Some restaurants have customers, and some restaurants have devotees who speak in hushed, reverent tones about the food like they’re discussing a religious experience.
Gene & Jude’s in River Grove, Illinois definitely falls into that second category, and once you’ve tried their hot dogs, you’ll understand why people get a little weird about this place.
This white brick building on River Road doesn’t look like the kind of place that would inspire cult-like devotion.
It looks like exactly what it is: a no-frills hot dog stand that’s been serving the same food the same way since 1946…