The Fruits of My Condiment Garden

Fall, and that means harvest time.  If you would have told me five years ago that I become the urbane gardener, I would have given you the raspberry – and not the growing kind.    But I have, and I take great joy in it.  We’ve been plucking and eating all manner of things throughout… Continue reading The Fruits of My Condiment Garden

Chicken Five Ways – Weird Week

I know, what the hell is BurgerDogBoy doing writing about chicken?  On any given day, if you asked me what i wanted to eat for my next meal, chicken usually wouldn’t even be in the top 25.  Yet, this week, I had it no less than 5 times!  WTF?  Do I need to start a… Continue reading Chicken Five Ways – Weird Week

Flagstaff, AZ – Galaxy Diner Reviews

  Gettin’ my kicks, on Route 66, which I do a leg of at least a couple times per year.   Most recently, tooling thru Flagstaff, I came across the Galaxy Diner, a joint I hadn’t noticed before.  It had a lot of promise from the get go – great neon, roadside location on 66,… Continue reading Flagstaff, AZ – Galaxy Diner Reviews

Nationwide – Pizza Hut’s “Big Italy”

Tooling around somewhere in East J@@@@, or maybe it was Bumf####, Kansas late one night, I pulled into the local burg in search of the local pizza.  No such luck.   But man, it’s DINNER TIME.  Oh, who am I kidding, I don’t eat by the clock!   Wait, it could have been Eastern Colorado,… Continue reading Nationwide – Pizza Hut’s “Big Italy”

Dallas, TX – iFratelli Pizza Review

  Twenty three years ago, the brothers Cole started the first iFratelli’s Pizza in Irving, TX. Today, the DFW area boasts nine locations as well as one full serve Italian restaurant under the same banner. Their dough for their thin crust pies is “hand-crafted” daily, and their red sauce, salad dressings, and meatballs are all… Continue reading Dallas, TX – iFratelli Pizza Review

Eden, ID – Garden of Eden Truck Stop

Er, yeah.   Imagine the comic book guy on the Simpsons saying “worst…….cheeseburger…….ever,”  and you’ll know how my experience went, in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere, USA.    It was me and a guy that scared the hell out of me, the only customers, the typical greasy diner waitress lady who looked… Continue reading Eden, ID – Garden of Eden Truck Stop

Portland, OR – “C Burger”

You see burger?  Me see burger.  Actually the “C” is for the location, “Couture Ultra  Lounge.”  The C Burger was such a popular option INSIDE the club, management decided to sell them out of the back of the kitchen to late night clubbers in search of a burger fix, and that proved to be so… Continue reading Portland, OR – “C Burger”

Portland, OR – Renner’s Grill – PDX’s Own Version of “Cheers”

I am cluttered with cliches today.  Adrift with adages.  Swimming with saws.  Proffering proverbs. Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! (Yes, that makes no sense, I know). Renner’s Grill, in the Multnomah Village neighborhood of Portland, is a place “where everybody knows your name,” and “chief cook and bottle washer”  Marshall, proprietor, makes sure of that, introducing… Continue reading Portland, OR – Renner’s Grill – PDX’s Own Version of “Cheers”

Home Cookin’ – Wal Mart Marketside Pizza

Wandering around Wal Mart in the middle of the night, I was looking at their fresh ‘take and bake’ pizza lines, and noting the relative value of the size/weight for the price, compared with other fresh or frozen pizzas. The Wal-Mart Marketside Brand 12” Ultimate Meat Pizza, goes for $5.00, and tops the scale at… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Wal Mart Marketside Pizza