Triple Meating at Ducey’s
Ahhhh get that crap outta my burger. Up near Yosemite National Park is a place called Bass Lake. Bass Lake has itself a little village, and this village is dominated by a huge lodge called The Pines...
View ArticleIt’s Not Digiorno, It’s Sarpino’s Delivery
Gross, mushrooms on a box?! This guest blog comes courtesy of @RGSpiegel. He blogs sports too. Perhaps one of the most uniquely puzzling marketing campaigns of the last year has been that of Domino’s...
View ArticleHustling Bricks
I prefer my bricks customized. Also my mortar. Given that you are taking the time to read this food post on this meat blog, I’m going to assume that you enjoy eating delicious meals with great company....
View ArticleSketching Out at Hollywood Pies
Best storefront ever. You make a call and show up in a back alley 45 minutes later. When you arrive, your guy comes out carrying about five pounds worth. You hand him your cash, then take your...
View ArticleTwo Boots Pizza for the Soul
So bright and colory. I must go there! As I walked towards The Echo in Echo Park for a night of dancing to soul music, I passed a little joint called Two Boots Pizza and just knew that by the time the...
View ArticleGoing Aussie-ish on Brats Brothers
Ostrich, emu...what's the difference? In a clear trend of awesome, Brats Brothers is one of the newest gourmet/exotic sausage/bratwurst places to hit LA (okay, they’ve been around since 2007, but just...
View ArticleEating with Ray at San Gennaro
More like San get out of here! I could read all the food blogs in the world and go to all the restaurants they claim to be great, but nothing really ever beats a personal recommendation. Usually it...
View ArticleElecting to Eat at Lukshon
Delukshus! A while back, Sang Yoon opened up a place called Lukshon in Culver City. For some, this was a time to rejoice, as this was the man behind the Father’s Office burger. But for me, it was a...
View ArticleCharlito’s Way with Sausage
Anthrax for sure Last week, an unexpected parcel arrived. I immediately suspected anthrax and was ready to detonate it in the street when I noticed it was from my future brother-in-law. For some, this...
View ArticleMeat Stacks at Smoke Shack
Chili? In Wisconsin? In February? Shocking! Here we have a long-awaited new guest blog from none other than @RGspiegel. Catch more of his writing here. Disclosure I: David Marcus, one of the owners of...
View ArticleA Sausagefest at Legume
No legumes here. I first learned of Legume in Oakland shortly after arriving in Pittsburgh. At the time I was told that the name “Legume” didn’t exactly stand for any sort of vegetarian-ness and meats...
View ArticleA Long Time Coming at Ben’s Chili Bowl
Always a line… Some cities have restaurants that have been around since the beginning of forever. In Washington, D.C., that place is Ben’s Chili Bowl, which I believe has been serving up chili since...
View ArticleBrats and More at Butcher and the Boar
Total brats. In the Twin Cities for a whirlwind couple of days, I found myself at Butcher and the Boar in Minneapolis. As a James Beard Semi-Finalist last year, I was expecting some good things. After...
View ArticleA Punny Situation The Wurst Bar
In a blue state of mind. When I visited a couple of friends in Ypsilanti, Michigan, they recommend we head to The Wurst Bar, which is a pun-filled name only made better by the fact that this is right...
View ArticleA Wicked Good Brunch at Wicked Spoon
Too many good things for one plate. I don’t know about other people, but when I tell someone I just went to Las Vegas, the first question is “Where did you stay?” The next question, though, is “Which...
View ArticleStraight Outta Compton at Bludso’s
Hot stuff. Bludso’s in Compton is very often hailed as the best BBQ in LA. Yet, for some reason, a number of people find it difficult to make it to that part of town. Thus, Bludso’s spun off into...
View ArticleA Torta at Tortugas
That’s some cheese porn. Torta is Mexican for sandwich and there is a sweet semi-new spot in Pasadena that deals pretty much exclusively in that hand food from south of the border. It’s called...
View ArticlePlattered Up at Zeke’s Smokehouse
All the things, please. What is Montrose? For the first 6+ years I lived in LA I probably would have answered that it is some sort of mythical creature composed of combining a mongoose with an...
View ArticleExotic Tube Meats at Biker Jim’s Gourmet Sausages
Fried mac, sausage, can’t lose. Could there be a more inviting name for a sausage spot than Bike Jim’s Gourmet Dogs? You’d be hard-pressed to find one, but that only partly explains the rise of this...
View ArticleStreet Food Spotlight: Taiwanese Sausage
So full and thick. I often find it amazing how universal sausage is. It seems like every culture has its own version of tube meat, like all humans have some sort of collective conscience that led us to...
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