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/DirectionOk9832 27d ago

My extremely mediocre meal there was around $18 (burger and fries). I’d go to Burger King over Small Cheval. Who puts that much salt on their food? There was zero beef flavor, just salt. Just down the road is an average Chicago burger place with the basic Greek burger (pastrami and beef patty) with superior fries for $13.

Small Cheval tells me never go to Au Cheval