Will and Clayton's Bogus Adventure: More Italian Delights

About Will and Clayton's Bogus Adventure

Will Rappaport, known in the music world as Goodwill, has decided to part ways with the Gran Manzana, the Big Apple, the marvelous New York. The balmy weather, beautiful women, and constant budget crises of California now beckon, as do the promising prospects of the Los Angeles music world that we all hope will one day bring Goodwill fame and fortune.

To reach LA, Will has packed up the Honda Odyssey (pka Moby Dick) bequeathed to him by his parents, recruited his most trusted confidant and cousin, Clayton, and set out via our illustrious nation's parkways, turnpikes, and interstates on a journey destined to be studied, picked apart and critiqued for generations to come.

With this blog, we will share our experience --the cities and towns we pass through, the foods and drinks we consume, the curiosities we stumble upon-- as well as photos, updates and a daily poem.

We hope you enjoy.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

More Italian Delights

We spent the afternoon roving Chicago's South Side, Midway, Little Italy, and Pilsen neighborhoods.

A local guided us to an Italian beef shack, Scatchell's, that was something of a neighborhood institution. The locale specializes in hoagie-style sandwiches loaded with roast beef, sausage or, as in the case with Will's and my order, a Combo that jams both into six inches of bread. The sandwich is dipped in the beef's au jus and then dressed with a mix of celery and peppers.

As the accompanying photos will attest, the sandwich is unwieldy and Will grease up everything in sight. As for flavor, I found it to be a guilty pleasure, on par with a cheesesteak in Philly, for its juicy meat cuts and savory condiments. Will, was less impressed, bothered by the greasiness and fast food feel.

All in all, its worth trying simply to test your heart's stability in the face of a potentially cardiac-arrest-inducing behemoth.