1870 was the year Herman Berghoff immigrated from German. He worked on plantations and at other jobs before opening his own brewery in Indiana. When the World’s Fair in Chicago came along in 1893, Berghoff set up a booth to sell his beer to fair patrons. He met with such success, he figured he better… Continue reading Berghoff Restaurant and Bar Review, Chicago, IL
Tag: sausages
StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review
An affinity for all things butchered and old world sausage making brought together the principals that started StoneRidge Meat and Country Market, now known as StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly. Located in mid-Wisconsin, thirty minutes west of the Fox River Valley, the market serves grocery shoppers and sausage aficionados from a wide radius. Why sausage lovers? StoneRidge… Continue reading StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review
Chicago Hot Dog Recipe
There are few things in “food-dom” as iconic as the Chicago style hot dog. And in 2014, Murphy’s Red Hots in Chicago has been proclaimed as the ‘best of the best.’ Here’s a video on how they slap them together at the eatery, your choice of “old school” or the “new way.” Unfortunately… Continue reading Chicago Hot Dog Recipe
Gilberts Froman Frank Review
Based in northeastern Wisconsin, Gilbert’s Craft Sausages are touting their all natural, uncured line of franks and sausages. I picked up a package of their “Froman” franks, which I assume is a riff on the character of Abe Froman, the “Sausage King of Chicago” in the Ferris Bueller movie. Gilbert’s grew out of a passion… Continue reading Gilberts Froman Frank Review
Portland, OR – Franks A Lot
Now how I have missed this place? In the parking lot of Whole Foods on SE Burnside, Franks A Lot has been dishing up specialty dogs for years – long before the whole Portland food cart craze. We were in the neighborhood, biding our time waiting on Portland’s extraordinary garden consultant, Sara Pool, to plan… Continue reading Portland, OR – Franks A Lot