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PIStaker · Post by **PIStaker** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:06 pm

Hi folks,
After 2 years in exile in San Antonio (nothing personal about the people, just not my kind of town) I am back in Chicago.
I'm looking for some people to ride, and avoid potholes with.
PM me if you would like to get a group of people together, or just wanna get out in ride.
If there some existing groups, please let me know how to locate them.
Thx,
Mike

Kriztof · Post by **Kriztof** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:32 pm

Hi Mike,

Welcome back to the Windy City.

The group below is pretty active. I think they meet every sunday for rides and coffee.

http://www.meetup.com/Scoot-a-palooza/

Cris

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:30 pm

Ride over to Lake Geneva Wisconsin this weekend! You'll meet plenty of scooterists at Amerivespa!

PIStaker · Post by **PIStaker** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:05 am

Skootz,
I'm here. You should be.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:08 am

Yes, I should be! Alas... I'm not. Sigh. So I expect you all to have a good time for me! Start a game—every time someone says Buddy you have to drink

PIStaker · Post by **PIStaker** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:37 am

Eric and I just picked up beer, so we will.

Maximus53 · Post by **Maximus53** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:52 am

Im heading up from Chi-town in the morning!

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:16 am

I will be back in Chi-town soon, next coupla months soon...can't wait!

ThreeSheets · Post by **ThreeSheets** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:43 pm

welcome back to Chicago. Come stop by our store, have some coffee and talk.

hardd1 · Post by **hardd1** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:00 pm

I will be there in September for a wedding. 1st stop will be Portillo's for a hot dog.....mmmmmmmm

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:38 pm

OMG. I lived in the Western burbs 25 years ago, and the mention of Portillos just made me salivate. A great dog and cold, cold beer....

spr0k3t · Post by **spr0k3t** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:41 pm

Everytime I'm in Chi-Town, I try to stop by Portillos and Semitas Puebla. It's not often I get a chance to get up there though.

illnoise · Post by **illnoise** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:33 pm

Hey, Mike!

Our big rally is Slaughterhouse (#18 this year!) over Labor Day Weekend.

slaughterhousechicago.com

we've got the itinerary ALMOST finished, it'll be posted very soon.

Most of the lists I'm aware of are kinda dead, there are a few small cliquey clubs in the city but no big club or regular weekly ride or anything. Try ChiScooterList on Yahoogroups. And get on Scooterworks list, they do rides once in a while.

Bryan

(Also, change your member info on MB, still says San Antonio!)

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:06 pm

1 week and two months to go...

All I need to do is find a job, not that hard really...
And an apartment with a garage, now this is really really really hard. At least in my price range and within the city limits...

hardd1 · Post by **hardd1** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:13 pm

Mike, maybe you can find a deal at the Cabrini-Green Apts.....can't remember if they have garages, but your scooter should be safe outside.

illnoise · Post by **illnoise** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:23 pm

Cabrini-Green's been torn down for a few years now. Suddenly someone realized that they could charge yuppies a lot of money to live in even shoddier buildings with stainless steel appliances right next to the Loop. Most projects have been replaced with 'scattered site' section-8 housing.

Also, Portillos is fine, but man, are there a lot better places to get a hot dog or beef in Chicago. No one that lives here gets excited about Portillos, I'd rather go to a mom and pop place that doesn't look like an Al Capone TGI Fridays. : ) Even downtown, there are still places where you can get two dogs, hand-cut fries and a drink for $5, which is the cost of one hot dog at Portillos.

Bb.

hardd1 · Post by **hardd1** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:30 pm

lets add White Castles to the list too....no Chicago soul food to be found here...Portillo's, White Castles, Browns chicken, Salerno's pizza, Maxwell Street Pierogi's...love to hang out on the downtown sidewalks with a cocktail in hand

Maximus53 · Post by **Maximus53** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:46 pm

If you are in Chicago you HAVE to go to Hot Doug's!

http://www.hotdougs.com/specials.htm

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:17 pm

Illnoise beat me to it. When I left the city there was only two building of Cabrini left, and one of them didn't have any walls any more.
Hell, I think those row houses that are in the place of Cabrini have garages. Now how do I qualify for section 8

