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Requiem for a once wonderful Chicago restaurant. Twin Anchors is Now Dead to me…

Chicago— As a young adult in the late 1960’s I lived in Chicago’s trendy, Old Town Neighborhood.     Just a few blocks West of me on Sedgwick at Eugenie Streets  stood a neighborhood bar and restaurant, Twin Anchors .     I was told they served up the best BBQ ribs anywhere.     Yes, they did!     It was a cozy place where young professionals gathered after work.     Many people found their spouses there.     As a Chicago cop it was a great choice to bring my dates.     (Back then women were nearly all, meat eaters unlike today.) It was a marvelous place to dine especially for their BBQ pork ribs.     Cooking ribs is a real art.     Most people try hard and wind up with a greasy mess.     Fortunately for those pretenders a decent sauce can cover up a culinary disaster, but heartburn is sure to `follow.     Twin Anchors made tasty ribs that weren’t greasy or too heavy. ...

The Second Chicago Fire

  The Second Chicago Fire.   Chicago, IL - There is no possibility that Chicago can survive as a place to visit, live or work for civilized people.     We have a group of politicians that absolutely hate police and white people.     They actually want our city to be in the dangerous state of chaos.     These politicians were elected by ignorant, woke, left-wing, useful idiots we used to call Lakefront Liberals.     Unfortunately they are influenced and brainwashed by local media.     Like Rome, Chicago is now burning.   We already saw the commercial tenants of the once elegant Water Tower Place flee turning over their keys to the lenders.     We lost lost our iconic and gorgeous stores, terribly tarnishing the Magnificent Mile. I used to live in and own a condo at Marina City.     The 900 apartments there were always 100% occupied, however not anymore.     The John Hancock building has also lo...