Meet Curt Vignery, who became the latest to set a record time eating the Triple Undisputed Burger (aka the "911") at Evanston's Wiener and Still Champion. Vignery finished the burger in 16 minutes, 3.4 seconds to place seventh in the top ten times to finish the burger. more ›

Gus Paschalis at Wiener and Still Champion, the Victor Frankenstein of the deep fryer, is at it again. Visitors to his Evanston hot dog emporium today can order a "Luther Burger." Named in honor of the late R&B singer Luther Vandross (true), the "Luther" is a bacon cheeseburger with Krispy Kreme doughnuts as the bun. One version of the burger's origin has it that Vandross, who battled with diabetes, weight and body image issues his entire life, actually invented the burger when he ran out of hamburger buns. Not one to let good taste get in the way cooking, Paula Deen "improved" upon the original by adding a fried egg to her version. Godfrey Daniel! more ›

We can barely get through Wiener and Still Champion's regular burgers without feeling like we committed at least four cardinal sins. We're not even going to touch the "Triple Undisputed." Gus Paschalis's baby arm of a burger, nicknamed the "911 burger," is three pounds of dynamite aimed directly to an eater's arteries. In recent months customers have been establishing new records to see who could tame this wild stallion the quickest. more ›

Last week we attended a preview of the new menu items at Wiener and Still Champion (802 Dempster, Evanston, 847-869-0100). Many of the new additions are former off-menu items owner Gus Paschalis would serve to frequent customers; the country fried gyros were one such item. But nothing prepared us for the phallic monstrosity pictured above. more ›

This is the kind of Last Supper one eats when he doesn't want to hear the calls of "Dead Man Walking!!" more ›

We received an interesting Twitter update from Wiener and Still Champion in Evanston, home to the best country fried bacon in the area. Owner Gus Paschalis is adding country fried gyros to his new menu. more ›

When we tried the country fried bacon at Risqué Café a few months back we knew that we were taking a few months off our life expectancy. Then we noticed that Evanston's popular hot dog joint Wiener and Still Champion (also made their own country fried bacon and thought to ourselves, "What the hell?" more ›

We've got some Election Night Specials. Punch your ballot and drink card in the same evening. Then you won't care who wins until you wake up and turn on the news and have to gnaw your arm off so you don't wake her up. Whatevs! more ›