The ranch thing is 100% accurate. I'm from Minnesota and I'm gonna be living in Germany in the future and I was gutted at finding out that ranch dressing isn't something you can buy there. So I learned how to make my own. Also if you want to make an interesting dip, try mixing buffalo sauce with ranch. It goes well with fried chicken, chicken nuggets, fries or chicken burgers
@@marcodiepold2065 Saxony near Leipzig, but the moving plans were put on hold until this whole pandemic thing is over with. Also yeah, Saxony isn't the best state to move into lol
This is a grand video about my city... JJ brings a fresh outsider's perspective to Chicago. I even learned a couple of new things, from him! I really found the Raygun store bit, interesting! Thanks for the meet and greet, it was my pleasure to meet such an iconic and down to earth RUclipsr. #theChicagogang
Live there. Its just home... Anywhere else feels wrong in some way. Lived in WA state, (Olympia/Seattle) Wisconsin, (Madison/Cambridge), Oak Park Il, Berwyn, il. River Forest, etc.
The Filet O Fish actually got its start down the road in my hometown of Cincinnati. A local franchisee came up with the sandwich for the German Catholic community here, Ray Kroc came up with a pineapple sandwich to compete with it nationwide, and the rest is history. Edit: Apparently a commenter beat me to telling you this, I'm honestly surprised that the correction would come that quickly.
It was great to meet you here in Chicago! It’s definitely true that our architectural history is a big deal. I’m glad we could help fill you in on our crazy politics as well!
Ok lol. The filafish was invented by a McDonald owner in Cincinnati for the reason u listed, not the owner in Chicago. He wanted to make a pineapple slice sandwich. The story behind why the filafish is served is actually really cool tho
@@CallieMasters5000 They had a competition between the filet O fish and the hula burger to see which would be introduced. Filet O fish sold 350 burgers while the hula burger sold 6 leading to it being the first non meat burger on the menu.
@@JJMcCullough @sWirLy FacE lmao didn't mean to come off so pissed/passive aggressive. I wasn't upset lol. I rly appreciate and love your videos and perspective on things. sry if I annoyed u. didn't mean too. I rly don't give a shit about the sandwich tbh. it is interesting tho why the sandwich got created. the generally irish catholic side of west cincinatti ( the east side is more protestant and of mixed origins with heavy german influence) would often give up meat for lent and fish wasn't considered meat for some reason. so the guy from cincy made it into a sandwich. I know there where a few mistakes in the video that u spent, im sure u good amount of time making, and im sry everyone felt the need to point them out so quickly. overall rly enjoyed the video. pls keep up the great and interesting content.
5:06 You triggered me. Ray Kroc did not invent McDonald's. He was a leech. He was the first to franchise it. The McDonald brothers started the restaurant out in California.
Yep, Burnham was SUPER big in revitalizing Chicago, especially developing the Lakefront as the tourist attraction/outdoor magnet it is now. Also fun fact, Chicago has the largest concentration of Polish speakers in the world outside of Warsaw.
I once got to perform in Chicago’s famous St. Patrick’s Day parade with my high school marching band! It was a fun experience, and to this day everyone who went on that trip talks about Chicago-style pizza like it’s some sort of sacred experience.
@@PRHILL9696 It's not. I live in Chicago. There are a few days here and there where the temperature may get above 90 but it is not consistent and never lasts more than a few days, as opposed to winter when you can day after day, sometimes week after week where the temperature never gets above freezing. There are many days in July and August when we don't even have to run the A/C because it's so cool. In fact, just a few summers ago it was so cool that they even dismissed lifeguards at the beach because it was too cold to swim. Chicago summers are VERY mild.
@@ljones436 Then why are people always complaining about the heat and sweating and crying how their electric bill is so high from May through October from running the air and fans 24/7 and from using so much gas in the car due to running the air so high all the time
My home town hope you enjoyed it! Also first, let me tell you a little about Chicago most people still call it the Sears tower there is a distinct accent from the Southside which is dying but I must be kept under raps because I put ketchup on my hot dog and our flag is the best!
My grandfather grew up on the Near West Side, around where the Bulls play today. I only visited for one weekend as an adult, but it was a fantastic experience and the city cannot adequately be described to someone who hasn't been there yet. And the wooden platforms/Victorian inlays on the Loop L stations can't be beat.