As for hot dogs, if you can't find a good one in the Chi, then you are not looking.
Portillo's is like Giordano's, sure there are way better pizzas in Chicago, but that is the one people recognize.
HotDoug's is a great place if you want a "Good" hotdog, or one that you might not have ever had before (ostrich, lamb, foie gras). it's not the best place to get a classic Vienna Beef Chicago Dog.

hardd1 · Post by **hardd1** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:59 pm

cool...hot dougs are now on the top of my list for a "dog".....the folks down here brag over the mushy NY sabrett hot dogs...some of the barbarians here put mayo or tartar sauce on them.....makes me gag

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:05 pm

What's next fricken Catsup or Ketchup wich ever

Rippinyarn · Post by **Rippinyarn** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:11 pm

Hey Mike,

Nice meeting you over the Ameri-weekend, and I hope that you got back in fine shape. We didn't make it back to Detroit until after midnight, but made it back in one piece. Don't forget our rally - the Motor City Shakedown on the first weekend in August - www.motorcityshakedown.com

Ride safe!

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:38 pm

monamibuddy wrote:Eric and I just picked up beer, so we will.

Monamibuddy, pug buddy and I drinking in the parking lot:

Maximus53 wrote:If you are in Chicago you HAVE to go to Hot Doug's!

http://www.hotdougs.com/specials.htm

Arrrgh! My former Chicagoan friends were pushing me to go here but it was too far from where I was staying. Next time.

I still managed to eat very, very well while in town. Not so good was the Billy Goat Tavern "Cheezborger." My friend who brought us there said, "I didn't say it was a good cheeseburger, I said it was a famous cheeseburger." (The slightly style bun is kind of good, I guess.)

Good meeting you, too at AV, Maximus53!

And rippinyarn, too.

And a bunch of other misfits.

illnoise · Post by **illnoise** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:30 am

ericalm wrote:Monamibuddy, pug buddy and I drinking in the parking lot:

Ooh, I was there but I was the dancing landlord guy.

Bb.

Jackie F · Post by **Jackie F** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:02 am

I had Portillo's italian beef at my nephew's graduation party after Amerivespa. Made sure I visited Steak 'n Shake though.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:43 pm

illnoise wrote:Also, Portillos is fine, but man, are there a lot better places to get a hot dog or beef in Chicago. No one that lives here gets excited about Portillos, I'd rather go to a mom and pop place that doesn't look like an Al Capone TGI Fridays. : )

on Portillos. There are so many good dogs places around (similar to the pizza joints) that most go undiscovered and the well known places are always over-hyped.

hardd1 wrote:lets add White Castles to the list too....no Chicago soul food to be found here...Portillo's, White Castles, Browns chicken, Salerno's pizza, Maxwell Street Pierogi's...love to hang out on the downtown sidewalks with a cocktail in hand

Thumbs down ... WAY DOWN on White Castle. I eat them about once a year just because I forget how bad they are. And they aren't even cheap anymore. Maybe I just overdosed on them when I was younger. There was a time when that was about the only late night place to eat after a long night of drinking.

Rob

PIStaker · Post by **PIStaker** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:33 am

illnoise wrote:Hey, Mike!

Our big rally is Slaughterhouse (#18 this year!) over Labor Day Weekend.

slaughterhousechicago.com

we've got the itinerary ALMOST finished, it'll be posted very soon.

Most of the lists I'm aware of are kinda dead, there are a few small cliquey clubs in the city but no big club or regular weekly ride or anything. Try ChiScooterList on Yahoogroups. And get on Scooterworks list, they do rides once in a while.

Bryan

(Also, change your member info on MB, still says San Antonio!)

B,
Count me in.
I've got it on the calendar already.
Great meeting you at AV,
Mike

PIStaker · Post by **PIStaker** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:38 am

Rippinyarn wrote:Hey Mike,

Nice meeting you over the Ameri-weekend, and I hope that you got back in fine shape. We didn't make it back to Detroit until after midnight, but made it back in one piece. Don't forget our rally - the Motor City Shakedown on the first weekend in August - www.motorcityshakedown.com

Ride safe!

Ron,
Appreciate the jump. ...that's what you get for trying to relive your youth drinking in the parking lot the night before.
All's well that ends well.
I will defo try to make it out for the Shakedown if time, and my finance permit.
Great meeting you, and thanks again,
Mike

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