If you’ve driven through any parts of the American West, on or near I-40, you’ve likely seen the signs for the Big Texan Steak Ranch. And their 72 ounce steak challenge – eat the shrimp cocktail, baked potato, salad, with roll, butter, and of course the 72 oz. steak, in one hour, and it is […]
As we were leaving Albuquerque and heading towards Santa Fe on day two of the road trip, we knew we needed breakfast. We planned to grab something quick and get on our way and were looking for someplace to drive through, when the Pantry appeared on the right. Being a sucker for a cinderblock building, […]
So, the genesis for this blog was my first blog “In Search of the Perfect Burger”, which all began with a meal at Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage. While eating there with our girls (roughly on August 5, 2008), I saw a map by the door, from the book Hamburger America. As soon as we got […]
For our first meal on this road trip, before leaving, I googled for the best New Mexican restaurants in Albuquerque. One name was at or near the top of several lists and I confirmed it with the visitor center guy / gal at the airport – El Pinto Restaurant. Located in the North Valley, we […]
I stopped for lunch at Fincher’s Bar-B-Q, after a morning meeting in Macon. I had not eaten at Fincher’s for at least eight years, and they had recently come back to my memory after reading the 29 Barbecue Bucket List article last month. In it, Myron Mixon (you may know him from the Destination America […]
For at least eight years, I’ve driven by Nan Thai Fine Dining at a minimum rate of three times per week – that’s a minimum of 1200 drive-bys without a stop-in. What I didn’t know was that Nan is one of 11 Atlanta restaurants rated as a AAA 4 Diamond award winner for 2015, which […]
Our newlywed daughter and son-in-law have set an admirable food goal for the summer – knock as many places off Creative Loafing’s 100 places to Eat in Atlanta list as they can. When they called and asked if we’d like to meet for dinner, I told them to pick a spot from the list, in […]
For the last several years, our 4th of July ritual has been: participating in (please not that I did not say running) the Peachtree Road Race; followed by a quick shower; and then, ribs. And after a particularly challenging incident in finding said ribs a couple of years back, it has sinceinvolved planning where we were […]
As I didn’t get around to posting this timely and I can’t remember all the details of the meal, I’m now posting this restaurant as a photo blog.
Bludso’s BBQ opened last August on Walker Street in West End and I don’t know that I’ve heard a single person talking about. (Spoiler alert: people should be talking about it – this is seriously good brisket.) In fact, I drive through that section of town about three days a week, but had never noticed […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 