Emanuel: The inside scoop
February 4, 2011 6:36PM
Updated: September 24, 2012 6:25AM
Favorite Chicago restaurant: Glenn’s Diner, a fish place at 1820 W. Montrose, and Spacca Napoli, a pizzeria at 1769 W. Sunnyside
Favorite Chicago sports team: The Bulls
Best Chicago movie: “Hoop Dreams”
Chicago stereotype that isn’t true: Residents are more intellectual and curious than “Da Bears” image suggests.
Chicago stereotype that is true: “It’s a city of big shoulders and big dreams.”
What he likes on a hot dog: Hot mustard, grilled onions, hot peppers, tomato, celery salt and pickles. Favorite spot is Wiener’s Circle at midnight, “It’s my one real vice.”
Chicago tourist attraction he’d never visit: No answer
Places he likes to take visitors: Millennium Park, Wrigley Field and Garfield Park Conservatory
Favorite Chicago musical performers: Wilco, Jennifer Hudson (who starred at one of his fund-raisers) and Smashing Pumpkins
Approximate number of parking tickets: No answer except, “I just got one this morning. I fed the meter 10 minutes late.”
Coolest Chicago intersection: Loves lower Wacker. “I think it’s one of the coolest parts of the city.”
Favorite Chicago author: Saul Bellow and Studs Terkel, plus Erik Larson for “The Devil in the White City”
Prettiest building in Chicago: 333 W. Wacker
First date (with his wife): A blind date at a Lincoln Park Italian place
Property tax bill: total for both installments last year is $15,110.12
Historical figure who was most important to Chicago: Daniel Burnham
What he hates most about Chicago weather: The darkness in winter
Mayor Daley’s biggest accomplishment: ”Ushering Chicago into being a global city.”
Mayor Daley’s biggest failure: Problems with city finances
Best Chicago memory: Wedding to Amy Rule at South Shore Cultural Center
Worst Chicago memory: “The worst is that Amy continues since that time [the wedding] to have a different view of me,” he said, laughing.
