Golden Knockoffs
Well, sometimes it doesn’t pay to actually do research, because your delightful blog-fancies turn out to have no basis in, you know, fact.
For years I’ve sort of had this impression that Chicago was covered with a huge variety and selection of Golden [XXXX] pancake/dinery places, with dozens of values for [XXXX]. Last night I had a dinner-meeting at the Golden Apple (Wellington and Lincoln) and I thought I should check the white pages and see just how many Golden Whatevers there really were. Just six. Angel, Apple, Heart, House, Nugget (times seven — the 600 lb. gorilla of the Golden world!), and Waffle. I always thought there was a Golden Horseshoe, too, but I’m probably mixing up the Golden Nugget’s logo and Las Vegas casinos.
Some related notions:
- Campbell McGrath’s Spring Comes to Chicago contains the poem “The Golden Angel Pancake House,” which is one of my favorite poems.
- This American Life spent 24 hours at the Golden Apple
- Several Chicago Burger Kings become “Burger Delights“
- Slightly farther afield, knockoffs of KFC knockoffs in NYC
don’t ever eat at the golden nugget on clark, near diversey, unless you’re willing to share your food with god’s creatures…the small little cockroachy kind.