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benchiladaA minor culinary adventure for your enjoyment today.
There's a new restaurant in campustown at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in a building that sees a lot of restaurants come and go. Before this it was a sushi restaurant, before that it was...umm...this place where...there was some stuff...
I've been trying to find a great burger in this town since Mykonos--home of 50 burgers and some vaguely Greek food--went out of business. It was a great place, divey but delicious, with the best waiter / manager in history. Oh, did I ever tell you about the time I was a waiter / manager for a divey Greeky-burger joint? Tales for another time, I suppose...
As usual, I'd like to express that I do not work for or with, nor am I being compensated for this by Big Mouth's.
As a former waiter, I truly appreciate a clever tip jar. C'mon, folks, quit writing "Tipping Isn't A City In China" on them...
You really gotta admire the gumption of any restaurant that's got the cojones to abbreviate their name BM!
Before the food, let's admire the soda machine. And no, that's not a Pepsi sticker over a generic one. Apparently the words PEPSI WILD CHERRY aren't enough for some folks:
Here's the right side of the menu. The left was pretty standard, just listing all of these items, but without all the fun names. I think my favorite part is...wait, every meal comes with a WHAT now?
For my first meal I had the FRED SANFORD with everything but tomatoes. They're the devil, they are. Anyway, that's two 1/3 pound burgers on that bun. Oooh, and look at those hand-cut fries. And look at that fried...okay, never mind, don't.
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assclouds prepared to enjoy his meal by GROWING A POSITIVELY RIDICULOUS BEARD. This is to catch any bits that may fall out of his mouth while eating. He's licking chocolate from his finger in this photo, not flipping me off. I hope.
Scott M. is daintily holds his Doomburger while giving me the Fuck You I Fucking Hate Having My Photo Taken, You Fucking Fuck face. I love him too.
Oh, right, you wanna know how a double hot dog works there? I mean, it doesn't say "two hot dogs" so it must...oh yeah.
Oh HELL YEAH. Two hot dogs, one bun. *insert horribly inappropriate internet joke here*
Ummm, fried twinkie? No way. It looks like some shat out an entire corn dog.
IF YOU PUT IT IN FRONT OF ME I WILL EAT IT; I SWEAR THIS ON THE BLOOD OF THE FALLEN!
ULTIMATE RESULTS:
Delicious. So far I've had a double cheeseburger meal and a double hot dog meal, and they both stopped my heart with their deliciousness.
The burgers are char-broiled in front of you--the kitchen is visible from the counter--and taste like what Burger King wishes their burgers tasted like. At 1/3 pound per burger, you're getting a hell of a big sandwich. I think they might even keep stacking them as high as you like...
The hand-cut fries are tasty and a VERY nice change of pace from boring frozen fries.
The fried Twinkies are...umm...fried Twinkies. I usually don't like Twinkies, as they taste too much like the chemical-soaked sponge-"cakes" with "cream" filling that they are. These are drizzled with chocolate sauce after being dumped in a deep fryer, resulting in a puffy and tasty thing with a VERY warm and creamy interior.
The people are nice, too, and they clearly give a shit about what they're serving you. I always thank cooks after good meals, and both times at BIG MOUTH'S the people in the kitchen gave real smiles when I told them what I thought.
They're no Mykonos, but hey...ain't nobody could be.
If you live in or near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, I highly recommend dropping in for a tasty burger, delicious fries, and a...you know.
Big Mouth's
408 E Green St
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 328-2447
X-Posted tochambana
Smooches,
benjamin
There's a new restaurant in campustown at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in a building that sees a lot of restaurants come and go. Before this it was a sushi restaurant, before that it was...umm...this place where...there was some stuff...
I've been trying to find a great burger in this town since Mykonos--home of 50 burgers and some vaguely Greek food--went out of business. It was a great place, divey but delicious, with the best waiter / manager in history. Oh, did I ever tell you about the time I was a waiter / manager for a divey Greeky-burger joint? Tales for another time, I suppose...
As usual, I'd like to express that I do not work for or with, nor am I being compensated for this by Big Mouth's.
As a former waiter, I truly appreciate a clever tip jar. C'mon, folks, quit writing "Tipping Isn't A City In China" on them...
You really gotta admire the gumption of any restaurant that's got the cojones to abbreviate their name BM!
Before the food, let's admire the soda machine. And no, that's not a Pepsi sticker over a generic one. Apparently the words PEPSI WILD CHERRY aren't enough for some folks:
Here's the right side of the menu. The left was pretty standard, just listing all of these items, but without all the fun names. I think my favorite part is...wait, every meal comes with a WHAT now?
For my first meal I had the FRED SANFORD with everything but tomatoes. They're the devil, they are. Anyway, that's two 1/3 pound burgers on that bun. Oooh, and look at those hand-cut fries. And look at that fried...okay, never mind, don't.
assclouds prepared to enjoy his meal by GROWING A POSITIVELY RIDICULOUS BEARD. This is to catch any bits that may fall out of his mouth while eating. He's licking chocolate from his finger in this photo, not flipping me off. I hope.Scott M. is daintily holds his Doomburger while giving me the Fuck You I Fucking Hate Having My Photo Taken, You Fucking Fuck face. I love him too.
Oh, right, you wanna know how a double hot dog works there? I mean, it doesn't say "two hot dogs" so it must...oh yeah.
Oh HELL YEAH. Two hot dogs, one bun. *insert horribly inappropriate internet joke here*
Ummm, fried twinkie? No way. It looks like some shat out an entire corn dog.
IF YOU PUT IT IN FRONT OF ME I WILL EAT IT; I SWEAR THIS ON THE BLOOD OF THE FALLEN!
ULTIMATE RESULTS:
Delicious. So far I've had a double cheeseburger meal and a double hot dog meal, and they both stopped my heart with their deliciousness.
The burgers are char-broiled in front of you--the kitchen is visible from the counter--and taste like what Burger King wishes their burgers tasted like. At 1/3 pound per burger, you're getting a hell of a big sandwich. I think they might even keep stacking them as high as you like...
The hand-cut fries are tasty and a VERY nice change of pace from boring frozen fries.
The fried Twinkies are...umm...fried Twinkies. I usually don't like Twinkies, as they taste too much like the chemical-soaked sponge-"cakes" with "cream" filling that they are. These are drizzled with chocolate sauce after being dumped in a deep fryer, resulting in a puffy and tasty thing with a VERY warm and creamy interior.
The people are nice, too, and they clearly give a shit about what they're serving you. I always thank cooks after good meals, and both times at BIG MOUTH'S the people in the kitchen gave real smiles when I told them what I thought.
They're no Mykonos, but hey...ain't nobody could be.
If you live in or near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, I highly recommend dropping in for a tasty burger, delicious fries, and a...you know.
Big Mouth's
408 E Green St
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 328-2447
X-Posted to
chambanaSmooches,
benjamin
