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| - One last whirl at Old Chicago before they tear it down and put up a Culvers. We had a $25 gift card to use, so time was running out. In we went!
The place is clean and organized. Happy hours here are nice - plenty of beer to choose from, and the outdoor patio is great on a nice day. I've had salads here before, and they've always been good.
This time the family settled in for a typical dinner out. My son and I ordered the angus steak sandwich while my wife got a italian sausage calzone. The little guy got the chicken tender kids meal, which was fine. The calzone lacked "pop". It tasted okay, but didn't have the dynamic flavor you want from a pizza-based item. The steak sandwiches weren't great. We ordered them without the pepper-stuff, but they either whiffed on that or it had something else peppery in it. The meat was very dry, only to be enhanced by the dry bun. The food came out pretty quick, so I can't believe it sat under a warming lamp for too long.
In all, the food was underwhelming. Seeing the next table's deep dish pizza, we had orderer's remorse. That feeling was solidified 20 minutes later as I doubled over in pain every 3 minutes. All is well now, but I'm not looking to head back.
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