Cop's Guide to Good Eats

Don't give away too many good spots though:

• Are you a cop? Do you eat food? We need your story!
  
  Sgt. David Haynes and local writer Christopher Garlington are looking for quotes for their upcoming book, The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats, to be published in October, 2009.
  
  Remember The Street and San Man’s Guide to Chicago Eats? Our book is the bigger, better, follow-up—and it’s written by a cop!
  
  The Beat Cop’s Guide is about getting great neighborhood food, in a half hour, cheap. It’s about real Chicago food. And who knows better what’s good in any neighborhood better than the beat cop that works there every day?
  
  So we’re reaching out to every cop we know.
  
  Send us your best story about being a cop and eating lunch in Chicago. Stories like this:
  
  
• making an arrest while you waited on fries at a hot dog joint
  
• a story about how food you bought from a walk-up chicken shack helped you get information that led to an arrest
  
• how a particular sub sandwich from this one café is what keeps you going on midnights
  
• the best place to eat lunch on your beat
  
• what foods are best in a squad car--and what foods really, really don’t belong there
  
• hazards of eating in uniform
  
• (we’re not kidding on this one) cops and donuts
  
• where to get the best ribs in Chicago
  
• anything you think makes a good story involving cops and lunch and food
  
  The book is currently in rewrites and due to go into production after August 7. So we need these stories pronto. We’re not looking for Hemingway here—we’ll clean up your story. We’re pros. Don’t worry. Just email your stories to Sgt. David Haynes at dave@davehaynes.net. If we put your story in the Beat Cop’s Guide, you’ll get invited to the super cool VIP book release party (a bucket of Miller Lite and hot dogs on Dave’s deck), and a signed copy of the book. Plus, you’ll be famous.

Drop them a line.