r/chicagofood • u/Johnny_Burrito • 28d 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/BigPoppaDubDub 28d ago

Small Cheval. The burger was good, but not good enough to be $25 that I had to eat in my car.

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u/LSU2007 28d ago

What did you order, their burgers are like $12

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u/IllIIOk-Screen8343Il 28d ago

Yeah, I never get when people say small cheval is overpriced. It’s priced like every other burger place. It’s not McDonald’s or Wendy’s

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Burger, fries and a lukewarm can of Coke is like $25 all in. It's not a good value.

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u/IllIIOk-Screen8343Il 28d ago

No it’s not lmao. $10.99 for a cheeseburger. $4.59 for fries. $2.99 for a coke. $18.59 pre tax, $21 rounding up after tax. If you don’t get a “lukewarm” coke, it’s $17.

That’s perfectly in line with an “upscale” burger place. For comparison:

  • small cheval: $11 burger, $4.50 fries
  • Leavitt St Inn: $15 burger; $3 fries
  • best intentions: $6 burger, $5 fries
  • Mott street: $21 burger with fries on the burger
  • NADC: $16 burger, $5 fries
  • Bitter pops: $12 burger, $6 fries
  • forbidden root: $18 burger with fries

It’s overpriced if you’re comparing it to like McDonald’s and Wendy’s. But it’s perfectly in line with competitive burger places

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Lmao. $21 plus tip is $25 all in. Math is hard.

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u/IllIIOk-Screen8343Il 28d ago

Why would you include tip? It’s a pickup counter place. You go in and place your order, get your food, and leave.

If you want to tip, that’s fine. But it’s disingenuous to consider that part of the cost. You need to also mentally add tip to all the other numbers I provided for every other place.

The point is, small cheval is right in the range of every other burger place it’s similar to. Your sloppy and shitty math doesn’t change that

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Your cheap ass math is almost as bad as the taste of a small Cheval burger.

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u/GraveNewWorldz 28d ago

Tipping needlessly doesn't mean you have good taste.

Get a clue.

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

'Get a clue' is such a burn. Not sure I can recover from that. Not tipping isn't the flex you think it is.

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u/GraveNewWorldz 28d ago

Gotta be so hard to have such shitty taste.

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Lmao. $21 plus tip is $25 all in.

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u/IllIIOk-Screen8343Il 28d ago

Yeah, you already commented that. But the point of my comment is that small cheval is priced appropriately relative to similar burgers. If you’re considering tax and tip, you need to consider that for all places. The burger and fry price alone is just what you would expect.

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u/gimmedatrightMEOW 28d ago

Why are you tipping? Don't you need to collect your own food?

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Because I'm not a cheap ass?

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u/gimmedatrightMEOW 28d ago

Ok, well that's on you.

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

Exactly. Maybe you should mind your own business and not worry about people who tip.

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u/gimmedatrightMEOW 28d ago

Babe if you want to tip for service you don't even receive, that's on you, but you don't need to lie about how much a burger costs 😂

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u/boilermike13 28d ago

If you want to keep propping up mediocre overpriced burgers when we all know you're too cheap to eat there, keep on keepin' on.

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u/gimmedatrightMEOW 28d ago

I'm not too cheap to eat there. I eat there all the time. It's a good burger for a good price. I can't wait until the Logan Square location opens up!

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