Category: Hot off the Grill

Featured Stories of the Week

Duluth, MN – Red Rock Radio Grill Wars Hamburger Cook Off

An annual event growing in popularity with each year, the Red Rock Radio Grill Wars allows burger afficionadi  to sample Duluth, MN’s finest burgers while raising money for the  local Boys and Girls Club. Held on the lakefront on August 14, sponsored by local radio station KQDS,(1)  the event saw burgers cooked up by The Adolph Store,… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Red Rock Radio Grill Wars Hamburger Cook Off

Cornucopia, WI – Village Inn Restaurant Reviews

My family used to go skiing most weekends during Minnesota winters; one of our most frequent stops was a little place called Mount Ashwabay, near Bayfield, Wisconsin, the gateway to the Apostle Islands National Park. If we took the ‘back road’ (Wisconsin highway 13, which meandered along the south shore of Lake Superior, occasionally we’d… Continue reading Cornucopia, WI – Village Inn Restaurant Reviews

Detroit, MI – American Coney Island, Part 2

Yesterday we brought you the story of how the coney island style hot dog came to America, courtesy of the founders of American Coney Island, in Detroit, Michigan.  Today we will tell you the results of using one of their coney kits to fix these wonderfully American treats at home. First, I have a suggestion… Continue reading Detroit, MI – American Coney Island, Part 2

How the Coney Island Style Hot Dog Got Introduced to the World

As I am, unquestionably,  America’s hot dog authority, and everything you read on the internet is true, there is no reason for you to doubt anything you are about to learn in this post.  Spoiler alert.  We owe coney island style hot dogs to the Greeks, and more specifically to American Coney Island in Detroit,… Continue reading How the Coney Island Style Hot Dog Got Introduced to the World

Milwaukee, WI – George Webb’s

George Webb. When it’s 3AM, you shouldn’t be driving, and White Castle won’t cut it, and you’ve sworn never to set foot i a Denny’s again. Since 1948, the George Webb chain has been serving locally sourced grub to hungry Packer backers 24/7; to go, at the counter, or table side. Webb’s B and B… Continue reading Milwaukee, WI – George Webb’s

Home Cookin’ – Klement’s Cocktail Sausages

The Klement Sausage Company is one of Milwaukee’s old time favorites, as well as one of my personal picks, when I am in an area where they distribute their great meat products.  I like most everything they make, and when I lived in distance parts of the country, I’d reguraly order “care packages” from them.… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Klement’s Cocktail Sausages

The Happy Together Tour 2013 – Hot Dogs of the 60s Music Scene

“Imagine me and you (I do)”….and 10,000 other senior citizens, who can remember word-for-word the lyrics of songs they heard fifty years ago but won’t be able to remember where their car keys are after the show…….enjoying a line up of 60s pop “superstars” for a pleasant several hours under the summer sun. That’s the… Continue reading The Happy Together Tour 2013 – Hot Dogs of the 60s Music Scene

Jefferson, WI – Wedl’s Hamburgers

I’ll almost always stop at a place that’s been open for three decades or more, especially if they brag about it. Since around 1917, Wedl’s have been serving burgers griddled on a flattop, in lard and onions, in the tiny burg of Jefferson, Wisconsin, on US Highway 18 between Madison and Milwaukee. I understand that… Continue reading Jefferson, WI – Wedl’s Hamburgers

Wisconsin State Fair Food Stand Pictorial

Whereas some State Fairs focus on the agricultural aspects of a state, displaying animals and farm implements galore, the Wisconsin State Fair seems to exist solely for mile after mile of food stands for the pleasure of roaming cheese heads. You’ll get no complaint from me. Sure, there were the usual animal farms, cows, sheep,… Continue reading Wisconsin State Fair Food Stand Pictorial