It's too warm out for me to do any serious cooking/baking in the house unless I'm getting paid. Last night, the Paul face and I drove around for an hour trying to decide what to eat. I originally wanted Mexican, and then we almost when down to Goose Island Shrimp House, and then almost over to Suzie's. While we were waiting in the drive through line there, I had a craving for a rueben, but not knowing where to get one, we reverted back to the idea of shrimp. And so we wound up at Snappy's Shrimp House (1901 W. Irving Park Rd).
We each got a 1/2 pound jumbo fried shrimp meal. The menu board inside takes pride in the fact that these shrimp are Gulf shrimp, and not farmed. You can really taste the difference, in that these shrimp actually had flavor. And they were gigantic. They are not lying about the jumbo part. We opted to have the hot sauce instead of regular, and I was expecting just a mild tang, but the hot was actually hot. It was good, but I think I should have gone with the regular cocktail sauce. My coleslaw was just your average Sysco stuff that comes in a 5 lb plastic jar, but the fries were also really good. They were nice and crispy and had just the right amount of salt on them. The only thing better than a well-salted fry, is a well-salted-and-peppered fry. The prices were quite reasonable, and the only bummer is that we didn't remember to order any hushpuppies, but I'm certain there will be a return trip.
Today, I was able to kidnap Danny K for a bit, as we were going to go to a toy signing at Rotofugi, but were quite discouraged by the long line. We skipped out and went the complete opposite direction for lunch, up to Taste of Lebanon (1509 W. Foster). I read a bunch of reviews on this place on Yelp! and figured it would be acceptable, as although I do have a profound love for meat, Danny is of the non-meat eating nature. This was another satisfying meal (Danny and I both got full meals, and a can of pop for a total of $14.00).
I had a falafel wrap and fries. The fries were nothing to write home about, but it really doesn't matter. My wrap was really good. The falafel was nice and crispy, and well spiced. It was topped with sauce, lettuce, tomato, and onion. The pita was amazing. More like a big tortilla, which is awesome because I hate those horrible rounds that come from the store that are like eating cardboard. Gross.
Danny went with the vegetarian combo #1 (3 falafel, 2 pita, baba ganoush, hummus, veggies, and pickled turnips). I tried some of the baba ganoush, and was a bit sad that I didn't order some for myself.
I think it's fairly certain that I'll be popping back up there in there near future as well.