OMG. You bought the McDonald's curly fries from Malaysia Here in the country, those fries are only available during festive seasons (most notably during Chinese New Year). People love them a lot
May i just say, as an Iowa/Illinois border native I am HERE for the shade around the Des Moines flag and ranch and THE BEAN lol IDK if you didn’t know about it or just didn’t include it for time but the bean had a STORY behind it and it is hilarious. The bean has straight up meme status among the Midwest. The artist who made it HATES that we call it the bean and is a very controversial figure in art due to his exclusive rights to the color ultrablack. Dude straight up OWNS an entire color that he doesn’t allow anyone else to use, like some kind of cartoon villain. It’s wild. Chicago culture gets crazy lol
Al Capone Canadian connection: His bootlegging home base in Canada was in Moosejaw Saskatchewan where his office, bedroom and underground tunnels still exist. There are tours you can go on to see it all. It's honestly really fun.
@@archdukefranzferdinand567 Most people don't know about it. I only found out from locals in Regina when I was passing through to Vancouver. If you're curious, here's more info: ruclips.net/video/UG9cdpMdow4/видео.html
I just went on the Raygun website to see what it's like and the first thing that came up was a shirt that said, "This shirt was designed and printed faster than the caucus results were released."
It's really nice hearing someone talk about Chicago without insulting it. My aunt lives the city, and it's not nearly as bad as people think, in terms of crime. I'm moving there in a couple of years after paying off student debt. There's lots of jobs and lots to do there.
Not to mention another Ferris, the ferris wheel, represented by the third of the four stars, the World’s Columbia Exposition (1892...400th anniversary of Columbus reaching the Americas and the basis of the tag “Windy City”, New York tagging us as a blow hard town, grossing inflating its offerings). The fair’s midway was the location of the first ferris wheel, today The Midway, a park like concourse that divides the north and south campuses of one of the world’s great universities, the University of Chicago. Poor Ferris Bueller never made it south of the Loop on his day off. And if you want to know why we’re the Second City.....that’s easy and obvious: we’re second to none! ;)
The Chicago trains are a huge part of the city. Even during the Great Depression, the trains always ran (Metra and CTA), and they ran on time. My great grandfather was a conductor during that time, and the benefits of having a job working for the trains was that you knew that you would continue to have a job, even if you had to take a slight pay cut from time to time. And that's not something most people could say in those days. His pocket watch that he used to keep the trains on time is still one of our families most cherished heirlooms.
As an Illinoisan 1: Deep dish pizza while delicious is strictly a Chicago thing and mainly just for tourists 2: ketchup belongs no where NEAR a hot dog 3: Ranch dressing is the greatest condiment on Gods green earth
Hello JJ. Thank you for visiting the Mid-West! I look forward to watching your video. If you ever get the chance I would love to welcome you to Kansas City. Keep up the great work.
Two things: 1. The "windy" politicians are not just a thing of the past :( 2. Ranch is only popular in the Midwest? - I did not know that. Also, that is pretty much the only brand that exists of ranch except for the gross store brand kind (which not even all grocery stores bother producing).
I think a great idea that I personally would love is if you did a video series of explaining every Canadian provincial capital & province while in the capital, in a style similar to how you did this video. 🤔
@@JJMcCullough True, but it would be a series... it could be done even over years. You could even start with Victoria, which isn't too far away from Vancouver!
I live in Michigan and I have a friend that puts ranch on everything and though my friends make fun of it they also put a lot of ranch on ( I hate ranch)
I can confirm, the chigigo architecture tour is really cool. I visited chicogo every year of high school because I participated in Academic Team tournaments in the Hyatt near there, so it was a bit surreal to see you visit all of thease sites that I have very distinct memories of JJ.
Very good video JJ! I love Chicago, you got pretty much everything right. Thanks for including the part about "windy city" not actually being about the wind. It's cold here, but at least it's not windy!
