Soupbox & Fatso's Last Stand

Monday April 6, 2020

MONDAY!!! Back to eLearning and missing my teacher and friends. I am still in the city this week, so at least I have fun deciding what to have for lunch (after I get done with my schoolwork obvi).

I really feel like soup and a hot dog. So random, right? After hitting up Google for some local recommendations, we will be heading up to LakeView to Soupbox. At noon we will pack our masks and gloves and be on our way.

If you have never been to Soupbox, you really need to go. Such a cute little place that serves really good soup (obvi), grilled cheese and soda. They even have Caruso’s soda… Not a fan of grapefruit anything, but my name is on the bottle… How cool!

Once we got to order, I read all of the labels on the really BIG pots of soup (looked furiously hot) and ordered the chicken rice soup and my dad ordered the vegetable soup. Mine was really yummy! I cannot wait to go back. I would recommend trying the grilled cheese too. So so good! I would have ordered one if we weren’t going to get hot dogs (hands up emoji).

The soup smells so good in the car, but I’m dying for a hot dog from Fatso’s Last Stand (in Lincoln Park). When we got to Fatso’s we had to wait a little while to get through the front door. It is a smaller place and because of COVID there was a limit of how many people could be in the restaurant and X’s on the floor every six feet for social distancing. Geeze, this all stinks…

When we made it to the front, I ordered my usual hot dog (good ole ketchup, obvi) and my dad ordered a Chicago style hot dog, which is pretty much a salad and hot pepper on top of a hot dog. Gross (throw up emoji). Like how does he eat this stuff!? I just don’t get it, but I thought it was kinda cool that the guys behind the counter rang a bell every time they were given a tip - I just couldn’t wait to put money in their jar and hear the bell ring.

FINALLY, we made it home. Soup was still hot, so I went for the hot dog. JACKPOT! They wrap the hot dogs with French fries (YUM!). Did I mention that I love French fries? The hot dog and fries were really good. My dad even enjoyed his salad dog… I loved my soup too. Such a good lunch. I highly recommend going to both restaurants. Soup and hot dog MONDAY’S… (Remember you heard it here FIRST (laugh emoji))