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[TI4438]

[elizabeth]

did you try to jump it?

[vicious]

Well if you punch the gas very hard... maybe it will work. Give it a shot.

[Steam McQueen]

Great pic. How often do they raise that bridge? I'm sure that question has been covered but I can't remember.

You even got the Calumet Fisheries in the pic!

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There are only two good reasons to drive down to this stark industrial part of town: To dump a body in the Chicago River or to score some of Chicago’s best smoked chubs, dubbed "fish crack" by the locals. A white shack perched precariously on the 95th Street Bridge, Calumet dishes up helpings of perfectly smoked or fried seafood.
It smokes anything that swims, from shrimp to salmon to catfish, in a carbon-streaked smokehouse located behind the restaurant, where you can always spot a curl of blue smoke roiling from the black chimney. The fried shrimp, redolent with the perfume of well-seasoned oil, is just as addictive as the smoked offering. You can pick up a pound for $12.25 or a half-pound with fries for $8.99.

The stark interior displays old newspaper clippings that tell of the location’s cinematic past. It marks the very spot that Jake and Elwood Blues jumped their Bluesmobile over an open drawbridge in The Blues Brothers movie.

Average cost: $10-$20

Calumet Fisheries on Centerstage Chicago - Calumet Fisheries : 3259 E. 95th St. , Chicago, (773) 933-9855, Restaurant, Off The Beaten Path, Seafood - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois

[mad-wolfie]

elizabeth said:

did you try to jump it?

try these words of encouragement... "...you don't like it?"

[TI4438]

elizabeth said:

did you try to jump it?

No,but I could,you know!My FJ wouldn't let me down.

We got shrimp and fish chips for lunch.Good stuff!

[elizabeth]

mad-wolfie said:

try these words of encouragement... "...you don't like it?"

"no, i don't like it." *vroom*

"this car's got jump."

[TI4438]

Ever notice how the rear tire on the Bluesmobile stops spinning as it's approaching the bridge?

[TK826]

I know this thread is from last year, but I just found this Video on Calumet Fisheries:

YouTube - JBF Awards 2010: Calumet Fisheries (Chicago, IL), Americas Classic Award

[ChiTownJohn]

No Doubt,

Cant speak for the Smoked salmon (which I love) But what Ive had there is good.
Great pic's TI and Cool vid TK.

We should bring all 3 cars a few chairs and have a seafood eatin pow wow out in front!
Just watch the fun unfold... but be ready to boogy! Ha!

john

[mrentertainment]

"..fix the cigarette lighter"

[TI4438]

I'd be all for a hookup at the bridge.BTW,what is the place you see over Elwood's shoulder?It obviously isn't there any more.

[TK826]

The building behind Elwood was the "Kingfish".

I did a some pin pointing of the location, and talked a bit about it here:
(start at post #21)

http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/blues-brothers-movie/2748-95th-street-bridge-today.html#post80000

[TI4438]

You are definately a master researcher TK.