Peter Stromquist

Category: Other

  • Being Chicken in Kingman

    I have been in this shitty motel before on some other lost weekend.    I’ve made my way down here on some “public conveyance” from which I was ejected a couple hours ago, fifty miles down the road. My crime?  Drinking on the conveyance, which would amuse a lot of people , including the person responsible […]

  • Otto and Anitas Bavarian Review, Portland, OR

    I’ve lived a lot of places in my life, but nowhere til now where you could imbibe in multiple versions of a schnitzelwich! And despite my world travels, I don’t think I ever recall seeing “dill pickle soup” anywhere – where has this been all my life?!?!? Otto and Anita’s, a smallish place (but the […]

  • Chicken Strip Smackdown in the South

    Swinging thru the South, seemed like a good time to do a “compare and contrast” on chicken strips, or fingers, tenders, or whatever you call them.  I would have preferred doing a compare and contrast on bacon strips, but that would make Mrs. BDB unhappy, unless she was co-judging.  Next trip. She’s not a chicken […]

  • Missing My Foodie Companion

    There’s a phrase from an old song my pals and I bandy about on occasion “Do you know what it’s like to miss New Orleans?”   Well, I surely do. The question I ask myself over and over again these days tho, is “Do I know what it’s like to miss my ex best foodie friend?” […]

  • Ore-Ida Country Style French Fries Review

    Started in 1952 in a small town on the border of Oregon and Idaho by local entrepreneurs the Grigg Brothers, Ore-Ida has become one of the largest processors of potatoes in the world.  Inventors of the tater tots.  Sold to Heinz in 1965. They currently make about 50 different types and sizes of frozen potatos, […]

  • El Gaucho Steakhouse Review

    I tweeted something about El Gaucho this morning, and they retweeted it, of course.  It got me to thinking about why I like El Gaucho. Why go to a regional steakhouse in cities (like Seattle and Portland) that are chock-a-block full of the national chains like Ruth’s Chris and Morton’s, and local old-timey favorites like […]

  • Fresh Grill Beaverton Reviews

     There’s another new burger in town, and you say, so?  The latest entry in the new segment of “not fast food – good food fast” are the burgers, chicken, and salads at Fresh Grill, in the out lot by Best Buy and Burlington Coat Factory, across 217 from Washington Square Mall. When you start with […]

  • Grandmas Saloon and Grill Poutine

    My home town, Duluth, Minnesota, is a couple hours from the Canadian border, and heavily dependent upon Canadians for its economy – shopping, medical care, and  tourism. In all the decades I lived there, Canadians were welcome, and even when exchange rates weren’t favorable for the neighbors to the north, Duluth merchants happily accepted the […]

  • The Varsity Reviews – Atlanta, GA

    Although I had heard about it for years, in all the times I have been to , I had never made time to visit the Varsity. I was there last week, and oh, so many years wasted. For the unwashed, the Varsity is the world’s largest hot dog stand. Covering two acres in downtown , […]

  • Portland, OR – Wagsys Hot Beef Sandwiches

    ( 5th and Oak St., downtown Portland, OR) I’ve been blessed to have lived in some of the great food cities of the world; and there’s always at least one local favorite I miss when I have moved away from those burgs – Italian beef from Chicago, po-boys from New Orleans to mention two. Heating […]