Chicago’s Steak And Lemonade Combo, And Those Structures On The Lake

Curious City

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The beef sandwich and slushy drink combo are sold together all across the South and West sides of Chicago. Reporter Monica Eng tracks down the guy who put the two together. Then, she answers a question about what those mysterious structures out on Lake Michigan actually do.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Curious City editor Susie on.
0:04.9	Ah, hot summer, huh?
0:06.7	Just about the right weather for an icy lemonade.
0:09.4	Oh, holy hot.
0:11.3	Isn't that good?
0:11.9	That is sweet.
0:13.0	That is one sweet lemonade.
0:14.5	Maybe I just got the syrup at the bottom.
0:16.7	It is sweet, though.
0:17.9	Lucky for you, this week, we're revisiting a story from a few years ago.
0:21.7	As one reporter Monica Eng tracked down the origins of a rainbow-colored lemony drink
0:25.8	and its beefy steak sandwich companion.
0:29.0	Then, have you ever noticed those house-like structures out on Lake Michigan?
0:33.5	It kind of looked like castles.
0:35.4	I wonder what would happen if I tried to swim out to one.
0:38.4	There's sirens and alarms that would go off, and, you know, the Coast Guard would probably be notified.
0:43.8	Okay, bad idea.
0:45.6	Anyway, Monica finds out why the Coast Guard doesn't want you swimming around them.
0:50.0	Plus, she gets the actual answer to the question we got,
0:53.0	what are those things out on the lake?
0:55.4	That's all coming up.
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