Your assumption is correct: Storer grew up in Park Ridge (a Chicago suburb for other people reading)
Kara
2023-07-14 06:58:53 +0000 UTC
I also get wildly hungry watching the incredible food shots in this show
Waleed
2023-07-13 18:56:09 +0000 UTC
On this viewing I caught a tiny detail I missed before: Out in the backyard at the party, Richie has just been talking about the Ecto drink Carmy has made, Carmy walks away and Richie says, "Rest in peace, Harold." It was a reference to Harold Ramis, who co-wrote and starred in Ghostbusters.
So many little Chicago references in this show, often things that viewers not from that area would never notice. Like when the uncle mentions going up to Lake Geneva, which is a resort area in Wisconsin north of Chicago. I gotta think Christopher Storer must be from Chicago.