# ChiDope Lunch Bunch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659 "2004-03-05T05:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/1 "2004-03-05T05:08:47Z")
Hey kids, now that the weather’s getting warmer, how about a lunch bunch sometime this month? Downtown? Geek…errr…Greektown? (x-posted to LJ) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/2 "2004-03-05T14:19:57Z")
I’m pretty free anytime up til the week of the 29th. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/3 "2004-03-05T14:27:00Z")
Definitely. It should be sometime in the next two weeks – after that, I’m not sure how much longer I may be working downtown, depending on the job-offer situation. \ ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/4 "2004-03-05T15:03:15Z")
How about next Friday, then? ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/5 "2004-03-05T15:16:32Z")
> [@Gundy](#): > > How about next Friday, then? Sounds good to me! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/6 "2004-03-05T15:31:49Z")
Damn, you’re good, **Gundy**! I guess I need to clarify that “pretty free” means “the only damn day I’m not going to be downtown is the one **Gundy** has to pick!” Next Friday is no good for me. Next Thursday is fine, or any other day next week or the two weeks after. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/7 "2004-03-05T15:58:32Z")
I’ll have to pass as I am now working in Oakbrook Terrace and although our lunch policies are wonderfully lax, I don’t think they’re quite that lax 🙂 I’m all for an after work one, those seem to be more fun (to me) as you don’t have to worry about going back to work all sleepy and you can drink! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/8 "2004-03-05T16:44:29Z")
Sounds good to me, at least at the moment. If anyone wants to try something besides Greektown, I just discovered that Hackney’s, the classic burger place (with huge blocks of French-fried onions to die for – literally; they can clog arteries at 30 paces), now has a Printer’s Row location: [http://www.hackneysprintersrow.com/](http://www.hackneysprintersrow.com/) Alternately, could be a good spot for after work, no? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/9 "2004-03-05T16:56:29Z")
Friday the 12th sounds good to me. Hackney’s would be good, too. It’s Moonraker’s old location, on Dearborn. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/10 "2004-03-05T21:45:14Z")
Sorry, **Dinsdale**. I was hoping to drop “Luddite” into conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/11 "2004-03-05T21:55:03Z")
Fridays are almost always bad for me; I see patients that day. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/12 "2004-03-06T03:51:45Z")
**ferret\_herder** , how about Wednesday the 10th or Thursday the 18th? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/13 "2004-03-09T17:39:32Z")
I missed seeing the last message - Thursday the 18th is better for me, but don’t plan around me. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/14 "2004-03-09T18:06:07Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > I missed seeing the last message - Thursday the 18th is better for me, but don’t plan around me. Well, we have to plan around _someone_, so why not you? 😉 So what say everyone else for Thursday the 18th at 1 pm? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/15 "2004-03-09T18:13:15Z")
Works for me, so far. Anyone want to make an executive decision on the location? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/16 "2004-03-09T18:40:41Z")
Thurs, 18th, Hackney’s - works for me! ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/17 "2004-03-09T18:41:10Z")
Sounds fine to me, as long as I don’t do it up too nasty on St. Patricks Day Amateur Night. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/18 "2004-03-09T19:47:31Z")
Framin’ OJ. I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/19 "2004-03-11T16:47:55Z")
I’ll be there at least to pick up my copy of [Eats, Shoots and Leaves](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861976127/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/202-2593628-1509464) that **Eva Luna** had smuggled in for me from the UK. But also probably for the artery clogging food. Thank goodness Thursday is a “gym day!” (My lovely wife will not be joining us, nor will [Thing 2](http://www.dogster.com/dog_page.php?i=14821) or [Thing 1](http://www.dogster.com/dog_page.php?i=14818).) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659/20 "2004-03-11T17:59:07Z")
Hey, I’ve never been to that particular location of Hackney’s, but they might get busy at lunchtime. Should I make us a reservation? How many are we, at this point? (Oh, and \*\*jeevmon, \* you might not get to eat a lunch as healthy as your usual one-handed weirdness, but nobody will be forcing deep-friend onions down your throat, either. I’m sure they have something reasonably healthy on the menu…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/232659.md?page=2)