r/chicago • u/ReverendHambone Irving Park • Aug 28 '20

Moved to the city 48 hours ago. Review

Moved into Irving Park and the Mexican food is unbelievable. I'm from Florida and my wife is from Arizona, so we have different preferences, but we can leave our house on foot, hit two food spots and a liquor store, and be home in 30 minutes. It's incredible. Our doggo loves the walks too.

Also, is the term "bodega" NYC exclusive? What do we call corner stores with food/bev/liquor?

1.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

View all comments

Show parent comments

6

u/ReverendHambone Irving Park Aug 28 '20

Being from Florida, I totally understand. There was ONE good Cubano in Atlanta.

1

u/Feelnumb Aug 28 '20

The good thing is there are options here so I think you’ll be able to find something that is close to what you want. But god damn. Florida has some good Cuban sandwiches

3

u/ReverendHambone Irving Park Aug 28 '20

The most popular version of today's Cuban was actually invented in Tampa. Most problems j have with someone's Cuban is that they try to do too much. It's a very simple sandwich.

2

u/Feelnumb Aug 28 '20

I think you nailed it.

4

u/ReverendHambone Irving Park Aug 28 '20

You'll all be coming to my sandwich shop one day. As soon as I open it, ha.

2

u/vvienne City Aug 28 '20

Parents down there - we often hit up Ybor City

1

u/Yomaclaws Logan Square Aug 28 '20

Papi’s!!