Ok I will admit I had been putting off the Illinois inspired burger for awhile now. I mean you would think I live here it would be the easiest one for me and the first one I would do right? Nope I guess living here makes it a little harder. So I asked all my friends what represents Illinois.. They all answered corrupt politicians…….. Yea…… I can’t really make an Illinois Corrupt Politician Burger. Let’s be honest anything that came out to be you wouldn’t want to eat anyway LMAO! So I thought to myself well I grew up in Chicago and we have a VERY specific way to eat a hot dog in Chicago. So why not build a burger around that. The toppings on this one were pretty easy to come up with the challenge was creating a patty that tasted good but still captured what I wanted for this Illinois Ball Park Burger. This one is a little different but OMG it came out so good! Oh and sorry southern Illinois =(

Usually I ask for people from the given state to tell me how I could have done their state burger better.. This time though I am asking for those of you in Southern Illinois to let me know what you guys would have made for the Illinois burger.. Cause I know you guys don’t want Chicago repping the whole state lol. 

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