Cook County is one of the worst places in the US for Law Enforcement brutatity. The Chicago Police Department even has a black site where suspects are detained and tortured extrajudicially, and yes, the police there routinely will kill someone to control the narrative and then have the precinct coroner cover the tracks.
I work at a grocery store and I see more firefighters than cops. Usually the firefighters get some fruit/veggies and some bread, haven't really talked to them yet.
That’s because the firefighters actually live at the station for several days at a time. And since they need to be available at the station in case of a call, they will cook at the station instead of eating out at restaurants.
So yeah, firefighters buy groceries, but cops eat out in their cruisers.
I'm sure it's still the case but in Toronto at Danforth and Donlands is a restaurant called Square Boy. It was jokingly referred to as the safest place in Toronto because it was always serving police and firefighters. Best goddamn gyros I've ever had. Their burgers are lit too.
Cops and work trucks. Both drive around constantly and eat lunch on the road. My family uses this trick when travelling in the US, it has not let us down.
In Germany, that's more likely to lead you to an early heart attack than good food.
To find good food here, go to a restaurant with food from another country, where people from that country eat.
This is kind of funny. I live in Germany and I've got better German food in the US. Very often German food here is kind of aiming to be cheap and filling, but kind of bland and boring. There are a few exceptions, and what you say about food from other countries makes a lot of sense.
True in most places with large immigrant populations, and goes double if it's not just "<country name>" cuisine, but "<specific region in country name>". There is a place around the corner from my work that specializes in Lanzhou beef noodles - it's down a side street in a little shopping arcade, I'm guaranteed to be the only white guy in there but it's absolutely fantastic food