![]() ![]() ![]() Though available for what seems like a steep $22.99 per pound, a quarter pound serving qualifies as a healthy single portion. But the little shack does it right, smoking jumbo shrimp until haunted with smoke, yet still sweet and plump. Located smack in the middle of an industrial zone by the foot of a bridge, Calumet Fisheries looks like the last place you'd find or want freshly smoked seafood. Smoked shrimp at Calumet Fisheries (ΒΌ pound for $5.75) (Just ask for the beef wet.) While delicious on its own, crown it with a ladle of giardiniera, the hot pepper mix that adds heat and crunch to each bite. That's mostly thanks to the restaurant's flavor-packed jus, a potent gravy of meat juices and spices, which is so good, you should ask for your whole sandwich to be dunked in it. Why? Because each shard of thinly sliced beef tastes irresponsibly meaty, like condensed rib-eye steak essence. The gold standard Italian beef by which every other must be judged. Italian beef at Johnnie's Beef ($5.04 with hot peppers) That includes accessible offerings like paa lo (tender braised pork belly bathed in Chinese five spice) to frighteningly spicy and funky ones like gaeng tai plah (mackerel and veggies mixed with fish entrails). While the specific offerings change daily, you really can't go wrong. Quite easily the most enticing buffet line in the city can be found at this Thai restaurant, where you can sample two different dishes paired with a heaping helping of rice for under 10 bucks. Khao rad gang at Immm Rice and Beyond ($9.50) But ordered crispy, they gain a golden crunch and extra meaty depth. Ordered straight up, they are gleeful fun. Sourced from the small intestines of the cow, the pieces slowly fry until squishy and soft. Anything pulled from the bubbling depths of the fat-filled charola (basically, a circular frying pan with a metal mound in the middle) is worth devouring, but few food experiences in Chicago are as deliriously gleeful as the tripas. ![]()
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