Okay, this week’s Sunday Steering Wheel Meal happened at Wonderdog. It’s a journey that started out at the new Ardor Bodega and just kept going downhill from there.
Let me show you this painful journey into luncheon hell.
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The Sunday Steering Wheel Meal - This Week: WonderDog (After A false Start at Ardor Bodega)
Ardor recently opened up a New York styled bodega in Peoria Heights and I thought we’d try it out for this week’s Sunday Steering Wheel Meal.
I placed the order online and ordered up a Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwich, potato chips, water and a New York Black & White cookie, which I was excited about. I’ve never seen one of these offered in Peoria!
However, when I pushed, “Checkout” on the order, I got this error. It said that one of the itmes was out of stock, but it said it was removed from the order, so I assumed it went through. I guessed it was probably the potato chips and just thought I’d grab something else when I got there.
So it’s off we go to Peoria’s newest bodega!
Okay, I got here and there was a large crowd. I finally spoke to a woman and told her I had placed an order online. I gave her my name and they couldn’t find my order.
She brought someone else over, I told him about the error and he asked if I placed the order through Toast. I told him I did, because that was the only option that came up on their system and he said they’d had similar problems and that my order didn’t go through.
He said I could place it on the premises and pointed to a line of people waiting to order from some kiosk thingy in the corner.
I told him I’d just move along and promptly left the bodega. Time to reboot here!
I ended up driving north on Knoxville and ended up in this parking lot.
This shopping center houses the Wonderdog Peoria restaurant and I thought I’d order lunch from here.
I looked the menu and saw an entree for a “Wonderburger.” I asked the woman behind the counter if that was a hamburger similar to the Wonderdog and she said it was, so I ordered one up with some fries and a drink.
Here’s the AI defintion of a Wonderburger. This is important as to what’s going to happen in a few minutes so please read this and remember it well.
Here’s some Wonderdog art I took photos of as I waited for the order to be cooked up and delivered to me.
Okay, the order has been handed off to me and it’s back to MBIP Mobile we go. The AC is back on this week as we’ve warmed up outside and the radio is tuned to 93.3 The Drive. “Every Breath You Take” by The Police is currently playing.
Okay, time to set up the tray for this week’s Sunday Steering Wheel Meal! It’s time to eat and that’s a good thing, I’m starvin’ like you-know-who over here!
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The Sunday Steering Wheel Meal
Okay, the meal has been transferred from the bag to the tray and it’s finally time to dig in to this week’s Sunday Steering Wheel Meal!
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The Drink
The drink is warm iced tea because the ice machine wasn’t working. Hopefully it’s all uphill from here.
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Course Number One: The Side Dish
For the side dish I ordered a side of French fries and they’re krinkle cut fries. As I’ve noted before, I don’t like krinkle cut fries and these aren’t seasoned at all, there’s not even any salt on them at all. Why do I feel like we’re sliding into a patch of hell here and now?
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Course Number Two: The Main Dish
I unwrapped what was supposed to be the Wonderburger and something didn’t seem right…
This isn’t a Wonderburger, this is a loose meat sandwich! And it’s got four fucking pickles on it! I’m not a big fan of pickles on a sandwich, much less a Quadrophenia of them. So I stripped them off and hoped for the best. After all, how bad can a loose meat sandwich be?
Pretty fucking horrific is the answer to the that previously asked question!
This thing was greasier than John Travolta and Olivia Newton John after showering is a giant deep fry cooker. The bottom bun was just soaked and it was a big fucking mess and one of the worst lunches I’ve ever had the displeasure of eating.
Here’s how it felt looking in the rear-view mirror after this hellacious meal. Let’s hope for better things next week!
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8807 Knoxville Avenue
Peoria
309-406-1499
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