I took my family to Gene & Jude's...

...last week, and while they all professed to having a good time, I detected a few subtle murmurs of dissent:

"They should have a picnic table outside; I don't like to stand up while I eat."

"They put the fries on top of my hot dog."

"There's no ketchup in here!"

The next stop on my food odyssey may be Calumet Fisheries, on 95th and the bridge on the Southeast Side. I may have to leave my hopelessly suburban family behind, however. Like G & J's, Cal Fish has no seating or bathrooms. But who needs bathrooms? There's a perfectly good gas station right across the street...