Bike Night at Skeeter's in Carpentersville with Mews

Every wednesday skeeters in Carpentersville throws a nice bikenight.  The bartender makes a homecooked meal that is free until it runs out starting a 6pm and there are cheap buckets of longnecks.  The main bar is closed for remodeling so the tikibar in the parking lot is in full swing.

At the burger night in Lombard some of the Mewsers were interested in checking out Skeeters for their Wednesday Bike Night the following Week. I threw up an event on meetup and about 10 riders dropped in.  There was a bit of confusion on which way to pull into the bar but the comedy of all the regulars screaming wrong way to the guys who missed the sign was priceless.

The $100 Burger at Pilot Pete's

With a free afternoon before my accounting final, the temps pushing 85F and a need for an early dinner I pulled up my handy list of places I want to check out and picked Pilot Pete's.

On my way south on 31 I got stuck in construction traffic around  Algonquin.  Idling an air cooled bike for 20 minutes on an 85 degree day left me seeking a way to cool down so I shot across the Fox and followed the river into East Dundee.

 

Oil temp was 225F when I stopped to snap this pic at a picnic area on the Fox.

40 minutes later I arrived at Pilot Pete's hot and hungry.

The Quest for The Dead River

While I was looking for interesting places at Altas Obscura and saw the pictures of the Dead river I decided I would put it on my list of places to check out.

The weather was supposed to be in the mid 50's all day today and I decided to see if I could find it and check out the sights along the way.

I left Crystal Lake and headed Lakemoor to pickup RT120 to Waukegan.

Once I got to the lakeshore I saw signs for the Waukegan Municipal Beach so I decided to check it out.

Doesn't look very beachlike does it? 

 I drove a bit further down the road and came upon the actual beach.  There were tons of kites being flown which was neat.

3/4LB Cheeseburger at The Spot in Marengo, IL

The weather outside is still firmly in winter mode so riding is out of the question but food must still be consumed.  Seeking a great burger I and my lovely burger model made the short trip over to Marengo Illinois to visit The Spot.

If you haven't been to the spot you're in for a treat.  It's to quote their slogan "a sick little bar", mainly a dive for locals to eat and drink the day away but don't let the cluttered atmosphere and bleary eyed clientele fool you, they have a world class burger.

Note the dim lighting and overexposed windows, You are now experiencing "Blearovision"tm

As the map on the wall shows they have quite a far flung clientele.

We started with the Mac and Cheese bites, typical bar food but on special for $3.25.

Now for the burgers

They take 12oz of fresh ground beef and through some sort of black magic manage to make a burger that is perfectly cooked and juicy in spite of it's massive size.  Fries or onion rings are optional and I would recommend just ordering a burger unless you are extremely hungry as the fries that we ordered could not be consumed after the massive burger.

I got the Spotburger with everything and onion rings.

The Spotburger virgin ordered hers with pepperjack cheese aka the "HotSpot"  We were strongly urged by a patron to order a fried egg on top of the "Hotspot" which he referred too as a "Tyson Burger" but much like the cannibal who ate the clown I bet anything named after a guy called Tyson tastes a little funny.

Can I get a bite?

If you'd like to try your own 3/4lb Spotburger head to
The Spot

214 S State St, Marengo, IL 60152

(815) 568-8676

If the owner Ritchie is working, pester him to do some magic tricks. He is an awesome bartender to shoot the breeze with.

Big plans

I like to eat strange food and ride to strange places.  When the sun returns in the spring I'll be posting about both.  Or I'll never actually post anything, it's a 50/50 at this point.