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New Find on Fifth: Schiacciate (Ski-a-What?) at Cremalose
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Open! Been waiting for this. Last time I ...
Carla To Grumpy: A Little of What Ye Fancy...
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
“Code Stroke, ER, Bed Number Three! Code Stroke, ...
(Way) Better than Airplane Food
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
“Well, it’s better than airplane food,” says Ken. ...
Van Gogh and the Three Candles
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
The three candles burn bright in their candelabra. ...
Five Course Food Truck Meal?
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
A five-course dinner…from a food truck? Mangia Mangia, ...
Orange Blossom: Batter Matters
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Ooh. Tongue-zipper! That's the thing you remember about ...
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Wild Pile at Lion Coffee
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Anastasia from Vladivostok brings my waffle. Melissa — her family is from Guam — hands me my coffee. The coffee’s Kona, from Hawaii. The waffle is from…heaven. Sigh. Love a ...
Who's Dick?
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
"Don’t rush me!” Dion’s voice cuts through the noise. She’s barking at a customer who wants to pay up and go. “Besides, you haven’t drunk enough yet. We have rules!” ...
Serious Coffee
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
It hangs below four others like it, an ancient rifle from ancient wars. Did it kill people? Did it save someone’s life? As I stand in line waiting for coffee ...
Walk and Glug
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
If I’d known then what I know now, I might have stuck to life east of the I-5. I swear, what a hike. I get off the Blue Line trolley ...
Champion Chew
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
"More people worldwide are killed by donkeys than die in plane crashes every year. True, or shit?” Tom’s standing on the stage where the band Napoleon Complex will be playing ...
O’Hungry Boy
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011
"Malagueña salerosa…” Krizanto sings his heart out. I chomp into my $5 dinner: ribs, carrots, broccoli, blob of mash, white-bread bun, and butter. Take a slurp of my $1 beer. ...
Totally Wicked
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
Who says there’s no more new food to create? Last big food invention I can remember around here happened a century ago, when Caesar Cardini accidentally invented the Caesar Salad. ...
That Meat Melts!
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
Whew. Walking, walking... North up Mission Boulevard. I’m in P.B. Looking for breakfast, dammit. Okay, so it’s lunchtime. Need a place that doesn’t cut off at 11:00 a.m. I come ...
Belly-Fillers at Landini's
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
My buddy John turned me on to Landini’s. He works at Caffe Italia, farther down India Street, here in Little Italy. It was a couple of months back. Friday evening. ...
When in El Salvador...
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011
It was a dark and rainstormy night. Marvel as our hero tramps undaunted through the dripping streets of Grant Hill. Crosses 26th, 27th, 28th, ever searching for his Shangri-La. Aha! ...
