Cheap Eats 2010

By Matthew Korfhage

Nick's may not be the same windowless beerhole it used to be—the ceiling's raised, the lights bright, the bartender friendlier than family—but the chili recipe hasn't been fiddled with since 1935. So whether you're slopping through an ample Single Coney ($6.75) or the insanely mammoth Home Run ($15), it's the same all-meat chili and dogs they fed to those myriad politicians and sportsmen whose signed mugshots pad the walls. It's history on a bun.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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