Category Northeast

Cheesesteaks – Philadelphia, PA

So we asked everyone we met in Philadelphia where we should go for a cheesesteak. We got almost as many answers as there were people we asked. So we decided that we’d make it easier and narrow it down to two that were across the street from each other – Geno’s Steaks and Pat’s King […]

Charlie’s Hamburgers – Folsom, PA

In the summer of 2010, we took a trip to “Amish Country”, flying into Philadelphia, driving across to Pittsburgh and flying home. We spent the first couple of days in Philly, then headed west. The first burger destination? Charlie’s Hamburgers in Folsom, PA, a small town southwest of Philadelphia. This was about the time I […]

Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage, Cambridge, MA

One of the many places recommended by Hamburger America is Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage in Cambridge – right across the street from Harvard University. Open since 1960, they’ve got this serving-burgers-to-the-masses thing going on. To the right, Madison and I are giving our orders to someone outside as we’re in line so that we can […]

Tavern on the Green – New York City, NY

If I recall correctly, this was actually the first day that it occurred to me to take a picture of food and where I was eating. For the years leading up to their sixteenth birthdays, I had told both of our girls that when each of them turned sixteen that I’d take them anywhere in […]