Friday April 10, 2020
GOOD FRIDAY – Lent Edition
Today is Good Friday and we’re Catholic, so no meat on Friday’s during Lent. We were on the hunt for Lent specials in Chicago so dad took me to Fabulous Freddies in Bridgeport for lunch. This was another small corner restaurant right by my grandparent’s house, so we walked there. Unlike Al’s Beef, they do have seating here, but all the chairs were up and they only let in a couple people at a time. It was my dad’s turn to order and he got us a pepper and egg sandwich to split. Just to be clear, this is not something I would ever order. My dad said I had to try it, but little did he know, I was not going to eat that and really came for their Italian Ice (drool emoji), which I NEEDED…
When we got home, I did try the egg part of the sandwich and it was pretty good. It was kind of like an omelet sandwich. I would definitely go back again for the Italian Ice… (wink emoji)
DINNER TIME!!! I was so hungry and since we can’t eat meat, my grandparents suggested having Lawrence’s Fish & Shrimp for dinner. I was down for it. This restaurant is also in Bridgeport and one of my dads’ favorite places in the city.
I knew we were there when I saw this massive shrimp sign in the parking lot. It was really cool. They definitely had the most people (by far) picking up food – so I figured it must be goooood. We finally made it to the counter and ordered pounds of breaded shrimp and then he ordered frog legs (Yuck! Poor little frogs). We waited. There is a lot of seating, but because of dumb COVID there were red X’s everywhere trying to keep people six feet away from each other. My dad and I found a corner away from everyone and after about 15-20 mins this really nice guy asked us our order number and went in the kitchen to tell the cooks to make our order next, so we can be on our way with this deliciousness.
We got home and dove right in and you can probably guess what I am about to say – NO I DID NOT TRY THE FROG LEGS… The shrimp was super-duper good and I give it two thumbs up - definitely going back for more.
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Best shrimp on the southside!