The Filet-O-Fish wasn't started by Ray Kroc. It was started by Lou Groen!!!! The sandwich was invented in 1962 by Catholic businessman Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner in Cincinnati;[2][3] his store at 5425 West North Bend Road[12] was in a predominantly Roman Catholic neighborhood, which led to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the Roman Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.[4] The product was named by Cye Landy of Cye Landy Advertising Agency, which was the advertising firm for that particular McDonald's franchise. The sandwich was the first non-hamburger menu item brought in by new McDonald's company owner Ray Kroc.[13] Kroc made a deal with Groen: they would sell two non-meat sandwiches on a Friday, Kroc's own Hula Burger (grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun) and the Filet-O-Fish, and whichever sold the most would be added to the permanent menu. The Filet-O-Fish "won hands down"[14] and was added to menus throughout 1963 until reaching nationwide status in 1965.[15] The use of farmed fish in the Filet-O-Fish first came about in 1981, when an owner of a New Zealand fisheries company was dissatisfied with the pollock Filet-O-Fish he purchased at the Courtenay Place, Wellington restaurant. Saying to the manager that he could make a better-tasting fish fillet, he was handed a box of fillets and told to come back with identical, better-tasting fillets. He substituted red cod for the pollock, and after the manager was satisfied with the better-tasting red cod fillets, ended up in agreement to supply the Courtenay Place restaurant (and eventually several other New Zealand restaurants) with the red cod fillets. The similar-tasting hoki was substituted several years later, due to its competitive market value and its boneless fillets, and eventually was introduced widely in the early 1990s when global pollock stocks were facing low numbers.[16] McDonald's removed the Filet-O-Fish from its menus in the United States on September 26, 1996,[17] and replaced it with the Fish Filet Deluxe sandwich, which was part of McDonald's ill-fated Deluxe line of sandwiches. However, the Filet-O-Fish was brought back to its menus on a gradual basis starting in the middle of 1997, due to overwhelming letters and petitions, receiving the larger fish patty from the Fish Filet Deluxe. The Fish Filet Deluxe itself was discontinued at most restaurants early in 1998, while others still offered it until 2000, when it was finally removed from all McDonald's menus.[18] In November 2007, McDonald's lowered the use of New Zealand hoki and increased the use of Alaskan pollock,[19] due to declining New Zealand hoki fishery sustainability and large cutbacks in the total allowable commercial catch of hoki by the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries - from 250,000 tonnes in 1997 to 90,000 tonnes in 2007.[20] McDonald's originally used Atlantic cod, before declining cod catches forced McDonald's to find sustainable fish elsewhere. McDonald's is trying to maintain fish only from areas certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, but that is becoming more difficult each year. Hoki is still a major ingredient.[21] As of March 2009, the Marine Stewardship Council[22] placed the Alaskan pollock fisheries in a re-assessment program[23] due to catch numbers declining by over 30% between 2005 and 2008, and by-catch problems with salmon. As of January 2013 the Marine Stewardship Council stated that the pollock comes from suppliers with sustainable fishing practices, and McDonald's packaging and promotion will reflect that change.[24] In 2019, McDonald's sent a cease-and-desist letter to a small Canadian restaurant that was selling a fish sandwich it called the 'Effing Filet O' Fish.' McDonald's claimed that the restaurant's use of that term violated McDonald's registered 'Filet-O-Fish' trademark. In response, the restaurant agreed to stop using 'Filet O' Fish' to describe its fish sandwich.[25] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not bad, looks like your made it for the one snowstorm we've had this season. Hope you can make it when the weather is nicer and you can see some of the 76 other neiborhoods outside of the loop. Hope you are well!
What? A hot dog for $7.69? That's a rip off, don't do it. Deep dish pizza is worth it though. I've been to Chicago a few times, the last of which in October 2019 and it's one of my favorite cities.
It was funny to see your video as someone from Chicago. I always like to see what tourists take away from their first visit. I was surprised you said nothing of the navy pier, glad you enjoyed your time. Fun fact hidden valley ranch is actually made in the Chicago suburbs.
You should go to New Mexico some time, our flag was voted best in North America (among states and provinces) and makes New Mexican branding really easy, although somewhat controversial because no one asked the Zia Pueblo if it was ok to use their sacred symbol on the flag. Be interested to hear your thoughts on the subject.
JJ I'm a big fan of your videos and press like for most. But as a lifelong Illinoisan, I had to dislike for your mispronunciation of "'sears' tower". It's an easy mistake to make, as it is written as "willis", but is read as "sears". hope this helps
As someone who grew up in ohio i gotta say the thing about ranch is definitely true. A lot of people even have their own ranch recipes, one for salads but then ones specifically for dipping (like wings, fries, veggies, etc)
As a Finn I must tell one tidbit namely that the stainless steel for the Cloud Gate was supplied by the Finnish company Outokumpu (though the supplying plant is in New Castle, not Finland).
So happy you visited my city. I honestly feel Chicago is best city in America. We do have terrible politics but we make it for it in our museums, festivals, attractions, architecture, nature/lake, not to mention our food. Chicago and LA is probably the best place to eat Mexican food outside Mexico.
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You forgot Al Calpone's best quote: "I don't even know what street canada is on."
I remember there was a joke on snl that canada was just french for Chicago
Famous last words:
JJ in February 2020: "I sure seem to be traveling a lot these days!"
New York: Statue of liberty
San Francisco: Golden gate bridge
Chicago: 🅱️ean
Statue of liberty is just an expensive copper lady
Knock Hello Bean is just a bean
@@whytfbuddy4118 stfu bitch
@@knockhello2604Its the truth bud.
