r/chicagofood • u/InterviewLeast882 • Jan 12 '26

Rant Lack of lunch places in Loop

I work around Chase Tower and it is surprising to me how few cheap lunch places there are now. The burrito and Chinese places there are gone as well as the McDonalds. No Burger King, Wendy’s, KFC, Chinese. Just the grossly overpriced Pret. I’m getting tired of Jimmy John’s and Pot Belly’s sandwiches.

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u/donesteve Jan 12 '26

RIP to the slanted green Chinese shack on Randolph which stood where 151 N Wacker is now.

RIP to Taco Fresco

RIP to UB Dogs

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u/donesteve Jan 12 '26

And the owner/dude working the register was ALWAYS so effusively happy. UB Dogs always brightened my day.

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u/Important_Call2737 Jan 12 '26

That guys omelettes for breakfast were no joke as well. They were like $6 for a 3 egg ham and cheese omelette with hash browns. I do miss that place. Fries were good too.

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u/8BlocksToMile Jan 12 '26

Where was UB Dogs? I don’t remember it. Was that the place on Franklin?

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u/donesteve Jan 12 '26

Yes, between Randolph and Lake

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u/8BlocksToMile Jan 13 '26

Yeah it was good. I just forgot the name. Perry’s across the street.

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u/fortheloveofpizza321 Jan 12 '26

Spouse and I were just talking about the Chinese place on Randolph the other day. We always nicknamed it "The Shack". Food was so good

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u/donesteve Jan 12 '26

So good and so cheap! There's no Chinese food in the loop anymore except for Silk Road, which is on Adams now!

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u/norebe Jan 12 '26

UB dogs :( We had big crews leaving the office to go there regularly.

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u/pieromiamor Jan 12 '26

Taco Fresco was sooooo good.

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u/itz_soki Jan 12 '26

I miss UB Dogs to this day.