Posts Tagged ‘sausage’

Jul. 19: $1 hot dogs at Wiener and Still Champion

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

WaSC storefrontFeeling the dog days of summer right about now? Well, how about stopping by Evanston this Saturday for some dollar hot dogs and corndogs? Think that’d make things a bit better?

The Wiener and Still Champion is celebrating National Hot Dog Day this Saturday and is offering every Vienna Beef, Chicago-style hot dog (and freshly battered Dipping Dog) for $1.00, so make like a Kobayashi and get yer fill.

Now there’s some conflicting info on the web as to whether July 19th or July 23rd is the actual National Hot Dog Day this year, but I like having the offer available on the weekend. National Hot Dog Month is also most definitely July, so there’s little to do now but kick back and enjoy some super sausage… on the cheap. Eat up.

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Review: McDonald’s McSkillet Burrito w/Sausage

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

New McSkillet and drinkPrice: $2.49; paid – $1.39

Promotion: free with leap-year drink-purchase deal

Availability: breakfast hours

Location: 6740 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60626 (map); phone: (773) 743-6932

Rating: 4 out of 5 – good

You might have already read about the promo used on this morning menu item (linked up top), but here’s what McDonald’s says goes into its relatively new, more-premium breakfast-wrap option: “savory sausage, scrambled eggs, melted cheese[s], skillet potatoes, bell peppers & onions, authentic fire-roasted salsa, and a warm tortilla.” How authentic any of this is is not my main concern; I just want to know how to rate what you get for the money. It certainly is worth considering in the morning but doesn’t jump out at you with its $2.49 regular price tag. (See below for more of “the inside stuff.”)

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Feb. 28, 29: Free McSkillet Burrito w/medium or large drink buy at McDonald’s

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

McSkillet Burrito

Looks like Leap Year brings some advantages to the fast-food realm. I found the McSkillet Burrito to be an all-right breakfast option when I tried it under similar circumstances with a coupon late last year. Could be just the morning pick-me-up this week (if you can get to a McDonald’s early enough to get one), though not nearly as overwhelming as my dual-Double-Whopper-double-fries orgy at Burger King on a Leap Night back in the ’90s. Can pure beef exude from one’s pores? Yes, yes it can.

Oh, and here’s the other fine print you might want to know for this promotion: “Offer for McSkillet Burrito with sausage only. Available breakfast hours only. Price and participation may vary. While supplies last. Limit one per customer/per drink order. Not valid with any other offer, discount, coupon or Extra Value Meal. Price of required purchase posted on menu board.”

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Review: Burger King Sausage Croissan’wich

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

A Burger King Sausage Croissan’wich and Minute Maid orange juicePrice: $2.19; paid – $2.19

Promotion: coupon for free orange juice (regularly $1.19) with any breakfast sandwich

Availability: breakfast hours

Location: 6261 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-1976

Rating: 5 out of 5 – great

It’s been a long (okay, relatively short) time coming, but here it is: the first 5-out-of-5 rating allotted. I’d been saving this ace in the hole to show what kind of dish deserves the highest marks in the ranks of (in this case, breakfast) fast food. Does that mean there won’t be other “great” ratings to come? Of course not. This just means that the Burger King Sausage Croissan’wich is fast food of the highest taste and value (the bacon and ham varieties — not so much…), hopefully to be joined by other specimens of equal quality in the future.

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