@@salmanisspecial4856 STFU 😂
To Chicagoans, it's STILL the Sears Tower!
TRUTH
Yea
Yesss
DOWN WITH WILLIS
What do you mean Still? They changed the name????
You went to all my favorite spots in Chicago. It's a beautiful city...you should come back in the summer some time.
No way it's Mr Beat
It is the Sears tower. I live in Chicago and nobody calls it the Willis tower.
Can confirm
I don't think anyone in the entire country (US) calls it Willis tower. We all grew up calling it the Sears tower.
True, wish they could make it the official name by law.
Some of the Willis people probably call it the Willis Tower.
Us stupid foreigners... pfft
"totaled by an epic fire" - JJ 2020
absolutely obliterated and everyone died and it was hilarious
I realise this may be a joke, but "epic" can be used as a term to mean "big."
@@TotoDG I didn't get the joke. What is it?
@@pbj4184.
They mean "epic" as in "really cool".
@@TotoDG I know that much English 😑. What's the joke though?
Using 'epic' to mean both big and awesome? That's lame to be honest
The ranch thing is 100% accurate. I'm from Minnesota and I'm gonna be living in Germany in the future and I was gutted at finding out that ranch dressing isn't something you can buy there. So I learned how to make my own. Also if you want to make an interesting dip, try mixing buffalo sauce with ranch. It goes well with fried chicken, chicken nuggets, fries or chicken burgers
Now I'm hungry! 🙂
If you want the Hidden Valley kind, just bring a bunch of packets of the powder mix with you to Germany. Then you can prepare it there.
@Mustafa Alam You don't have to hate your home country to move somewhere else
Where do you move? I'm also living in Germany
@@marcodiepold2065 Saxony near Leipzig, but the moving plans were put on hold until this whole pandemic thing is over with.
Also yeah, Saxony isn't the best state to move into lol
This is a grand video about my city... JJ brings a fresh outsider's perspective to Chicago. I even learned a couple of new things, from him! I really found the Raygun store bit, interesting! Thanks for the meet and greet, it was my pleasure to meet such an iconic and down to earth RUclipsr. #theChicagogang
Lou Bravo iconic! Too kind
Do you live there or something very strange jk but it sucks on my personal opinion.
I'm surprised you have Raygun stores in Chicagoland. I thought that was just a local Iowan thing.
Me:
JJ: Chicago
Me: interesting 🤔
Thanks JJ
Jj makes everything interesting
I’m so glad you got to visit Chicago!! I’m Texan but my father is from Chicago! Can’t wait to show this video to my dad! I love your travel videos!
It’s still the Sears tower I don’t care what little brochure tells otherwise
IM ANGRRRRYY !!!
JJ: “Picasso, Hancock Tower”
Shows a Van Gogh, spires of Sears Tower
Ultimate Diamond give me a break I made this video in the airport
the spires is excusable, I mean he didn't go on that architecture tour
@@JJMcCullough damn dood, I thought you were taking the piss :P
@@JJMcCullough lol
And remember JJ - it’s the SEARS Tower not the Willis Tower.
Glad you could visit and hope you enjoyed our fair city.
JJ: Picasso
*shows one of the most famous Van Gogh paintings*
Yay a new JJ video!
Also your vids got me an 80% on a practice Canadian citizenship test so thanks for that.
I love Chicago. Favorite city in the us.
agree!
Live there. Its just home... Anywhere else feels wrong in some way. Lived in WA state, (Olympia/Seattle) Wisconsin, (Madison/Cambridge), Oak Park Il, Berwyn, il. River Forest, etc.
The Filet O Fish actually got its start down the road in my hometown of Cincinnati. A local franchisee came up with the sandwich for the German Catholic community here, Ray Kroc came up with a pineapple sandwich to compete with it nationwide, and the rest is history.
Edit: Apparently a commenter beat me to telling you this, I'm honestly surprised that the correction would come that quickly.
It was great to meet you here in Chicago! It’s definitely true that our architectural history is a big deal. I’m glad we could help fill you in on our crazy politics as well!
