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“With a hefty, happy appetite he’s a hefty, happy Pooh” Heft. You want it in your french toast. You want it in your sausage. You want it in your eating-plates. You will get all three […]
“You shall have camels, horses, an armed escort, provisions, desert vehicles and tanks.” The public market. Early a-morn on a weekday, it’s slightly abandoned, slightly just a-wake. But go on a market day, and you’ll […]
aka Goody’s Red Wing Restaurant On a quiet corner in the El Camino neighborhood lies Mr. Goody’s, at its opening hour of 8 a.m. Enjoy the quietude while you can! By 9 a.m., the area […]
When you come down to Tree Town, on Brighton’s east side, Just turn at the fence; let the tables be your guide You’ll enter the place through a fire-warm’d room With baked goods and caked […]
“Come for coffee. Stay for community.” So says the sign in fuego. But in the post-apocalyptic era that is both a pandemic and unpredictable election cycle, that sign is a solo tuft of grass emerging […]
A geographical oddity; the epicenter of trucks. If you’re truckin’ someplace, or if you’ve ever trucked, you’ve no doubt seen and stopped at the Bergen Farm Market Family Restaurant. Also known as the Restaurant at […]
Damage destructor. Crowd disruptor. You corrupter. Everytimer! Morgan’s cereal bar is plopped right onto East Avenue, next to Veneto, kitty corner (kitty wampus for you Minnesotans) from the ol’ Cadillac dealership. In the East Avenue […]
Bagel pub is one of those places where, if you’re around, you hafta go. It’s a big black corner store and the line, on weekends especially, wraps around the restaurant. Are they buying cabbage patch […]
“The definition of ‘diner’ has expanded greatly of late” – a damn genius (named Dave). Peppermill Restaurant: where the eggs are edible and the pancakes are shaped like flying saucers. <iframe seamless=”seamless” style=”width: 100%; border: […]
Mayan, oh mayan, ix delixious!! Down at the southern end of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle there is a portal to the Mayan realm. “Ix,” the Mayan word for jaguar, or at least, like an astrological […]