{"id":2754,"date":"2010-04-19T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T01:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2010-04-19T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T01:20:37","slug":"arcata-ca-stars-hamburgers-big-petes-pizzeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Arcata, CA – Stars Hamburgers, Big Pete’s Pizzeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’re cruising down US 101 in California, it’s lunch time, you’re in Arcata, pizza or burger, pizza or burger?<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOTH, I says to myself as I drive up to Stars Hamburgers and notice Big Pete’s New York Style Pizzeria across the street.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars is a local favorite (whoa-oh), and the menu was pretty straight forward. I ordered the cheeseburger (plain) and spent my waiting time eyeballin’ Big Pete’s across the street. I’m a sucker for any food establishment called “Pete’s” but I can’t really explain why.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The burger came, I dissected it, bit into it, choked a little. Really, really dry. These were \u00a0 non frozen patties rolling off freezer sheets of paper, probably from a local supplier, very thin, and as I watched the griddle guy, I thought “griddle guy? you are cooking that way too long.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so he did. I won’t be back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amble across the street for 2nd course. This small burg pie shop actually sold slices! Eureka! (Oh, wait, that’s the next town!).<\/strong><\/p>\n

I order the all meat one, and you’ve heard me talk enough about “hang” with New York style pizzas, and this one had zip. It was good, but spendy ($3.75). Should I find myself in Arcata again, I might just curl up in a cheap motel with a floozie and buy a who pie!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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