0:40 that's van Gogh. Not Picasso :(
Oops
I was super triggered when I saw that lol
I thought it was a joke
Same shit
Ok lol. The filafish was invented by a McDonald owner in Cincinnati for the reason u listed, not the owner in Chicago. He wanted to make a pineapple slice sandwich. The story behind why the filafish is served is actually really cool tho
dfghjjuytrfd ! I underestimated the degree that this is a beloved story
I really like how you started this comment with "ok lol" like this is offensive or something
@@CallieMasters5000 They had a competition between the filet O fish and the hula burger to see which would be introduced. Filet O fish sold 350 burgers while the hula burger sold 6 leading to it being the first non meat burger on the menu.
the fish burger is one of my fav in mcdoanlds
@@JJMcCullough @sWirLy FacE lmao didn't mean to come off so pissed/passive aggressive. I wasn't upset lol. I rly appreciate and love your videos and perspective on things. sry if I annoyed u. didn't mean too. I rly don't give a shit about the sandwich tbh. it is interesting tho why the sandwich got created. the generally irish catholic side of west cincinatti ( the east side is more protestant and of mixed origins with heavy german influence) would often give up meat for lent and fish wasn't considered meat for some reason. so the guy from cincy made it into a sandwich.
I know there where a few mistakes in the video that u spent, im sure u good amount of time making, and im sry everyone felt the need to point them out so quickly. overall rly enjoyed the video. pls keep up the great and interesting content.
Last time I was this early, JJ still had his 'stache.
*out of things to watch*
J.J: Let's learn about Chicago!
Me: Ok! 🤷🏻♂️
5:06 You triggered me. Ray Kroc did not invent McDonald's. He was a leech. He was the first to franchise it. The McDonald brothers started the restaurant out in California.
I’m glad JJ is talking about Chicago. They’re such an underrated band-hey wait a minute...........
Yep, Burnham was SUPER big in revitalizing Chicago, especially developing the Lakefront as the tourist attraction/outdoor magnet it is now.
Also fun fact, Chicago has the largest concentration of Polish speakers in the world outside of Warsaw.
I'm Canadian, living in Chile and I love Hidden Valley Ranch
I once got to perform in Chicago’s famous St. Patrick’s Day parade with my high school marching band! It was a fun experience, and to this day everyone who went on that trip talks about Chicago-style pizza like it’s some sort of sacred experience.
I pity you for visiting us this time of year. Come back in June and it's way better
Winters in Chicago are great. Summers suck its so hot and brutal!
@@PRHILL9696 Where are you from? The South Pole? Chicago summers are mild, it seldom gets hot and sticky for days on end as it does in the South.
@@ljones436 It is VERY hot and humid here for month during the summer.
@@PRHILL9696 It's not. I live in Chicago. There are a few days here and there where the temperature may get above 90 but it is not consistent and never lasts more than a few days, as opposed to winter when you can day after day, sometimes week after week where the temperature never gets above freezing. There are many days in July and August when we don't even have to run the A/C because it's so cool. In fact, just a few summers ago it was so cool that they even dismissed lifeguards at the beach because it was too cold to swim. Chicago summers are VERY mild.
@@ljones436 Then why are people always complaining about the heat and sweating and crying how their electric bill is so high from May through October from running the air and fans 24/7 and from using so much gas in the car due to running the air so high all the time
My home town hope you enjoyed it! Also first, let me tell you a little about Chicago most people still call it the Sears tower there is a distinct accent from the Southside which is dying but I must be kept under raps because I put ketchup on my hot dog and our flag is the best!
That ending speaks a thousand words.
Absolutely loved this video! I was a resident of Chicago from 2013-2014, really enjoyed learning more about this colorful city 🌃
I never realized hidden valley is just a midwestern thing. (Coming from someone who lived in central Illinois). Loved seeing it though.
Growing up in Indiana, Chicago was like my New York, and a lot of Chicago culture and symbolism was there too.
Oh, and in Indiana, the natives put ranch on anything from carrots to tacos (it's wrong)
Now go watch the move the “Blues Brothers” movie, JJ
Yes! and then Ferris Buellers day off
Omg i love that movie
My grandfather grew up on the Near West Side, around where the Bulls play today. I only visited for one weekend as an adult, but it was a fantastic experience and the city cannot adequately be described to someone who hasn't been there yet. And the wooden platforms/Victorian inlays on the Loop L stations can't be beat.
JJ: calls it the “Willis Tower”
Chicagoans: am I a joke to you?
As a Chicagoan of a certain age, Buckingham Fountain was our symbol. The Bean is much more recent.
Everyone takes a picture next to that damn bean.
😂😂😂from Chicago and I can confirm.
It's very unfortunate that "the bean" is a tourist attraction. It's just some post-modernist shit.
