Hamburgers, Hot Dogs….and Chili?

Just so you don’t think ELV’s gustatory grumblings are all about griottes, Gruyere and grenache (not to mention champagne, chanterelles and cerises…), here is an example of this weekend’s culinary adventures(?) so far.

As you can see, Chicago Hot Dogs on North Rancho Road is UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, which, if experience is our guide in such things, means the food, ambiance, and service will change not a bit. (After all, the oeuvre of the Chicago hot dog allows for precious little in the way of creativity…)

You will also see an R-J “Best of…” sign in the window. Ignore it (as you always should). This place isn’t the best of anything.

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Last Rites For AJ’s STEAKHOUSE

It had been years since I’d been AJ’s but I had to go back one last time. I wanted to see what it was like to walk back into a 1999 time warp that was itself an evocation of our 1950’s past – both eras long gone, but represented by the art, the architecture and that certain something that AJ’s had, and that we probably won’t see again.

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