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Mr. Beef
"Without comparison, the best place for Italian beef in Chicago. One has to take into account, though, that Italian beef is just about the most unhealthy, messy food ever invented. So if you are ready to eat an extraordinarily filling meal and then take a nap afterward and wake up two pounds heavier, look no further than Mr. Beef. It's the only place worth the masochism." --E.E.
"The beef is great, the giardinera is homemade, too. The sandwich should be slightly bigger. I could eat two, sometimes I think about it. Too bad you can't get one and a half." ?Dan L.
Portillo's Hot Dogs/Barnelli's Pasta Bowl
"The best Italian beef in the city. For big eaters, order the big beef and substitute fries with a big Chicago dog!" ?Christian V.
Max's Famous Italian Beef
"Man, the beef here is the only place in the whole city that's as good as Mr.
Now they're cookin'
At some point, while staring at your slate-gray cubicle walls, you've dreamed about leaving it all behind to follow your real passion: cooking. Too scared? Not sure where to begin? As back-to-school season gets in full swing, take pointers--and inspiration--from folks who went from the cube to the kitchen.
Name: Gina Howie
Age: 29
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The London good food guide
Borough Market is an experience you can't miss. Okay, you'll never want to see another stroller again and queuing for an hour for a bag of carrots isn't funny with a hangover (not to mention paying handsomely for the privilege - there's nothing budget about Borough). Yes it's busy and it ain't cheap but the variety of food on offer is huge, and its popularity has drawn stacks of foodie retailers and eating spots to open up around it. When you've had enough, flee to the river, a short stroll away. Link: www.boroughmarket.org.uk 2) Eat foreign If there's one thing London does well, it's foreign cuisine. Where to start? For curries, head to Brick Lane, a strip between Whitechapel and Liverpool St stations that's firmly engraved on the city's culinary map and chock-a-block with Indian restaurants.
Film Clips
ARCTIC TALE (G). "March of the Penguins" meets "An Inconvenient Truth" in this kids' doc from the folks at National Geographic. BALLS OF FURY (PG-13). Satire of "Enter the Dragon" not too good but funny now and then (1:30). HH1/2 (Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News 8/30) BECOMING JANE (PG). Pleasant-enough remake of "Pride and Prejudice," subbing Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) for her literary creation Elizabeth Bennett (1:52). HHH (Whipp, Los Angeles Daily News 8/17) DEATH SENTENCE (R). Kevin Bacon goes Charles Bronson when his oldest son is killed in a gang initiation. HAIRSPRAY (PG). The world probably didn't need another film version of John Waters' 1988 romp any more than it needed a Broadway musical version of it. Having said that, this new brand of "Hairspray" is enormously entertaining but with only a touch of Waters' signature dark, kitschy humor.
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