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Ben’s Chili Bowl – Washington, DC
March was a great burger month. I headed up to DC on business for three nights and managed to squeeze in three burger joints. The first was Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street. We took a cab up from where we were staying, giving the cabbie the address. We drove around for quite a bit, […]
Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room – Savannah, GA
For Colleen’s spring break, we headed down to Savannah for a couple of days to scout for an apartment for her pending move. Come Monday, we were making the requisite food plans and Jo wanted to go to Paula Dean’s restaurant, Lady & Sons. I had read about Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room for years, but […]
Leon’s Full Service- Decatur, GA
I first heard about Leon’s Full Service in an article in Atlanta magazine in 2010 about “Cheap Eats” and they were going on about the selection of pub frites. Then a lawyer friend told me about this place in Decatur that served bacon, by the glass. By the glass, you ask? Yep. With a side […]
Asheville, NC
The week before Savannah, we took Madison up to Asheville over her Spring Break. On the way, we made a great burger stop at Northgate Soda Fountain in Greenville, SC. We had three major food stops in Asheville. The first place was Tupelo Honey, off the downtown triangle. One of our absolute favorite places to […]
Northgate Soda Shop, Greenville, SC
When Spring Break rolled around this year, the girls both had different weeks off from college. One week we went with Colleen to Savannah to look for an apartment. The next week, we went with Madison to Ashevile, NC for a couple of days. When I looked at the path up there, the Hamburger America […]
Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami, FL
In February, I had occasion to be in South Beach on business. Coincident to this trip was the Miami Beach Food & Wine Festival. So Jo and I decided to tack on an extra day or two to the trip. Before we left, Jo had seen Michael Schwartz on “Martha” talking about his restaurant in […]
Le Tub – Hollywood, FL
2011 WAS the year of the burger. Okay, at least it was one of the years of the burger. In March, heading to Miami for a conference, on the way south from the Fort Lauderdale airport we stopped to eat at Le Tub Saloon. This was another recommendation from Hamburger America. In 2006, it was […]
Willie’s Weenie Wagon – Brunswick, GA
On the same trip where I visited T-Ray’s Burger Station on the way to a meeting, I stopped for a bite on the way home at Willie’s Wee-Nee Wagon. I’ve been going to Brunswick once every three months for a couple of years and whenever I asked about some place “non-chain” to eat, they always […]
T-Rays Burger Station – Amelia Island, FL
Back in October of 2010, a friend had e-mailed me when he was down for Georgia / Florida weekend about this burger place that I “had to try”, T-Ray’s Burger Station. A couple of months later there was an article in USA Today about 51 great burgers – 51 Great Burger Joints Across the USA […]
Douceur de France – Marietta, GA
We first discovered Douceur de France in December of 2010, when it was just a hole-in-the-wall off Glover Street in Marietta (old location photo above). I had seen a note in the Cheap Eats edition of Atlanta Magazine recommending their croque monsieur. I googled the menu and saw Jambon Buerre Fromage (ham, swiss cheese and […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 