"It started with 40 guitars being at home so I had a restaurant
and decided to make it a rock and roll café," said Tom Catalano,
Tommy's Guitar And Café owner.
"We've sold guitars starting at seven o'clock in the morning and
there's no one in the city who does that," said Tom Catalano, Jr.,
Tommy's Guitar And Café Chef, guitar tech.
The cafe sells new name brand guitars as wells as used and vintage
guitars. While you browse through the wide selection of guitars
you can enjoy a tasty burger with all the fixings. Customer favorites
include the pizza burger and the meat-lovers burger topped with
chicken slices and bacon. And if that isn't enough, they offer guitar
lessons and repairs.
Hamburger Mary's, a popular gay-hamburger-chain based in San Francisco,
just opened their first Chicago outpost in June, and their motto
is simple.
"Eat, drink, and be Mary," said Ashley and Brandon Wright, Hamburger
Mary's Twin owners.
That's right, from the décor to the food, it's all about Mary
at this hamburger joint.
"On the menu it's carried into the Mary theme as well. We have
the Cala-Mary, which is calamari, with Mary-nara sauce. The Mary-poppers-tini
is served in a martini glass," said Brandon. "But then we have other
cool things like Buffy the hamburger slayer, which is covered with
garlic and red wine, which is pretty cool too."
Some servers even come equipped with performing arts skills.
"We got a few rare gems on our staff, some singers, some magicians,"
said Ashley.
Minnies, Chicago's first tiny-food-focused eatery, recently opened
in May and everything is a small wonder -- from the burgers to the
drinks!
"The concept of Minnie's is that you can mix and match all different
types of miniature sandwiches. It's a fun place to be and to eat
and drink," said Jonathan Segal, Minnie's proprietor.
There is a mini-bar at the restaurant where you can get a cocktail
like a mini-martini. On Tuesdays they have mini-high tea.
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What has happened to the hamburger recently? It is being updated and
outfitted in a lot of different ways. Three places in Chicaago are
doing something a little unusal to the hamburger. 