i love this place (Maywood, Clinton: house, dorms, to live)

[southsidehitman]

The Original Maxwell Street Station -- Open 24 Hours!


this link lists all the locations of maxwell st stations i hate to say it but the original isnt that good i dont like the fries at all they have fresh ones at the west side locations i know most people dont like to go to the west side but at least once a week i go to cicero and jackson or independane and harrision to get a double burger and a pork chop or a polish some fresh cut fries and a can of grape pop

[southsidehitman]

thersw one on 31st by my house but i dont like their fries the sandwiches r still good though

[NearWestSider]

Originally Posted by southsidehitman

The Original Maxwell Street Station -- Open 24 Hours!


this link lists all the locations of maxwell st stations i hate to say it but the original isnt that good i dont like the fries at all they have fresh ones at the west side locations i know most people dont like to go to the west side but at least once a week i go to cicero and jackson or independane and harrision to get a double burger and a pork chop or a polish some fresh cut fries and a can of grape pop

Why would anyone bother going to the far West Side when you've got Jim's Original and the Express Grill - the true originals, the establishments that invented and perfected the Maxwell Street Polish - on Union just south of Roosevelt?

And as far as the fries - they are much better today, they were always horrible on Maxwell Street. IIRC, Jim's didn't even give free fries until Express Grill started to and they were forced to in order to compete.

[kamjah]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

Why would anyone bother going to the far West Side when you've got Jim's Original and the Express Grill - the true originals, the establishments that invented and perfected the Maxwell Street Polish - on Union just south of Roosevelt?

And as far as the fries - they are much better today, they were always horrible on Maxwell Street. IIRC, Jim's didn't even give free fries until Express Grill started to and they were forced to in order to compete.

amen to that. i used to live right next to those stands in the UIC dorms. best drunk munchies EVER.

jims fries >>>> maxwells's fries
maxwell's sandwhiches (just slightly) > jims sandwhiches

either one will hit the spot at 4AM though

[long101]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

Why would anyone bother going to the far West Side when you've got Jim's Original and the Express Grill - the true originals, the establishments that invented and perfected the Maxwell Street Polish - on Union just south of Roosevelt?

And as far as the fries - they are much better today, they were always horrible on Maxwell Street. IIRC, Jim's didn't even give free fries until Express Grill started to and they were forced to in order to compete.

You know I live in that area and I have sworn those places off forever. Both the last times Ive eaten there Ive gotten sick.

[kamjah]

Originally Posted by long101

You know I live in that area and I have sworn those places off forever. Both the last times Ive eaten there Ive gotten sick.

i got ridiculously sick one time too. it was like i had the stomach flu. but i've still gone back. i dare you to walk by one of those stands after a long night of drinking and still turn it down.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

Why would anyone bother going to the far West Side when you've got Jim's Original and the Express Grill - the true originals, the establishments that invented and perfected the Maxwell Street Polish - on Union just south of Roosevelt?

You know what, I forget those places are there. I was at Home Depot on Clinton today, had a taste for a Polish and headed off towards Maxwell Station on 31st, wasn't even thinking about Jim's which was what, two blocks away?

As it turned out while going down Canal I stopped in at Lawrences for fried shrimp instead.

I used to hang out with Jim Stefanovich's kid back in the day. He said the only place that had the same Polish sausage as his dad was stand in Maywood at 1st and Madison. This was in, oh, 1968 or so.

[NearWestSider]

Originally Posted by kamjah

i dare you to walk by one of those stands after a long night of drinking and still turn it down.

I concur. The Maxwell Street Polish is not only a tasty snack - it is also one of the great drunk munchies of the world.

I may be totally off on this, but I have long suspected that it is the excruciatingly painful, scald-your-mouth till you scream sport peppers that give the Maxwell Street Polish its legendary anti-hangover capabilities.

[southsidehitman]

they hace fresh fries at the west side ones though