See, I always thought if you wanted to hit the BBQ capitals of the US, you headed for Memphis, or St. Louis, or Texas…or the Carolinas. But no, it turns out the BBQ mecca of the country is a tiny hamlet in Northern Wisconsin, called Hayward…. famous as the location of the Birkebinder,(oh, look it… Continue reading Nationwide – Famous Dave’s BBQ
Category: Sausage
Tigard,OR – Pizza Caboose
Pizza preferences are such a personal thing, aren’t they? One man’s cheese eden is another man’s slop. Same with crust, sauce, toppings. I can forgive a lot of deficiencies if the crust and/or toppings are superb. Pizza Caboose, in Tigard, OR, a suburb of Portland, delivers their pizzas in “radio dispatched trucks with ovens”, and… Continue reading Tigard,OR – Pizza Caboose
Packwood, WA – Flea Market Food
Zipping west on US 12, the mountain route, passing Rainer and St. Helens, came into Packwood, just at lunch time, approaching the signs said “heavy traffic ahead – slow”, and slow it was. We were unaware that two times per year, Memorial Day and Labor Day, little Packwood’s population swells by 25,000 plus for the… Continue reading Packwood, WA – Flea Market Food
Yakima, WA – Farmer’s Market
Wandering around the used car capital of the Pacific Northwest (I have never seen so many used car lots in any one place), we stumbled upon the weekend urban Farmer’s Market, a diminutive offering for being in the heart of an ag belt. Asparagus is obviously in season, as many of the stands were offering… Continue reading Yakima, WA – Farmer’s Market
Home Cookin’ – Safeway Select Ultra Thin Crust Pizza
Safeway (and Von’s, Randalls, and Tom Thumb Markets) have a number of quality in house branding concepts, among them is the “Select” line of frozen meals. I picked up the “Primo Italian Meat Ultra Thin Crust Pizza”, which includes toppings of capicola, crumbled Italian sausage, and Genoa Salami, covered with a blend of Mozzarella, Parmesan,… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Safeway Select Ultra Thin Crust Pizza
Oakland, CA – Coliseum Food I Didn’t Get to Eat
Watching the Giants bow to the A’s the other day, I was eagerly anticipating getting some genuine ball park food, but it wasn’t to be. Oh sure, i attended the game, sat in the sun for three hours, enjoyed some very aggressive and fun baseball on behalf of the A’s, but the lines for dogs,… Continue reading Oakland, CA – Coliseum Food I Didn’t Get to Eat
Petaluma, CA – Three Cooks
It says a lot, I believe, when you can return to a favorite place more than a decade later and find a place you liked still in business and still dishing up the cuisine that so firmly implanted the establishment in your grey matter. For my pal Mr. Portland Deal Maker Attorney Extraordinare, Three Cooks… Continue reading Petaluma, CA – Three Cooks
Portland, OR – New York New York Italian Restaurant
Mrs BDB was hitting the road witht he gal pals tonight, which, as you know, means BurgerDogBoy gets a food self-indulgence night. Ok, yeah, you’re right, all my nights are pretty much self-indulgent nights. Even tho I had a pot of left over home made bolognese in my icebox, I had a hankering for Italian… Continue reading Portland, OR – New York New York Italian Restaurant
Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Mushroom “Pizza”
Whenever we are feeling fat and sassy on the domestic scene, Mrs. BDB and I include a trip (just for an item or two) to our local Trader Joe’s, and invariably come home with a basket load of groceries, as I imagine most patrons do. We go primarily for their coffee beans, juice spiked sparkling… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Mushroom “Pizza”
Portland, OR – The Country Cat (reprise)
Mrs. BDB and I were meeting Mr. and Mrs. PDMAE (Portland Dealmaker Attorney Extraordinare), and we opted to hit Country Cat for Saturday brunch. Arriving at 1230, there was no wait (always good for me, I’m the guy so easily distracted – oh, look, a chicken!), we were seated in a comfortable booth by the… Continue reading Portland, OR – The Country Cat (reprise)