It seems that the Chicago P.D. has some issues with flab.
According to a story in The New York Times, the department’s new superintendent, ex-FBI agent Jody P. Weis, is talking mandatory fitness tests and maximum body-fat allowances, “only after a year’s physical education and with exceptions, of course.” This, in a city that has made pizza an art form, and calls four poached eggs slathered with béarnaise sauce “one serving” (you Butch McGuire fans know who you are.)
Weis says he only wants to “promote healthful physical standards.” But some members of the rank and file take issue at the suggestion that Chicago cops are any more out of shape than their counterparts in other cities. “I hope it’s not his opinion that this force is in bad shape as compared to others,” said Mark P. Donahue, president of the Chicago local of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Given the temptations on the beat – hot dogs smothered with pickles and tomatoes, chicken Vesuvio, and, of course, deep-dish pizza, it just doesn’t seem fair to hold Chicago cops to the traditional fitness standards.
You can find some of Chicago’s Best pizza at these four eateries. (And you just might run into one of Chicago’s Finest, but only if you go before the BMI tests start.)
LOU MALNATI’S. 28 locations in Illinois. Plus you can order a frozen pie to be shipped anywhere in the country.
GINO’S EAST. I’m partial to the 633 N. Wells Street location, but there are scads of Gino’s pizzerias and you can even buy the stuff frozen in some California supermarkets.
PIECE. 1927 W. North Avenue. Specializing in New Haven-style thin-crust and hand-crafted brews.
BRICKS. 1909 N. Lincoln Avenue. Also in Petaluma, CA.
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