When you're stumbling around the city in an inebriated state at 4 a.m., finding the greasiest, most wonderfully fattening foods is kind of like finding the Holy Grail. Open 24 hours a day, the Maxwell Street Depot has become the South Side's official hot spot for late-night (and very possibly drunken) cravings, luring meat lovers of all varieties to its small and yellow outside window by the smell of grilled onions that's impossible to deny.

Commonly referred to as the "Ghetto Dog" by its regulars, the Depot keeps the menu simple and inexpensive – Polish sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers and fries – all so cheap you could buy an order of each and still stay under $8.50. The Depot's trademark dish, however, remains its bone-in pork chop sandwich, a gloriously juicy (or just greasy, it's hard to tell) piece of simplicity, always topped with mustard and a mountain of onions. Blazing-fast service means you're actually eating your sandwich before you realized you made a decision. Oh, and make sure you check your orders for extra goodies, because the Depot is notorious for supplying about three extra orders of fries for no explainable reason (and no extra charge).

The only slight on the Maxwell Street Depot is that it's not actually on Maxwell Street (it moved from its original location), but in the rare case that a massive bout of confusion finds your drunken self somewhere near its original location, just turn south and follow the scent of grilled onions that's emitting 20 blocks away.

Average cost: <$10

Centerstage Reviewer: Andy Seifert