The Boars Nest

When you live in the southwest burbs of Chicago and you have a free Saturday with nothing to do, you grab a friend saddle up and drive 1 hour and 45 minutes to the Boars Nest just outside of Darien WI.

There are multiple ways to get there however I opted to take highways as much as possible, turns out that was a mistake as a overpass was blocked off and under construction but we where undetoured we had to drive around 10 miles out of our way and our persistence paid off. When we saw a replica general less sitting atop the roof we had a pretty good Idea that we had meet our destination.

Walking in the front door you see a typical county pub but with a massive horse shaped bar in which all of the patrons where gathered around during the lunch hours, the reswt of the bar was strictly dukes of Hazzard themed with autographed picture of the cast on the wallthe menu was on the wall very large and in your face upon entry I browsed it thoroughly looking for their signature dish which in this case was The Boss Hog Burger 1/2 pound precooked ground beef topped off with onions bacon and ham served on a hoagie bun.... this was gonna hurt!

My friend James just ordered a casual burger with fries not to be out done I added fries to my order.

The drink selection was pretty good for rural bar about 5 domestic beers on tap and large selection on bottle, when our burgers where brought out there where gasps, at the bar "what the hell is that" "holy shit who ordered that"  and my friend says I will be impressed if you even come close to finishing that. I accept his challenge and the game is on!

20 gut busting minutes later I have one of the best burger I have ever eaten destroyed on a few stands of onion and a couple of fries remain, I am victorious! a few patrons nod in acceptance of my accomplishment I ask for some extra napkins and promptly excuse my self to the restroom (no I did not Puke) it took a lot of beer to wash that greasy mess down and I really had to go! not to mention my hands where so greasy I could barely hold my beer!

The total bill for our massive meal was $34.00 that included 5 beers and my $10.00 monstrosity of a burger. a fair deal, we walked out the door bloated messes, I serously thought about eating vegan recipes from here on out but it was so worth it,  neither of us ate the rest of the day, the next time I return I will be getting something smaller I have my eye set on there garbage pita.