Jim Stoecker and his antique cash register(Courtesy of Alex’s Washington Gardens)
During this endless winter, Jim Stoecker had to get away from the quaint Italian restaurant he runs in north suburban Highwood. In late January Stoecker drove to New Orleans, hopped on a cruise ship and went to Mexico for five days. He ate pizza on the ship. Every day. It wasn’t good pizza but it maintained his streak that never seems to end.
Stoecker claims to have eaten pizza for 2,450 days in a row.
He is the Lou Gehrig of garlic.
“I don’t get tired of eating pizza,” Stoecker said during a [...]
