“There are no two finer words in the Eng­lish lan­guage than ‘encased meats’, my friend.” — Secret Robbie

This Sat­ur­day, John and I hit up Hot Doug’s, a local Chicago insti­tu­tion spe­cial­iz­ing in the con­struc­tion and deploy­ment of dressed encased meats. In other words, a hot dog joint. We went with three friends of ours, and it was super-​fun times. Alas, I didn’t bring my camera with me—so instead I will paint a pic­ture for you in words.

(more…)