chicago export of Portillo's will offer a perfectly adequate beef. I probably won't go out of my way for this Portillo's again, but the decor inside was classic Chicago mob-themed and you can't beat their iconic red stripes and wiener dog mascot. My main critique of the quality of the sandwich is sometimes their meat is a bit tough, and even though I ask for the beef "extra juicy" there are some really dry moments. Overall, solid intro to Italian Beef and their chopped salad is bomb!
7/10 Yum
9/10 Chicago-ness
10/10 Service
8/10 Vibes (slightly lower cuz their patio was lacking in vibe but inside was great)
Jan 21, 2024
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I know slavoj zizek is a fucking loser now, but his movie A Pervert's Guide to Ideology was the first piece of media that began to rub away the sheen/shellac of pretense that the world operates smoothly. It was my first time really engaging with a Marxian analysis and sitting with it. I was in high school, and it set me up to care about critical theory. From this movie, I'd read Mark Fisher's really quick book "Capitalist Realism: is there no alternative?" Fisher grounds a lot of his theory in culture/media in a very similar way to Zizek.
After that, I'd follow recommendations made by others in the thread!
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