Illinois > Des Plaines: T-Bob's Smoked Bar-B-Q (CLOSED)


 
Brad Olson

Brad Olson

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Russell's it ain't.

Earlier this month I was in the Chicago area and my hotel was within walking distance of T-Bob's Smoked Bar-B-Q on highway 83 in Des Plaines. I didn't have a chance to stop for dinner because I had plans for pizza but T-Bob's opens at 8:30 so I was able to visit for breakfast the next morning.

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This is the breakfast sandwich made with eggs, optional fried jalapeno bits, cheese, and brisket on a French roll. Good stuff and a great alternative to a hotel or fast food breakfast; the brisket (which T-Bob's always slices except for a small snack-size sandwich) had a mild smoke flavor and the "morning sauce" was tangy and not too sweet. Unfortunately I wasn't able to have any other meals at T-Bob's but if I'm ever in the area again I'll definitely try to make a stop to check out more of the menu. Actually, I could've eaten more than the sandwich but I had a full day of Chicago hot dogs and Italian beef ahead of me so I didn't want to be full right off the bat!

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Someone told you Russells was real BBQ? T-Bobs is real enough compared to them.
Did you go to Lou's for pizza?
 
No one's ever told me that about Russell's, but I've definitely heard the opposite.;)

I actually went to the Barnaby's in Des Plaines. That was the pizza we ate when I was growing up outside of Rockford and until that Friday I hadn't had it in probably 35+ years. It was quite a bit like how I remember it!
 
That Barnaby's on Touhy used to have drawings for Cubs tickets and Wolves hockey tickets. It has been there for a long long time.
The pizza is still good and its only about 5 minutes away from me.
 
That's a mind blower, I thought that Barnaby's location was closed for a long time now. It must just be the times I've driven by there, usually on the way to and back from O'Hare. I always liked their pizza, there was one closer to me in Schaumburg that I used to go to.
 
Russells wow that brings back memories. My parents used to take me there in the 50s, used to love the place.
 
Bob H. said:
Russells is still there. The sauce is still the same, but the food has not kept up well.........
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When we were living in California when my aunt passed away, Barb and I went back for the funeral it was somewhere around 1995. My cousin, Barb and I went to Russells for lunch before we headed to the airport. I ended up getting six bottles of their BBQ sauce to take home. Good stuff, very different from anything else I ever had.
 
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