- We're in the West Loop checking out
Haymarket Pub and brewery after several of you
commented on our Facebook that we had to try
their sausage and beer.
They've won award after award
and lucky for me I get to try all the brews
'cause I've got our producer Emma
as my DD in our Jeep Compass.
So you're named after the Haymarket Affair,
tell me a little bit about what that was?
- The Haymarket Affair was a set of demonstrations
that led to a riot in 1886.
It set in place the eight hour workday
and it became a worldwide movement beyond that.
- I know of all of the things that have happened
in Chicago's history, why the Haymarket Affair?
- [John] We just had kinda ended up on this corner
where the protest marches walked right by our front door.
We wanted the working man's pub.
- They have something for everybody.
They have a lot of pilsners.
They've got a lot of saisons.
This is the saison that I'm drinking right now,
it's absolutely delicious.
- Love the beer selection obviously, it's always changing.
- I know the brewers personally.
I know they put a lot of heart into it
and I like the unique names
and the unique beers that they make.
- You always know you're gonna get great beer
when you come here, always know your great food.
Why not come?
- What are we making today?
- We're gonna be making our riot sandwich
after the Haymarket Riot, which is our take
on the classic Chicago combo except
instead of their being an Italian sausage
with beef on the top we're doing
our Italian sausage patty
with our house pulled pork to top it.
It's kind of a pork on pork explosion
and that's seems like a fair way to give it cred.
- That might be my favorite description
anyone has ever used on this show.
- The riot sandwich is an amazing sandwich
that has an exorbitant amount of meat in it.
- The riot sandwich is pretty decadent.
- They make it from scratch.
The chef here is very inventive, very creative.
- It's not overly filling though
it's good portion, flavorful, wonderful,
but won't leave you on the curb.
- This place that we're currently in
has a pretty incredible name.
- [Chris] Sausage Town.
- I'm thrilled to be in Sausage Town,
let's make some sausage.
- Daddy, would you like some sausage?
- This is our roasted barley, fennel sausage.
All right so we have our back fat,
pork shoulder is next.
- Okay.
- You want to grab one of those ingredients
and we'll just start pouring that in and I'll put some...
- [Marley] So this is some garlic.
- [Chris] Fennel seed.
- And our barley comes in to play.
- So yeah, we use a roasted barley and a chocolate barley.
These are the type of barleys
that you would use for a stout or a porter.
- Teamwork making a dream work
at Sausage Town right now.
Some chili powder.
- [Chris] Always need a little bit more
salt and garlic of course.
- [Marley] Yes.
- Toasted fennel seed.
Now mix that up and I think you're worthy of Sausage Town
this is perfect.
- I had no idea today was gonna be
such an important day in my life.
- [Chris] So what we do from here
is we'll portion it into patties.
- Toss it right here on the hot spot?
- Yeah, right on the hot spot on the right there.
Butter the buns and then we can throw
that on the left side.
- Time for cheese, then comes off.
- Yeah, let's get that off here now.
- Nice and toasted.
Feeling good, feeling great?
- I'm feeling good, yeah let's get it on.
I'm gonna bring the plate to you.
Rest that on the bottom bun.
- Rest her right there.
Time to add our pork on pork.
- Yeah, so this is our pork shoulder.
Same pork shoulder that we used
to make the sausage.
We smoke this over apple wood chips
for about 12 hours and here...
- And barbecue?
- Yeah, we make our own apple, bacon
and beer barbecue sauce.
Now this is called our serrano pepper and pear giardiniera.
Right in the middle.
- Right on in there.
- Ready to go.
(rock music)
- Pork on pork explosion.
- It is.
- The riot and I've got my Defender Beer
that everyone's been talking about,
what do you have over there?
- I have the Alistair IPA.
I call the Defender American Stout
our chocolate covered mandarin orange.
- There is a really nice fruit undertone,
but I like that it's so you
get that chocolate punch out front.
Look at this gloriousness.
Oh it's so good.
That giardiniera has such a great flavor.
- And then that cheese really in my opinion
kinda cuts the palate down a bit,
though it really rounds out the fact
that it is spicy, it is rich, it is decadent,
but then boom then you drink that Defender Stout
and it's money.
- Well and you get that nice smokiness of the pork
in addition to the kick from the giardiniera.
This is a heck of a sandwich.
Why do you think that Haymarket is Chicago's Best?
- We're here everyday.
We put ourselves on the line.
We stand by our products.
We're very proud of what we do
and we never get tired of talking about it
and sharing it with everyone.
- Well it shows and thank you for sharing it with us.
I've got a few more yet to try
that John recommended so when we're done with our sandwiches
and I finish the Defender we'll move on.
- All right, sounds great.
- Because I have a DD and our Compass today.
- Can you drop me off on the way?
- I sure can. - All right.