Perhaps less "awful" and more "amusing" are:

BeBoBa, a bubble tea store near Addison and Western

Takie Outit, a Chinese food store near Chicago and Leavitt

Kayte R. wrote:

ironyengine wrote:There is a burgeoning (at least, around here) chain of sub shops named Potbelly that I would like to nominate.

they're opening one of those here soon and supposedly they have local bands play there, but by that i don't know if they mean local bands or crappy open mic hippie jam shit.

I'm excited for this Potbellys. I think it is the same chain that has a store in Evanston. They make fantastic Milkshakes.

And tasty sandwiches. I like Potbellys.

Tom wrote:

Kayte R. wrote:

ironyengine wrote:There is a burgeoning (at least, around here) chain of sub shops named Potbelly that I would like to nominate.

they're opening one of those here soon and supposedly they have local bands play there, but by that i don't know if they mean local bands or crappy open mic hippie jam shit.

I'm excited for this Potbellys. I think it is the same chain that has a store in Evanston. They make fantastic Milkshakes.

And tasty sandwiches. I like Potbellys.

Potbelly's is like a fuckin' virus in the Loop.

There are a shit-million of them.

They are pretty good.

The shakes especially.

I always wanted to open a pizza joint in the ghetto called
"For Real Dough's".

In-N-Out Burger is a really vile name once thought is applied...

chopjob wrote:Takie Outit, a Chinese food store near Chicago and Leavitt

There was a walk-in place here call Chinee Takee Outee. It lasted for a very long time. The food was fairly inedible but at the time there were few places to eat near campus. Now we have every chain shithole in the nation and almost no independent restaurants.

There were also a trio of establishments on the same block, owned by the same guy: The Purple Porpoise, The Copper Monkey, and The Lavender Mullet. Inside The Purple Porpoise was a crappy college rock bar called The Blowhole.

Jon

Barbo wrote:Chinee Takee Outee.

Jesus. That's some Sambo's shit right there.

Eat First (Chinese)
1289 N Milwaukee
Chicago

I'm not sure if this means you should eat before going there, or is it Eat First...then shit yourself, projectile vomiting ensues, what??? I haven't been able to bring myself to try it out, yet.

I mentioned this before in a kerble/Mandroid2.0 pun-based thread, but I've always wanted to start a dairy product shop called The Creamatorium.

vockins wrote:Jesus. That's some Sambo's shit right there.

Oh, it is. But the owners were, in fact, Chinese. I am not sure if they were intentionally playing into the historically ignorant and racist tendencies of the South or not. It was loved by the football fans. The place next door, Burrito Brothers, is revered by a large percentage of the college population here while maintaining the least flavor of any food product ever, except maybe corn starch. Idiots have the burritos (bland beans or meat with lettuce, cheese and a paprika red sauce) frozen and shipped to them during football season. Fools.

Jon