Last summer Dr. I and I put together a list of places in Cleveland we wanted to try. I've made surprising progress on this list. In fact, I knocked off virtually everything in the high priority category. Here's an update.

Crossed Off Since Last TimeCrop - Dr. I and I went there this past spring. The architecture is almost cooler than the food. My ( Read more... )

I was in the Twin Cities the last weekend of July to visit friends and watch baseball. Even better, I was able to eat at the bar reputed to have the best burgers in the state of Minnesota, namely the "Jucy Lucy" (not a misspelling) at Matt's.

I arranged to meet jenny31978 and her two young daughters at Matt's right as they opened for lunch at 11:00am on a ( Read more... )

Today I saw a list purporting to have the best burgers in every state. Alas, not one of the places I describe in my periodic burger postings was mentioned. Not even Washington, D.C., stalwart Ray's Hell Burger made the cut.

I can agree with the Ohio pick though. Swensons is a high quality fast food burger and well worth eating.

Red meat is unequivocally bad for your health if overeaten. For that reason, if you're going to eat a cheeseburger, I strongly recommend getting the best one available. In the past I've written about great cheeseburgers in Chicago, DC, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Let me add a few more to the list for those of you who may find yourselves in need of ( Read more... )

There was a time in my life when my friends would have been surprised if I had ordered a cheeseburger. After working the grill at a local fast food place for two years in high school that specialized in cheeseburgers, I was sick to death of the smell. The mere thought of ordering one was unpleasant. This was the standard state of affairs from 1996 ( Read more... )

xhollydayx, Tulip and I were in Chicago last Thursday through Sunday. We stayed with my fraternity brother Wayne and his wife Jen. They have a condo about 5 blocks away from Wrigley Field. Said condo is equipped with a guest bedroom, two dogs (Conrad & Ellie) for Tulip to play with, plus easy access to the bus and the El. We parked our car in their space ( ( Read more... )