The North Shore Weekend East, Issue 292

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SATURDAY MAY 5 | SUNDAY MAY 6 2018

SUNDAY BREAKFAST

Wilmette’s Bill Bucklew walks the walk. P30

SOCIAL SCENE

SPORTS

Scouts goalie Amalia Liguori-Coneff shows off her scoring skills. P28

Making Magic for Camp Kesem. P21 FOLLOW US:

NO. 292 | A JWC MEDIA PUBLICATION

Housewalk 2018 Tour FIVE spectacular homes in Glencoe, Winnetka and Kenilworth. Treat yourself with lunch at a private Winnetka Club.

RED HOT SPOTS CHICAGO-STYLE DOGS REIGN ON THE NORTH SHORE BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

Photo by Robin Subar Photography

Chicago-style hot dogs are famous for a reason. No where else in the country do they drag a hot dog through the garden like we do here. And while you could make a hot dog at home, why bother when there are so many great spots right here on the North Shore? What’s particularly notable is how long many North Shore hot dog joints have been around. Little Louie’s in Northbrook was started in 1967 and subsequently bought by its current owner, Pete Weiss, in 1999 when he was just 22 years old. Weiss was in college when he decided he wanted to own his own business and heard that Little Louie’s, near his hometown of Highland Park, was up for sale. “Louie’s is a modern day Cheers,” Weiss said, referring to the popular 1980s sitcom. “Everyone knows your name and your order. It’s this organic atmosphere.” Managing partner Ben Unger with a chardog at Michael’s in Highland Park. At this point Little Louie’s boasts many PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER regulars. It’s what happens when a restaurant NON PROFIT has been open for five decades, WeissU.S. pointed POSTAGE they can order a classic Chicago-style hot dog out. Many of those customers are multiPAID was a senior at New Trier Township High and watch it prepared. “They like the food, generational, with grandparents bringing in School when he purchased Chuck Wagon in PERMIT NO. 102 friendly atmosphere, and it is cozy. A lot of their grandchildren for a hot dog. Wilmette. He was working at the restaurant WINNETKA IL people grew up going here,” Djordievic said. “You make people feel like it is theirs, like when he heard it was for sale, turning his Few owners can claim street cred like they are walking into their house,” Weiss said. part-time high school job into a career. Andrew Greensphan, whose father started IrMaybe that’s why Little Louie’s tagline is Djordievic has kept Chuck Wagon’s menu “a part of growing up.” and atmosphere faithful to its 1974 origins. ving’s for Red Hot Lovers in Wilmette in Weiss isn’t the only owner who got into the Kids still belly up to the counter of the tiny Continued on PG 10 storefront in the center of downtown, where business as a young man. Sasha Djordjevic

Photo by Megan Chaffin Photography

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