Everyone loves to sit in Madison Square Park and grin at the city spinning around them. It’s an old fact. Everyone loves Shake Shack. Another aging fact. Everyone grumbles about the line. Also a fact. The hamburgers are delicious. Fact again. The towering mountain of meat, cheese and deep fried mushrooms known as the “Shack [...]
As I write this sandwich review, I am still experiencing partial paralysis, and have a food baby that’s in the second trimester and kicking. Go to Flub-a-Dub-Chubs Hotdog Emporium (3021 N Broadway, Chicago, IL). And get a Locastro, a Chubby (1/4 Pound Hot Dog) on top of a hamburger, coated in Pepperjack Cheese, served on [...]
Pauls Palace (131 2nd Ave, NY, NY) is one of those places near St.Marks that has so much flair on the outside you always walk past thinking “Dear god, what self-respecting burger joint would put a huge fake burger on the sidewalk?” And then one Sunday you wake up starving and think “I’d kill a [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Part of the problem that I have with Midwestern geniality is the irrepressible urge to celebrate a person for an accomplishment without examining whether or not the accomplishment is worth celebrating in the first place. Such is certainly the case for Standing Room Only (610 S Dearborn St, Chicago), a little store front restaurant that [...]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
If only they could call sandwich time-outs in professional sports. Who really cares if mr.athlete hurts himself on the field? I’d rather know what kinds of delicious sandwiches all those millions can buy. “Time out! Time out! I need a kobe beef burger, medium rare, with truffles in the chuck and some caviar on top. [...]
Inspired by the Bittman article on burgers, I set out to see if I could improve on the boredom of the annual summer burger frenzy. Here’s a tasty burger recipe to help save everyone from one boring chewy burger after another: homemade Guacamole (avocado, cilantro, tomato, lemon juice, onions, pepper & salt) 85% ground beef [...]