A real Chicago dog will never have Ketchup on it. We usually "run it true da garden" but no ketchup. Mustard is ok though. Gene & Judes is a "Chicago" institution but it ain't even in Chicago is it? Is that area Chicago?
For all you that are reading, most people that live within 50 miles of Chicago "THINK" they live in Chicago but don't. Those of you guys that live in some suburb in northern Illinois DON'T live in Chicago!
I know that Dan Vasic grew up in Logan Square which is in Chicago so he is cool but the rest of ya......BEAT IT!
Here are some pre requsits for saying that you live in Chicago or some place very close.
You live in a bungalow or 2 flat (Graystone or bungalow style 2 flat").
You have a tavern within a block or two of you that is in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
You have a frickin alley!
You are walking distance to some form of public trasportation.
You or your parents are first generation immigrants.
You live a couple of minutes from a "famous" pizza joint!