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Where do you burger in Chicago?

If you have all night with nothing else to do, and you're in Chicago, and you like burgers, and you don't mind loud goth metal, go to Kuma's Corner.

Where?  Belmont, just west of California. 

How much will I pay?  For the best gormet burgers in town, you'll be pleased by the $10-15 plates.  We got three burgers and a plate of mac and cheese for something like $56.00 (alcohol separate).


Reservations?  Not accepted.  On Saturday night, our wait was a little over 2 hours.  They only seat 36 (looks more like 20) including the bar spaces.  Also, you'll be standing, shoulder to shoulder, the entire time.  And only the lucky get to wait inside.  We were, and the 2 hours FLEW by for us.

The bar?  You'll also be pleased by the beer selection, unless you're a Yuengling douchebag.  They have PBR and soft drinks for $3.00.  A few Three Floyds on tap (Gumballhead and Alpha King) for $5.00,  Jack Daniels, Woodford Reserve, and some other small batch bourbon on TAP.  And plenty of other craft bottle beers like the Lagunitas varieties.  And a couple $17.00 specialty beers to boot (including 3Floyds Alpha Klaus).  I went with the 3Floyds Alpha King and a forgettable other IPA. 

The food?  Before I mention the burgers, their mac and cheese is apparently world class.  I didn't try it, but I saw the giant dishes, and you get your choice of 2 toppings.  There were at least 10 choices for toppings.  Bacon is the only one I recall.   We ordered some to-go for my brother in law and his wife who watched our kid.  

Now the burgers.

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This is called Eyehategod, the month's special.  If the photo is so crappy, here's the description from the menu:

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Can you read that?  "10 oz burger, topped with Dusseldorf Mustard, pecan crumbles, bacon wrapped blue cheese stuffed dates and fresh rosemary on our famous pretzel roll."  I don't have the words to describe how good this was. 

I don't remember what was on the other two burgers we ordered (half of each of them went to the sitters), but they were also incredible.   Here's half of one:

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I had other pictures, but they didn't come out very good because the light was bad.  Also, Jim O'Toole stopped by chatted Reds baseball with me.

Oh yeah . . . I woke up in the middle of the night with the meat sweats, passed out in the bathroom, knocked the glass shower door off its track, and bruised my shoulder on the track.  Yup.  I'm 34.  But nevermind that.  Go to Kuma's.

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