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* One of my favorite Statehouse people is WTTW’s ace reporter Amanda Vinicky, who did a fun piece recently about some famed Springfield eateries. Here she is with Maldaner’s Chef-Owner Michael Higgins eating a horseshoe…
Have fun, but keep it clean.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:13 am
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Mmmmm, tastes like chicken.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:20 am
Bruce Rauner is somewhere in the back threatening the dwindling GOP legislative caucus.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:22 am
Yes, we do use real horse shoes, why do you ask?
Comment by FormerParatrooper Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:24 am
“Mmmm… This one is better than the third horseshoe was but not quite as good as the fifth one…”
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:24 am
“Wish I also had a slurpee from Sen. Plummer’s Office…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:29 am
“For just the cost of a horseshoe a day, you can feed starving reporters like Amanda.”
Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:31 am
The things they make me do during Pledge Week.
Comment by Bogey Golfer Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:32 am
No one digs into a story like Vinicky.
Comment by lakeside Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:32 am
Soylent horseshoes are made out of …
Comment by Reality Check Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:33 am
===Rauner is somewhere in the back===
Wrong restaurant.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:33 am
Eat the horseshoe, take the extra fries..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:36 am
I’m here with the Kung Fu Colonel Sanders who know for cutting his fries by chopping them with just his hands.
Comment by Anon Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:36 am
Jeez RNUG, How many places are famous for their Horseshoes down there???
Comment by PublicServant Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:37 am
Reminds me, I’m hungry. Time for lunch!
Comment by DuPage Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:41 am
Up next?
Cannoli…
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:43 am
It’s the food, not the politics, that really slows Springfield down.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:44 am
===Jeez RNUG, How many places are famous for their Horseshoes down there???===
Pretty much all of them. lol
Comment by Cubs in '16 Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:45 am
Journalist Amanda Vinicky remembers why she left Springfield for Chicago.
Comment by Commander Norton Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:46 am
“Has KFC ever attempted to recruit you for their Colonel Sanders look-alike commercials?”
Springfield-centric question: “Why didn’t you run for Ward 7 Alderman this year?” (Higgins unsuccessfully ran in 2011 and 2015).
Comment by Leatherneck Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:46 am
I didn’t know that Springfield has a gourmet version of KFC.
Comment by Leatherneck Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:48 am
“Chew Amanda Chew”
Comment by curtis Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:48 am
Do you eat a horseshoe with a fork or ya fingers?
Comment by Blue Dog Dem Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:52 am
OMG this is good eating! Maldaner’s horse shoe is the real deal.
Comment by Mama Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:54 am
Blue Dog Dem, use your fork.
Comment by Mama Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:55 am
===Do you eat a horseshoe with a fork or ya fingers?===
Yes
Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 11:57 am
Mal dinner.
Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:08 pm
President Cullerton eats this every night???
Comment by JAH Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:10 pm
Tastes like Horseshoe.
This was a great piece from Amanda. Interesting, fun, and spirited. Guess I never thought about why they call it a horseshoe(pony shoe) and the creation site of the corndog should really put SF on the culinary map.
Comment by Amalia Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:19 pm
I wonder if Amanda appreciates posting pictures of her eating like this. I thought it was a universal rule that people hate pictures of themselves eating
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:19 pm
===I wonder if===
↑↑↑ Concern troll.
https://twitter.com/AmandaVinicky/status/1104088538310733824
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:33 pm
– President Cullerton eats this every night??? –
Yes. It’s a Grand Bargain.
Comment by John Patterson Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:33 pm
As Homer Simpson would say, “Horseshoes — mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”
Comment by jim Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:35 pm
“I know I am at Maldaner’s, but a horseshoe is all public television can afford.”
Comment by Montrose Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:39 pm
I’m looking forward to buying a horseshoe with some of my Pritzker Tax Cut. Mmmm.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:39 pm
The chili is ground beef with extra fat? Is it spicy? I don’t shy away from too many foods for excess, but that sounds like something.
Comment by CookR Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:47 pm
Focused Amanda. Focused.
Comment by Ex Pat Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:50 pm
There is someone from Darcy’s Pint outside who would like to speak to you..
Comment by OneMan Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 12:51 pm
Check My EKG Please! Coming soon on your Window To The World…
Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 1:04 pm
Why don’t you use a pocket protector like all my engineering friends?
Comment by pool boy Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 1:04 pm
Why yes, we use a spice miz we got from Magic Kitchen, why do you ask?
Comment by OneMan Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 1:15 pm
“I feel so much better knowing that it’s all organic.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:13 pm
“And I can proudly say, without fear of contradiction, that our horseshoes have resulted in more snoring during filibusters than anybody else’s.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:15 pm
Higgins: “If our servers aren’t pumped up when they start here, they soon will be after lugging these around.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:17 pm
Higgins: “And if a politician can’t finish their horseshoe, they can always use the leftover cheese to paste up their campaign posters.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:20 pm
Come for the cheese sauce, stay for the beef suet.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:23 pm
“A corn dog for dessert or appetizer? It’s another Springfield original.”
Side note: There was one Chicago tavern in Beverly that had horseshoe sandwiches on its menu of pub grub. I never saw the sandwich served anywhere else outside of Springpatch.
Comment by Practical Politics Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:46 pm
“This is harder to swallow than Rauner’s claims his budgets were balanced all those years.”
Comment by Strategy Geek Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 2:47 pm
The ribeye horseshoe at the Illinois state fair is still the best!
Comment by Rural Survivor Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 3:01 pm
Amanda- “Where was this after moderating that Gov debate….”
Comment by Boone's is Back Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 3:13 pm
It’s horse what???
Oh, “shoe.”
Nevermind.
Comment by 37B Friday, Mar 8, 19 @ 4:11 pm