Description:
- The Scene
Gene & Jude's is a fast-food haven on a particularly desolate stretch of River Road. The customers are a motley bunch, coming from far and wide to worship at this greasy altar since the '50s. The dirty-white interior is barren but for the counter and a shelf to eat at standing up.
The Food
It takes longer to read a street sign than it does to read the entire menu. Choices are: hot dog, double dog, tamale and fries. The dog is best eaten with mustard and sweet relish, its tough skin bursting open with juicy perfection. The fries are eye-openers, too: Hearty, thick-cut wedges of skin-on potatoes, they come in a generous sack (or rolled up in waxed paper with your dog), slippery with greasy good taste, hardly needing salt or ketchup. The gooey, spicy corn tamales are best scooped up with a spoon.
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User Reviews for Gene & Jude's Red Hot Stand
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Best of the Best! #1 Hotdog in America!
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Vienna beef, fresh cut fries on the dog. There is no comparison. We even had them catered as a late night snack at our wedding 5 years ago. Close to Ohare and always worth the drive....
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- posted on 11.24.12
- by Blackhawks2010
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Genes and Judes
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Great hot dogs but make sure that you take some tums with you for the french fries. Good Prices! Not the biggest menu around, but if you have a taste for some good fast food then this...
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- posted on 11.12.12
- by Steve G
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Just the greatest hot dogs
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We have been going here since we were kids and now our kids go here. We drive an hour from our house just to grab hot dogs and bring them back home. You can stand and eat inside or...
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- posted on 11.05.12
- by lslyChicago
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Editorial review from Citysearch
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Been going here since I was a little gril, best hot dogs in the Chicago Area!
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- posted on 09.08.12
- by by jessicaf1333627224 at Citysearch
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Editorial review from Citysearch
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You have to bring your own ketchup if you are like me and still want it on your hot dog (even though it is not Chicago-style) but otherwise it is awesome.
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- posted on 07.14.12
- by by heatherb1754774756 at Citysearch
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- Details
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: (708) 452-7634
Address:
- 2720 River Rd
- River Grove, IL 60171-1325
Payments:
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Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10:30am-1am Fri-Sat 10:30am-2am
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