I was never a fan of the Pork & Mindy’s restaurant as it seemed like a marketing gimmick built on Jeff Mauro's celebrity name without the tasty and quality food. What i'm curious about is what Mariano's will do to replace the closed Pork & Mindy’s locations within the grocery store locations.


https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaur ... bankruptcy

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I think Mariano's are just reverting back to their own proprietary grill/bbq stations.

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Pork & Mindys reminds me of those God awful live reads Kap does for Chicago Cut wherein he fawns over "plate licking caramel sauce."

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Awful show, never heard of the establishment.nwould never patronize for the awful name

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Never had the food but I really liked the sweet heat jarred sauce. It was my go to.

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Mauro’s partner was a Harvard Business School grad. Just sayin’.

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Well filing bankruptcy is simply craven!

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Proven highly successful businessman. Knows how to shake things up.

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Food was terrible. Tried the one over at the Wells St. Market some time ago. Then tried the one in Wicker Park thinking it would be better and it wasn't. No one missed anything.

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Many Mariano's locations already had an existing BBQ joint inside before they were all taken over by Pork & Mindy's. I actually thought they used to have decent bbq for the suburbs, but noticed a steep dip in quality over the last couple years when they changed over to the P&M's ownership. Good riddance.

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I hope the employees can find work quickly in advance of the holidays. What a crap time to lose your job.

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And a goofy reality tv actor to boot!

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JORR must have a Jeff Mauro story

Agreed.

Italian from the old neighborhood. Out with it JORR.

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I was involved in a payday loan business with Ralph Mauro. I think they may be related. I'm not 100% sure. I've never met Jeff.

I believe he's a pretty connected guy. good dolphin can probably speak to this better than I can, but if I remember correctly when they developed Maxwell Street he was somehow able to come up with a subsidized condo or two. I think maybe Pat Daley did too. Gotta love Oscar d'Angelo. R.I.P. Anyway, I don't remember the details. It's hard to keep all the dirty deals in Chicago straight.

As an aside, if Trump loses in 2020 one of the first things I'd look for is this Lausch guy who is wreaking havoc on the Chicago Way to be shown the door. I'm sure Richie Daley is more nervous right now than he's ever been in his charmed life. It's one thing for a good neighborhood kid like Robert Sorich to be a stand up guy. When the feds start kicking these old political hacks, we may find out just who is going to roll on whom.

Finally, I just got my latest issue of Chicago Magazine in the mail. I had to laugh when I opened it up and there was a piece on Jeff Mauro's fitness regimen.

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All without going to St Ignatius?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

He's suburban. I think he went to OPRF. Probably too dumb to get into Ignatius, even with the clout.

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St Ignatius is national.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

A St. Ignatius guy I know got him set up, so we got our piece of the action. We can't guarantee success of others.

I know you meant it as a joke but that didn't go quite as you expected.

Anyway, I'm keeping the invisible hand that directs your life from turning against you but I can't keep holding them off if you continue to badmouth us

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I thought he was an Elmwood Park guy.

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I don't believe you. However, doesn't that kind of go against the idea that it matters if they do that for "non-members"?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

He lives in Elmwood Park. His kid goes to school with my wife's friend's kid. He was the celebrity emcee at a Battle of the Burgers that RedEye put on at the Chicago Historical Society in 2015. We won first place. He messaged us via twitter to congratulate us, asked if he needed reservations to dine at our place. He came in that afternoon with his wife and kid, paid for his food, posed for a picture, etc. Good guy from my experience.

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Pork and Mindy's tried to be the Whole Foods version of Piggly Wiggly.

He was supposed to join a group of us LTH forum guys for a dinner one time but he did not come in the end. I guess that doesn't sound right.

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I was walking by his place in Wicker Park when they were building it out. I believe i saw the name of one of our esteemed board members on the zoning paperwork posted.

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of course you don't

you also knew better about the cost of catholic grade school education than people who have been paying it for the past decade

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Oh, you mean when I thought the total cost of Catholic school would be $100k and it was actually $90k?

If I move back to Chicago can you get me a job? It sounds like you just have to know a St. Ignatius guy to get set up.

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Can you work a deep fryer?

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goy pay a premium but Mauro's dad is an SICP guy

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