OMG. You bought the McDonald's curly fries from Malaysia
Here in the country, those fries are only available during festive seasons (most notably during Chinese New Year). People love them a lot
Chicago is my favourite US City - It's great to see it again from your perspective :)
May i just say, as an Iowa/Illinois border native I am HERE for the shade around the Des Moines flag and ranch and THE BEAN lol
IDK if you didn’t know about it or just didn’t include it for time but the bean had a STORY behind it and it is hilarious. The bean has straight up meme status among the Midwest. The artist who made it HATES that we call it the bean and is a very controversial figure in art due to his exclusive rights to the color ultrablack. Dude straight up OWNS an entire color that he doesn’t allow anyone else to use, like some kind of cartoon villain. It’s wild. Chicago culture gets crazy lol
Small correction, the colour is Vantablack.
I've only spent 4 days in Chicago and it was quite the awesome city!
Al Capone Canadian connection: His bootlegging home base in Canada was in Moosejaw Saskatchewan where his office, bedroom and underground tunnels still exist. There are tours you can go on to see it all. It's honestly really fun.
I used to live in SK, about 2 hours away from Moose Jaw. If I knew about this back then I would have went
@@archdukefranzferdinand567 Most people don't know about it. I only found out from locals in Regina when I was passing through to Vancouver. If you're curious, here's more info: ruclips.net/video/UG9cdpMdow4/видео.html
"Chicago Transit Authority" was also the name of an ancient music group, back when organs and LSD were apparently popular in the music scene.
Ancient?
Apparently popular? Jesus
I always enjoy these videos - something to smile about and feel good about.
I just went on the Raygun website to see what it's like and the first thing that came up was a shirt that said, "This shirt was designed and printed faster than the caucus results were released."
Just got back from Chicago, cant wait to go back in the Spring/Summer!
4:30
*JON STEWART RAGE INTENSIFIES*
Is he famously against deep dish??
@@JJMcCullough He's got a wonderful well known rage piece about it. Look it up, it's on RUclips :)
Like you said, it isn’t pizza.
@@metjetfan23 But it is delicious whatever it is.
Reese Hendricksen I 100% agree, and I’m vegan. It’s just a well known fact
It's really nice hearing someone talk about Chicago without insulting it. My aunt lives the city, and it's not nearly as bad as people think, in terms of crime. I'm moving there in a couple of years after paying off student debt. There's lots of jobs and lots to do there.
Ah yes, the city from Ferris Bueller that they made into a real thing.
Not to mention another Ferris, the ferris wheel, represented by the third of the four stars, the World’s Columbia Exposition (1892...400th anniversary of Columbus reaching the Americas and the basis of the tag “Windy City”, New York tagging us as a blow hard town, grossing inflating its offerings). The fair’s midway was the location of the first ferris wheel, today The Midway, a park like concourse that divides the north and south campuses of one of the world’s great universities, the University of Chicago.
Poor Ferris Bueller never made it south of the Loop on his day off. And if you want to know why we’re the Second City.....that’s easy and obvious: we’re second to none! ;)
The Chicago trains are a huge part of the city. Even during the Great Depression, the trains always ran (Metra and CTA), and they ran on time. My great grandfather was a conductor during that time, and the benefits of having a job working for the trains was that you knew that you would continue to have a job, even if you had to take a slight pay cut from time to time. And that's not something most people could say in those days. His pocket watch that he used to keep the trains on time is still one of our families most cherished heirlooms.
As an Illinoisan
1: Deep dish pizza while delicious is strictly a Chicago thing and mainly just for tourists
2: ketchup belongs no where NEAR a hot dog
3: Ranch dressing is the greatest condiment on Gods green earth
I only eat Chicago deep dish. In Peoria.
He should have gone a bit further down state and had the artery clogging goodness that Is a horseshoe
@@johntolly1637 Gross.
1 - Deep Dish is good
2- I put whatever the fuck i want on my hot dog. I pay my taxes.
3- Blue cheese is better. Ranch is for the bland
John Tolly yes to all of these
!!! We eat home run inn or Italian fiesta. Thin crust, square sausage pizza. That’s a Chicagoans go to.
You captured the best Chicago highlights! Love it
Hello JJ. Thank you for visiting the Mid-West! I look forward to watching your video. If you ever get the chance I would love to welcome you to Kansas City. Keep up the great work.
Two things:
1. The "windy" politicians are not just a thing of the past :(
2. Ranch is only popular in the Midwest? - I did not know that. Also, that is pretty much the only brand that exists of ranch except for the gross store brand kind (which not even all grocery stores bother producing).
Little-known fact about Chicago: After over a half-century together, they still haven't gone more than six months between concert tours. :)
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care (about time)?
We out here learning history with JJ in Chicago!
I imagined in the beginning u singing that song from Victorious
CHICAGOOOOO
CHICAGOOOOOOOOOOO
You should come to New Orleans!! It's so distinct and different from anywhere else in the US, and it's a blast.
