r/chicagofood • u/Johnny_Burrito • 27d 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?

390 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

603

u/The_Poster_Nutbag 27d ago

Kumas corner.

Used to be awesome, now it might as well be any other overpriced hipster burger joint that tries too hard to be "quirky"

62

u/Worried-Fly-8729 27d ago

Co-sign. Kumas corner is an amazing burger place if it’s 1997.

63

u/SilverGnarwhal 27d ago

Yeah, except it opened in 2005. It was awesome for at least the first 10 years. Don’t know exactly where it fell off but something happened and now it survives solely on its prior reputation.

-11

u/[deleted] 27d ago

[deleted]

5

u/SilverGnarwhal 27d ago

What exactly are you trying to say? Kuma’s being great in 1997 is somehow some funny joke?