Our president on Chicago’s ‘Check, Please!’
It’s common knowledge that our new president, Barack Obama, had been living on Chicago’s South Side for some time when he was elected. It’s also common knowledge that he, like most Chicagoans, likes to eat — he’s recently dined at hometown spots Topolobampo, Spiaggia and MacArthur’s.
But Chicagoans like to do more than just eat. They like to discuss their favorite restaurants — and watch others discuss their favorites — on local channel WTTW’s “Check, Please!,” a weekly show that the Web site states is the “most popular restaurant review show in America.”
I believe that claim. From my younger siblings to my friends to my parents to my grandma, everyone, and I do mean everyone, who lives in Chicago watches this show.
So it was exciting news when the good people at “Check, Please!” unearthed a 2001 episode with Obama going ga-ga over Hyde Park soul food spot, Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop.
A clip from the “lost episode,” which was aired for the first time last week, is posted below.
