Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Please vote for me to win $500!!!

i entered a joke contest and i am a finalist! i can win $500!!! my piece
is at the bottom of the list, not due tot he voting. just click on my name and click vote. that's it!!! thank you!!!

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http://www.codenamejoke.com/



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Monday, June 21, 2010

A meal for under $5 in the city that's filling?!!!! (before tax of course)












La Brasa Roja for your rotisserie chicken needs! and for under $5. They are located at 3125 W. Montrose Ave.

They do have a few other locations in the city, but this one has the $4.95 special all day long!!!! The lunch special is red beans, white rice, a small salad with a lime for dressing and yer choice of a quarter of rotisserie chicken, a char grilled chicken breast, or a char grilled piece of rib eye steak. What an amazing special!! But you gotta go to the Montrose Ave. location, I know for sure that at one of their other locations the special has selected hours of availability then it goes up 3 or 4 dollars. Who wants that? Not me.

And you really should try the fig dessert, it is "Monte-licious!" even though it costs almost as much as a full meal.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

What?!!! Yer tellin me there's tacos in them there grocery stores?!!












Danny's Market at 2140 North Western Avenue is one of Chicago's many grocery store/supermarkets that sports a little restaurant somewhere in the back of the store or off to the side of the cash registers. Usually these are gonna be mexican restaurants, actually, that's all i have ever seen. but the point is, these are mostly gonna be great little spots with really fresh food. duh! it's in a store that sells fresh groceries!

there are dozens of these places if not hundreds around the area. so next time yer a t yer local neighborhood grocer, take a look around, or if you smell something good, go check it out. it's probably gonna be a good spot for you. i know danny's is good for me!

photographed are the sopes. sopes are basically a thicker corn tortilla that's more like a plate itself. it is loaded with meat, lettuce, cheese, tomato, etc. and fried on the flat grill. it is "monte-licious!!"

and when yer done eating, you can do a little grocery shoppin for the week!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Yep, this is what I ate March 13th. 2010

Royal Thai for that budget guy. Or girl.








ROYAL THAI 2209 W. Montrose Ave. the lunch special is only $6.95 and you get an appetizer plus a soup!!! and it's "Monte-licious!"

you also get fresh flowers at every table.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

My friend Heidi did an excellent piece on me. Check it out!!

http://heidiwigdahl.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/monte-steers-off-the-eatin-path-with-original-comedy/


you can actually click on the link in my "links" section just over to yer right, it's highlighted as my top link currently. just click and go.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Just a friendly reminder












Diner grill 1635 W. Irving Park

Great Steak Co's 9some people say "za" for pizza, I say "co's" for taco's.











"Taquria El Asadero" is across the street from Welles Park at 2213 W. Montrose Ave. And it is easily one of the better char-grilled steak taco spots in Chicago.

It can get very slow at times, but that is because they cook the food fresh to order. I actually almost left a few times due to the wait, but I stayed cause I knew what was comin. they make their chips, which are excellent! And they have excellent horchata. If you don't what that is... it's a sweet vanilla-ee, cinamony, drink that is a great thirst quencher. You have just got to check it out!!!