Rolling down I-20 Eastbound the other day, I happened into BIG Spring, Texas, on or about lunch time. (In all candor, it’s always mealtime for me). Heading down Gregg Street from the Interstate, I perused my BIG choices – Burger KING, home of the WHOPPER, BIG John’s Feed Lot, GREAT Wall, and then I spotted it – BIG Al’s and Son Bar-B-Q. I was greeted by an amiable… Continue reading Big Als BBQ Review, Big Spring, TX
Musso and Frank Review, Hollywood, CA
I have written about the joys of going to an establishment where they remember you – your likes, your dislikes; or are willing to prepare something “off the menu” to your liking. But I find a certain comfort, as well, in being a regular at a place where just the opposite is true – they… Continue reading Musso and Frank Review, Hollywood, CA
Hummingbird Grill New Orleans
(The Hummingbird closed several years ago) These days, some universities have “Entrepreneurs in Residence”,whatever that means. This morning, like most mornings, the Hummingbird Grill has P.O.I.R. (police officers in residence). Other denizens include a couple of street people, a girl just off the Greyhound, suitcase by her side, tattered romance paperback in her hand, trying to make herself as… Continue reading Hummingbird Grill New Orleans
Original Naan Pizza Review
Deep Foods, a New Jersey company founded in 1977, markets prepared, frozen and boxed foods of India and Southeast Asia. At my local Indian grocery, Patel Brothers, I picked up their Tandoor Baked Cheese Naan Pizza. Naan is an oven-baked leavened flatbread product, native to SE Asia and the Middle East, kinda similar to pita.… Continue reading Original Naan Pizza Review
Knollas Pizza Review – Wichita, KS
Here’s one of those “best places in town” as touted by local media. I guess when you live in the town that Pizza Hut started, it doesn’t take too much of an effort for people to think you have a “good” pizza. I had been itching to get here, because I had heard about the… Continue reading Knollas Pizza Review – Wichita, KS
Portland, OR – Bamboo Sushi Review
What? BurgerDogBoy at a sushi restaurant? It’s true. It was Mrs. BDB’s birthday, and sushi was the her cuisine of choice for the nightly repast. In charge of the festivities, BDB planned the evening carefully, and dinner was to be at Bamboo Sushi in Portland, coincidentally (cough, cough) I am sure, of Portland Monthly’s #2… Continue reading Portland, OR – Bamboo Sushi Review
StoneRidge Italian Sausage Review
In the U.S, the term “Italian Sausage” refers to an uncooked pork sausage, seasoned with various herbs and spices. You’ll see them labeled at “hot” or “sweet” (also sometimes mild). The primary difference is the “hot” may have some red pepper flakes added, or in many cases, a dose of fennel seeds. I must prefer… Continue reading StoneRidge Italian Sausage Review
Halftime Pizza Review
Yet another Upper Midwest frozen “tavern pizza,” Halftime was launched out of a popular rural bar an hour NW of Chicago. If you’re a regular reader here, you know how much I admire small business owners, and guys like this, trying to enter a very crowded field, with (presumably) a marketing budget that can’t possibly compete… Continue reading Halftime Pizza Review
Potbelly Sandwich Review
(Spoiler alert) I have missed out by not being a customer of Potbelly.I painted them with the “same brush” that I have used against a couple of their competitors that I truly don’t like, and that wasn’t fair. I was recently contemplating a visit when coincidentally the company invited me in for a taste. At… Continue reading Potbelly Sandwich Review
StoneRidge Andouille Sausage Review
Having lived in New Orleans for a decade, and Paris for a couple of years, I’m very fond of andouille (on-doo-ee) sausage, a U.S. transplant/evolution from France. The French version consists of very rough chopped organ meats, onions, wine, and seasoning. They usually have a fairly distinctive odor and are gray in color. The French… Continue reading StoneRidge Andouille Sausage Review