I literally ate a chicken bacon ranch quesadilla before watching this video. I'm from Minnesota and live in Iowa lol
LITERALLY JUST GOT OFF TRAIN FROM A TRIP TO CHICAGO AND IM JUST LEARNING JJ WAS THERE NOW??!!
That explains the wife’s devotion to Ranch Dressing!
😂
Chicago is so much more fun in the warmer months, strolling by the lake and parks.
I think a great idea that I personally would love is if you did a video series of explaining every Canadian provincial capital & province while in the capital, in a style similar to how you did this video. 🤔
sWirLy FacE such a video would cost.... ten thousand dollars!
@@JJMcCullough True, but it would be a series... it could be done even over years. You could even start with Victoria, which isn't too far away from Vancouver!
As someone from Minnesota, the Hidden Valley Ranch is true.
4:17 that’s the Willis Tower LOL
Sears Tower*
Fax
Love seeing you explore and explain my home! Just found your channel and I’m really enjoying your videos :)
I live in Michigan and I have a friend that puts ranch on everything and though my friends make fun of it they also put a lot of ranch on ( I hate ranch)
What? Ranch goes on pizza D
@@therast5 😶 whut
Ranch is absolutely disgusting and it masks the taste of anything you put it on. If you like that stuff then why not just eat it plain out of the jar?
I can confirm, the chigigo architecture tour is really cool. I visited chicogo every year of high school because I participated in Academic Team tournaments in the Hyatt near there, so it was a bit surreal to see you visit all of thease sites that I have very distinct memories of JJ.
"Including Picasso"
*Shows Van Gogh
😂😂😂
Glad you had a good time in Chicago. You shared some things I did not know.
You should make a video about DC and it’s nearby towns like Bethesda, Arlington, and Alexandria.
Very good video JJ! I love Chicago, you got pretty much everything right. Thanks for including the part about "windy city" not actually being about the wind. It's cold here, but at least it's not windy!
It's windy! Really windy! Sometimes.... just not much more than any other city lol. But when it's windy and cold it sucks. It happens
I am telling you, one day he'll make a video about Toronto. And there won't be many nice things said about it :D
Makes me homesick!
The Filet-O-Fish wasn't started by Ray Kroc. It was started by Lou Groen!!!! The sandwich was invented in 1962 by Catholic businessman Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner in Cincinnati;[2][3] his store at 5425 West North Bend Road[12] was in a predominantly Roman Catholic neighborhood, which led to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the Roman Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.[4] The product was named by Cye Landy of Cye Landy Advertising Agency, which was the advertising firm for that particular McDonald's franchise.
The sandwich was the first non-hamburger menu item brought in by new McDonald's company owner Ray Kroc.[13] Kroc made a deal with Groen: they would sell two non-meat sandwiches on a Friday, Kroc's own Hula Burger (grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun) and the Filet-O-Fish, and whichever sold the most would be added to the permanent menu. The Filet-O-Fish "won hands down"[14] and was added to menus throughout 1963 until reaching nationwide status in 1965.[15]
The use of farmed fish in the Filet-O-Fish first came about in 1981, when an owner of a New Zealand fisheries company was dissatisfied with the pollock Filet-O-Fish he purchased at the Courtenay Place, Wellington restaurant. Saying to the manager that he could make a better-tasting fish fillet, he was handed a box of fillets and told to come back with identical, better-tasting fillets. He substituted red cod for the pollock, and after the manager was satisfied with the better-tasting red cod fillets, ended up in agreement to supply the Courtenay Place restaurant (and eventually several other New Zealand restaurants) with the red cod fillets. The similar-tasting hoki was substituted several years later, due to its competitive market value and its boneless fillets, and eventually was introduced widely in the early 1990s when global pollock stocks were facing low numbers.[16]
McDonald's removed the Filet-O-Fish from its menus in the United States on September 26, 1996,[17] and replaced it with the Fish Filet Deluxe sandwich, which was part of McDonald's ill-fated Deluxe line of sandwiches. However, the Filet-O-Fish was brought back to its menus on a gradual basis starting in the middle of 1997, due to overwhelming letters and petitions, receiving the larger fish patty from the Fish Filet Deluxe. The Fish Filet Deluxe itself was discontinued at most restaurants early in 1998, while others still offered it until 2000, when it was finally removed from all McDonald's menus.[18]
In November 2007, McDonald's lowered the use of New Zealand hoki and increased the use of Alaskan pollock,[19] due to declining New Zealand hoki fishery sustainability and large cutbacks in the total allowable commercial catch of hoki by the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries - from 250,000 tonnes in 1997 to 90,000 tonnes in 2007.[20] McDonald's originally used Atlantic cod, before declining cod catches forced McDonald's to find sustainable fish elsewhere. McDonald's is trying to maintain fish only from areas certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, but that is becoming more difficult each year. Hoki is still a major ingredient.[21]
As of March 2009, the Marine Stewardship Council[22] placed the Alaskan pollock fisheries in a re-assessment program[23] due to catch numbers declining by over 30% between 2005 and 2008, and by-catch problems with salmon.
