Talk:Culture of Chicago

Chicago 1980s Punk Bands
The Barbie Army webpage lists the following bands from the 1980s: Green, Precious Wax Drippings, Material Issue, I.D. Under, Sponge, Friends of Betty, Bhang Revival, Eisenhowers, Tiddleywinks, Lert Somboon Festival of Love, Algebra Suicide, Bald Cow, Dead Steel Mill, Slugs, Ono, Pile of Cows, Research Defense Squad, Fang Beach, The Sapphires, Maestro Subgum and the Whole, No Empathy, Sleepy Silvers, The Mystery Girls, Farmers, Moondogs, Joan Baby, The Clams, Defoliants, Slammin' Watusis. I don't know how long the Barbie Army web page will last, so probably this should get it's own page, but I haven't got time just now... (it seems fairly inappropriate / disproportionate to put all that into the main culture article!) --Jaibe 19:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Naked Raygun --~E$ (talk) 21:32, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Cuisine
Someone should write Cuisine of Chicago to give proper space for all the fine fare of this city! Check out Cuisine of New York City... – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡ ) 14:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Conserning the Explanation of the Chicago Hotdog: -the frasing 'all-beef wiener' is wrong by definition since the 'wiener' is historicaly a mixed-meat version of the Frankfurter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.139.205.60 (talk) 08:22, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Atrocious spelling aside, I think you need to read this article. The North American hotdog makes little if any distinction anymore and has no official appellation controlee... and your case is still dependent upon which version of the frankfurter you speak of, because there are more than one. Again... read the Vienna sausage article. Wiener originally meant a style of sausage from Vienna (Wien in German). Everything else once it hit modernity (and America) is arbitrary. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 20:05, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

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Wrigleyville
The article made it seem like all of the neighborhood of lakeview is known as wrigleyville. I changed it to say that the area of the neighborhood near the field is known as wrigleyville. I don't have a reference for this, but I live there and know its true, and im sure there's some reference out there somewhere if anyone wants to find it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.115.160.76 (talk) 17:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Notable Chicago metal, other bands
Including Nachtmystium, Minsk, Lair of the Minotaur, Pelican, Russian Circles, Oppressor, Yakuza. . . so on, so on. May wish to include a few, along with the bits on punk, indie, etc. Though Russian Circles may not belong in "metal," just brainstorming some random notable Chicago bands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.9.9.254 (talk) 11:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Crown Fountain
The image of Crown Fountain was incorrectly labeled as Buckingham Fountain, so I corrected it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.4.141.46 (talk) 21:09, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Malort
Should an addition to the Food and drink section include malort? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.80.235 (talk) 06:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm down with that. --~E$ (talk) 21:30, 17 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ — Mudwater (Talk) 16:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Chicago style popcorn
Despite the advertising on the GH Cretor, Candyland, and other bags, there's nothing native to Chicago about mixing caramel and cheese popcorns.

Reference: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-garrett-popcorn-chicago-mix-lawsuit-20140902-story.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.171.204.205 (talk) 03:39, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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Should Tamale Guy be in here?
Tamale Guy is locally famous, just want to discuss the idea? Victor Grigas (talk) 16:07, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * That's an interesting idea, but... I'm thinking that there are many persons, places, and things that are part of the culture of Chicago -- or at least the popular culture of Chicago -- that, while worthwhile and interesting, should be left out of the article, so that it doesn't become too long to navigate comfortably.  I'd say that Tamale Guy is one of them.  I'd be open to further discussion, though.  — Mudwater (Talk) 22:59, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Novels and films
Recently some IP editors added sections to this article listing novels and films set in Chicago. I'm going to take those back out. They don't belong here, they belong in the List of fiction set in Chicago article. — Mudwater (Talk) 20:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Inventions section
I'm removing the Inventions section of the article. I don't think that it helps explain the culture of Chicago. Also, some of the entries are pretty questionable. Some, like the brownie, might not have actually been invented in Chicago. Others, like the Playboy Club, are less an invention and more a commercial enterprise. Additionally, a list like this tends to accumulate a clutter of even more questionable entries. So, I think the whole thing should be left out. I'd be open to further discussion, though. — Mudwater (Talk) 11:33, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Black Foodways in the United States
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