Original Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s, 600 N. Clark: Sally and Dave, two middle-aged artists who hang out together when they don’t feel like going home to the people they live with, were sitting in Dave’s van talking about the 1970s when a person could get a Quaalude and have fun, unlike now when there are no good drugs and a night out consists of drifting in full consciousness from one boring spot to another.
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“Years ago I was buying ‘ludes in powdered form and filling up empty gelatin capsules,” Dave said, chewing his Quarter Pounder. “I musta had a thousand capsules.”
“I’d get that floaty feeling,” Sally said. “Quaaludes made me thin. They made me feel like Charlotte Rampling.”
A half hour went by. They looked at each other. “I think this stuff makes me feel tired or it’s been in my purse too long,” Sally said. “Maybe I should go home and watch the old-movie channel.”
