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Through dedicated scholarship and the good fortune on checking pictures from the Facebook group Jeffrey Manor, Chicago Il. Memories of Growing Up In Jeffrey Manor we bring you this priceless and impossible to duplicate photograph from the collection of Arnold L. Stern, the original Carl's:
While stuffy politicians and yuppies argue over preserving lake views, and upper east side swells swoon over some Frank Lloyd Wright design, we ordinary folk recognize historical places when we see them.
Sadly, age and the dyes of the 1960's no longer provide accurate portrayal of the garish reds but you get the point.
The relocated Carl's can be found conveniently located at 83rd and Jeffrey.
When I wrote A Chicago Hot Dog Review for Madison Worth Your Time...
I know my hot dogs; I have eaten them for almost sixty years. I ate them on the south side, west side, and north sides of Chicago. I ate them in the suburbs and in the ball parks. (No Chicago ball park ever served a real Chicago hot dog.) I ate them at Fluky's, Stash's, Big Herm's (he had only one good arm), Little Herm's (two good arms), a dozen places on Dempster or off of Western, more on Damen*, and all over Stoney Island. (The best was next to the Avalon Theater.) And I have a heart by-pass to prove it.
Eddie Omens wrote in about this sanctuary near the Avalon Theater:
Carl's.....in the 50s......Very small place... warm steamy...The old guy ( it was Carl) who made the hotdogs wore glasses that were always so steamed up, I don't know how he could see to put the stuff on the hot dogs....He lined them up on a piece of wood that had door handles to keep the steamed buns in the correct position to dress them.....wrapped in paper and a bunch of fries.....25 cents each.....Oh yes A nehi....Orange drink.....I wish I had a couple now....Eddie Omens in San Diego
For those who need more imagery: More Chicago Hot Dogs - The Pickle and Mushy Buns (Ugh)
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