Canton Express, Chicago

You've spent the morning shopping and strolling through Lakeview, and now you are ready for lunch. If you want to treat yourself to a guilty pleasure, slip on your Groucho Marx mask and step inside the wonderful world of Canton Express—the best, the greasiest, the most unashamedly dingy Chinese place in town. Most of its business is take-out. But if you don't mind being seen, splurge and order a huge carton of fried rice the way it was meant to be: so greasy you don't have to chew. The egg rolls, especially the vegetable rolls, are very fresh and very good. And how can a place that features Crispy Duck be bad?

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