Today I used some of their fresh Italian sausages for a home-made pizza. I only picked up two, of the “hot” not “sweet” variety, and they run about four ounces apiece at about a buck twenty per. I have this quirk which there is no rhyme nor reason for. When I’m making a sausage pizza, I… Continue reading Gloriosos Fresh Italian Sausage Review – Milwaukee, WI
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Capri Pizza Review, Merrillville, IN
I have driven through Merrillville, Indiana countless times and never stopped’ it just happens to be perched at the intersection of a number of highways leaving (or entering) the greater Chicago area(I-65, 90,80, 94, and US 30). So if I ever have stopped and simply don’t remember it, the stop was either for gas, or… Continue reading Capri Pizza Review, Merrillville, IN
Lombardis Italian Sausage Review
Rarely have I been able to find out so little about a product that I really wanted to share with you – I’m that excited about it. “Lombardi’s” is apparently a small/boutique/artisan sausage maker out of Chicago, which may or may not be owned by a small packer named Roma. I have to say “may be… Continue reading Lombardis Italian Sausage Review
Gramma Pearls Sausage Review
Don’t bother trying to find anything out about this product online, I spent a bunch of time doing that and came up pretty short. I can’t even tell you exactly where I purchased it, other than a suburban Chicago grocery. So a lot of this should be prefaced with “apparently.” This product is made in… Continue reading Gramma Pearls Sausage Review
Jewel Italian Sausage Review
Picked up a package of fresh hot Italian sausage at my local Jewel-Osco; the chain is part of the Albertsons et al grocery empire owned by Cerberus Capital. The store brand sausage is packed for Jewel stores by a Chicago area meat company called Randolph Packing, which also sells products under their own brands. (Factory picture… Continue reading Jewel Italian Sausage Review
New Orleans, LA – R & O Restaurant
Back in the day, a part of the Lake (Ponchartrain) front in New Orleans was called “Bucktown.” I’ll leave it to you to find out why. Bucktown had bars, restaurants, businesses that catered to the fishing fleet parked on the shore. Today, Bucktown is mostly made up of the Corps of Engineers Levee (now, new… Continue reading New Orleans, LA – R & O Restaurant
Algonquin, IL – Fradillio’s
Fradillio’s is another locally owned “hot dog centric” food establishment in the far northwestern ‘burbs of Chicago. Featuring the best in local suppliers, Fradillio’s offers hot dogs and polish sausage from Vienna Beef, and Italian Beef from local favorite supplier Devanco. I went with a bacon cheeseburger, cooked on the charbroiler, with a great bun,… Continue reading Algonquin, IL – Fradillio’s
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
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
Portland, OR – Chicago’s Windy City Hot Dogs
There’s a new Chicago hot dog in town, and it’s a real “wiener!” (Oh, I know, “groan.”). Chicago hot dogs aren’t all that easy to come by in Portland, and Chicago Italian Beef & Sausage combo sandwiches are even rarer. Yes, there is that place across the river run by that cantankerous old coot, but… Continue reading Portland, OR – Chicago’s Windy City Hot Dogs