One of my brother-in-laws is from the Chicagoland. On his first trip to Houston, we went to Ninfa's one night. He proceeded to tell us that one of his friend's mom was from Mexico and he could get better Mexican food at her house and our meal was was below average. I told him that I didn't doubt that because restaurant food is usually inferior to a home coooked meal if the cook knows what they are doing. Especially an abuela who knows her shit. My wife thanked me later for being cool about his comment.
A few nights later we took them to Pinkerton's on Airline. We're all digging into the ribs and brisket when he proceeds to tell us that he can get better BBQ in Chicago.
I lost my shit. My wife side eyes me with a "Ok, yeah, you can tell this fucker off." In a low volume told him no fucking way and that there were a half dozen places minimum in Houston alone that were far superior to anything he could get up there. That within 2 hours of us, there were another 10-12 places that would shame Chicago and the entire Midwest with the exception of maybe some places in Kansas/Missouri. If we expanded that out to the Austin/San Antonio and DFW areas, we could add on another 10-12 or more. Never mind the number of backyard warriors who do amazing BBQ in their own right.
Since then, he's stopped being such an insufferable "Chicago" prick. But that night really pissed me off.