As of January 2013 the Marine Stewardship Council stated that the pollock comes from suppliers with sustainable fishing practices, and McDonald's packaging and promotion will reflect that change.[24]
In 2019, McDonald's sent a cease-and-desist letter to a small Canadian restaurant that was selling a fish sandwich it called the 'Effing Filet O' Fish.' McDonald's claimed that the restaurant's use of that term violated McDonald's registered 'Filet-O-Fish' trademark. In response, the restaurant agreed to stop using 'Filet O' Fish' to describe its fish sandwich.[25]
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Vancouver's flag could be 4 stars to represent: Expo 86, the 2010 Olympics, and the two hockey riots.
The Filet-O-Fish was invented by Lou Groen, not Ray Kroc.
Yeah, Kroc created and wanted a grilled pineapple and cheese burger instead
@@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis the term "burger" being used very lightly
@@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis Called the Hula burger I believe.
Can everyone please calm down • It ‘s a fucking fish sandwich •
Not to mention McDonald’s started in California before Ray Kroc set up the HQ in Chicago
Not bad, looks like your made it for the one snowstorm we've had this season. Hope you can make it when the weather is nicer and you can see some of the 76 other neiborhoods outside of the loop. Hope you are well!
What? A hot dog for $7.69? That's a rip off, don't do it. Deep dish pizza is worth it though. I've been to Chicago a few times, the last of which in October 2019 and it's one of my favorite cities.
It was funny to see your video as someone from Chicago. I always like to see what tourists take away from their first visit. I was surprised you said nothing of the navy pier, glad you enjoyed your time.
Fun fact hidden valley ranch is actually made in the Chicago suburbs.
hello there! looks snowy lol
this makes wanna visit Chicago and I live in Chicago
Kelly Bundy ruined the name of this town for me many years ago when she pronounced it, "chik-a-go"
The one with the two spires is the Sears tower, the one in the back closer to the lake is the Hancock building
What kind of Human Bean would Design That art?
I’ll show myself out.
Ah, my favorite Canadian is back! I was in Disney World all week, glad I didn't miss this!
Never say the "w" word to a Chicagoan, it will always be the sears tower.And sears hasn't owned for quite a while.
You should go to New Mexico some time, our flag was voted best in North America (among states and provinces) and makes New Mexican branding really easy, although somewhat controversial because no one asked the Zia Pueblo if it was ok to use their sacred symbol on the flag. Be interested to hear your thoughts on the subject.
JJ I'm a big fan of your videos and press like for most. But as a lifelong Illinoisan, I had to dislike for your mispronunciation of "'sears' tower". It's an easy mistake to make, as it is written as "willis", but is read as "sears". hope this helps
As someone who grew up in ohio i gotta say the thing about ranch is definitely true. A lot of people even have their own ranch recipes, one for salads but then ones specifically for dipping (like wings, fries, veggies, etc)
7:45 Al Capone? I live in Cleveland. Guess whose ashes we have.
As a Finn I must tell one tidbit namely that the stainless steel for the Cloud Gate was supplied by the Finnish company Outokumpu (though the supplying plant is in New Castle, not Finland).
McDonald's wasn't exactly founded in Chicago. Ray crock was kinda a bastard who just stole the brand. Would recommend watching 'The founder'.
But the empire started in Illinois ig so, eh
You should have had Italian beef. Also, you know that most people from the Chicago area refuse to say: "Willis Tower."
He just called the L, elevated TRAIN, a light rail. FOH.
So happy you visited my city. I honestly feel Chicago is best city in America. We do have terrible politics but we make it for it in our museums, festivals, attractions, architecture, nature/lake, not to mention our food. Chicago and LA is probably the best place to eat Mexican food outside Mexico.
It’s the el for elevated train I think. Not the “L.” Correct me if i’m wrong.
Jack the Bro the CTA’s official written designation is ‘L’ , short for elevated
Jack the Bro Yes, it’s “el” for “elevated” but it’s widely called the “L” by Chicagoans (and I think by the Chicago Transit Authority).
Leah T oh cool
That was awesome! Gosh I wish I could have met you in Chicago. Someday...