Johns’ Blue Top Drive In — Restaurant in North Township

This reminds me of the old diners my family used to visit when I was a kid. The best part is, well, EVERYTHING!! I especially love the racecar memorabilia. My dad used to build and race funnycars. So I can't help but get a stupid grin on my face and sometimes a little teary-eyed. I love coming in to listen to the older guys talk about cars. It reminds me of being in my dad's shop when his buddies would come in, have lunch and BS, minus the gas and oil smell, of course. And the food is always amazing. It may just be burgers, fries, shakes, floats, and all the other goodies, or the daily specials that taste like a home cooked meal. You can tell that the food is made with love plus some. The waitresses are awesome. The owner is amazing. They have car shows, bands that come play, all kinds of events for kids and adults. There is definitely an atmosphere of laughter and love. Highly, highly recommended!!! They didn't win Chicago's best to not be the best. And there's a huge park (Wicker Park) not even 2 minutes down the street. Bring the whole family. You won't be disappointed. And very, very reasonably priced. This is a favorite...

The food is usually on point never had a problem until today. So i sat in the dinner to eat my burger the fries came first then the burger, the burger came on a small yellow plate with a knife if the middle so i cut it in 2 halves. I took 2 bites out of one half then looked at my plate and saw a long stiff strand of hair actually cooked into my burger and was like whoa what's going on. I actually left the hair in the burger to show the waitress and told her to check it out I even said go head pull the hair out and she did. She did apologize I said its not your fault. She then asked if I wanted another burger I said no thank you I'll just finish my fries and be on my way. I did offer to pay for the burger though since I did take 2 bites out of it, she then asked the cook something then said that she will only charge me for the items I got and I said I have no problem paying for it, she only charged for my fries and drink didn't want to charge the burger.

Like I said the food usually good but to find a long strand of hair in the middle of a cooked burger come on now get...

After just reopening, tried it. Horrible burger. After seeing all of the Chicago’s Best claims, thought they may have gotten enough bad feedback and decided to actually make their burgers fresh, instead of frozen gross meat product patties. I ordered the Big Ben because the claim on the sign said they were voted Best Burger. What a joke. Took it to go, got home, and discovered that when you order a Big Ben you must have to ask for any or all condiments. I got a burger, bun and cheese. Nothing else. Same gross patties as my previous experience. I even watched the episode of Chicago’s Best to see if I was missing something. No doubt it was a scam, all the way down to the cute attire the waitresses supposedly wear. I hope Chicago’s Best calls to have them remove that false claim on their sign. Absolutely terrible burger. If I could rate zero...