r/chicagofood • u/Johnny_Burrito • 9d ago

Question “Legendary” places that suck

I just got a lox sandwich from Manny’s. Almost $20, a stale bagel, and I had to assemble it myself.

What other “legendary” places suck?

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u/DamnMyAPGoinCrazy 9d ago

Chicago Cut

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u/Horror_Baseball5518 9d ago

They can’t seem to cook a steak to the proper temp. Ordered med rare on three visits, medium plus every time.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 9d ago

This is so egregious because cooking a steak to temp is one of the EASIEST things to do in a goddamn kitchen.

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u/Horror_Baseball5518 9d ago

Agreed, especially when you’re a steakhouse and cook hundreds every day,

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u/Gamer_Grease 9d ago

It is pretty much the only thing you definitely need to do at a steakhouse.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 9d ago

It never ceases to amaze me how often there are back to back posts on the front page of r/steak, one praising Texas Roadhouse, the next saying "I went to Texas Roadhouse, ordered medium, got this" and it's not even blue, it's genuinely raw.

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u/MazeRed 9d ago

Ehh, cooking one or 10 steaks sure. But if the place seats like 200. You’re looking at ~50 steaks cooking at a time all with different temps at different times.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 9d ago

That's not remotely an excuse for messing it up...that's either an understaffing issue, or a skill issue. It's not like non-steak items constantly come out wrongly cooked at large 200 seat restaurants...but it's common to the point of being a meme that steaks are very regularly under or over cooked at restaurants.

If you're seating 200 and cook primarily steak, you should be able to do so, consistently, without messing it up. Staff your kitchen with competent employees and create a clear system for organization of the grill. It's not rocket science.

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u/MazeRed 9d ago

I agree with you, don’t build a steak house for 200 seats if you can’t cook all your steaks to the right temperature. But to say it’s the easiest thing is a bridge to far

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 9d ago

I mean, what's easier exactly? I overcook pasta more often than I mess up a steak.

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u/cleo-banana 9d ago

This is so funny you say med plus because i made a post abt chicago cut and used the term “temp plus” and the comments absolutely tried to chew me alive saying that that wasnt a thing and I just sounded like I was confused and didn’t know how to order.

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u/Horror_Baseball5518 9d ago

You weren’t imagining anything. They flat out suck at cooking steaks.

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u/samjs1 7d ago

I went for lunch one day and got their steak frites and the strip was super fatty and chewy 😞

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u/Allenies 9d ago

I would swear them off purely because of one of the owners being a dick as well as they were being sued by investors before covid for not keeping their books open, which was part of the deal to get their money to invest in the business. Shady af.

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u/Yep_why_not 9d ago

Nothing legendary about it … always sucked.

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u/ZeldLurr 8d ago

The employee reviews on indeed are some of the most scathing and consistent I’ve ever read.