tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302572142012-01-03T14:08:32.404-06:00Exploring the world one bite at a time with the FredBook GuyBrad Whittingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13972236904131338486noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257214.post-89284020898428129622008-06-20T01:00:00.002-05:002009-01-02T14:18:16.029-06:00

Sometimes when people are planning a trip to Hawaii, they ask me some questions. The first one is, "Do you know anybody we can stay with?" The answer to that is, "No." Now that we got that out of the way . . . The next thing is, "Any cool places I should go?" This blog was created to answer just that question about eateries. Now we're taking it to the next level. OAHU Tourist Trap Stuff Some of

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20,000 leagues of coffee Website: NemosCoffee.com by Donita K. Paul, author of The Dragon Keeper Chronicles Retail coffee? What is that? Entire shops dedicated to a quick cup of zooped-up caffeine or de-zooped coffee. Incorporated in places to indulge have multiplied like a virus. Thank heavens for an alternative—a place with competitive prices, and a non-manufactured, cookie-cut atmosphere.

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Killer Krab Kakes in Llano Website: TheAcmeCafe.comThis just in from the It's A Small World After All department. While doing market research, I came across this mention of the Fred books and discovered that one of the Fred gang owns The Acme Cafe in Llano, Texas, which is just 60 miles down the road from Casa Wunderfool. When I also learned that the Texas Proud Festival was in full swing, I

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Eat with the Chickens! Website: JardinesRestaurant.com by Marlo Schalesky, author of Beyond the Night No, this isn’t a call to eat more chicken. I really mean what it says - Eat with the chickens. And you won’t regret it . . . I promise.You see, tucked between your drive from San Jose, CA to Monterey, is the quaint California mission town of San Juan Bautista. And a block from the old mission

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Last month The Woman and I decided to cruise around the country on the weekend and just chill. Our agenda included stuff we both like, some things more than others for some participants. For example, lunch at Salt Lick was a no-brainer. Taking in a movie in the evening (Smart People), likewise.Shopping at the outlet stores in San Marcos, not so much. For me, that is. For the Woman, it was the

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Eating Well in the BooniesWebsite: JalapenosKC.com by Nancy Moser, author of Solemnly SwearWhen we moved to Overland Park, Kansas seventeen years ago—a southern suburb of Kansas City—Jalapeno’s Mexican restaurant was in the boonies, in the little burb of Stanley (since absorbed by the city). I’ve no idea who “Stanley” was that earned him the honor of having a blip on a map named after him, but I

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Hot coffee where you really need it Website: LincolnPerk.com by Deborah Raney, author of Leaving November Half an hour past Wichita, Kansas, just off I-35's Exit 40, sits a great little coffee shop. Lincoln Perk, at the edge of the small college town of Hesston, is as likely to host a chatty group of Holdeman Mennonite women sipping coffee blenders in their plain, home-sewn dresses and black

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Dine with the river rats Website: Katannas.com by Rachel Hauck, author of Sweet Caroline In the spring of last year, a former co-worker invited me to our former boss's retirement party. Through a strange series of events, many of our former co-workers migrated to a competing company in town. So, the retirement gathering at an out of the way river restaurant, Captain Katanna's, was an odd mix of

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The place to celebrate! But bring a bankroll. Website: EddieV.com It had been on the waiting list for a long time, the list I compiled of places Up North that looked interesting, places to pick from when rush-hour date night rolled around. As fun as it is, sometimes it can get to be a chore trying to find a new and interesting place every week. After all, I’ve done over 70 reviews in the past 18

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Dining Wowie Zowie-style! Website: Shadowbrook-Capitola.com by Cindy (Martinusen) Coloma, author of Orchid House If asked where my all-time favorite restaurant is, in all the world (go ahead, ask me!), I won’t hesitate a moment. My answer hasn’t wavered in ten years. Now for some people, a choice like this may be simple. But with my travels to Europe and Southeast Asia quite a few times and to

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Rush hour haven of the socially disaffected commuter Website: SuzisChinaGrill.com It wasn't really a conscious decision. It was a wrong turn and a glut of commuters. Then a sign with the words sushi (got my attention) and Chinese (got The Woman's attention) and we were in the parking lot. Well, what do you think? Beats the traffic. And we were inside. Hardly an auspicious beginning. Would it

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I've been doing weekly restaurant reviews for 18 months, mainly during a time between writing projects. Now I'm back in the saddle with a project and can't afford as much time for blogging. So, I'll be cutting back to monthly reviews, plus the occasional guest review. Reviews will post on the first Sunday of the month, and will vary between written and podcasts. By the way, I'd be interested to

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Things are hopping in Marshall by Jeanne Damoff author of You and Me, Sister On the corner of West Austin and North Washington, in the heart of Marshall, Texas, a jaunty blue frog in tuxedo and top hat grins at passersby. He has every reason to be happy. He stands guard over a treasure. Innovation isn’t easy in a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and no one minds stating his mind. It

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Late-breaking update: When The Woman headed south after work for an orgy of shopping at the outlet malls with The Good Daughter, I threaded my way down Lamar to Lamberts to see GloverTango. I was in for a rare night. It was like stepping into a parallel universe. You may not realize that there is a Tango Underground lurking in Austin. Well, wake up and smell the bandoneón. Tango enthusiasts

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It's good all over Ian and The Wunderfool lounge on the back deck of the original Austin Java location and chase multiple conversational rabbits, attempting, with moderate success, to link them back to Austin Java.

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Website: EdibleAustin.com A century ago, eating local was pretty much the only choice you had. Now it is a conscious decision. If you don't deliberately eat local, you're eating stuff from everywhere but local. And I don't mean just from a highly-automated industrial megafarm in another state. I mean from another hemisphere. You may remember Lisa's review of Al's Bar, or Will's review of

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BBQ and Jams, baby! Website: LambertsAustin.com I'd made a few trips to Lamberts before to get my porterdavis fix, but that was for the 10:30 set. (Which around here means after 11:00.) Consequently I had only sampled the beers on tap. Then I had occasion to email Dick Gimble about a songwriting project and he mentioned that his daughter, Emily, was in Austin, rocking the citizens in a jazz

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Best food in Redding! Website: CRGibbs.com by Cindy Martinusen author of The Salt Garden Last summer there was a banner claiming Voted Best Food in Redding Again. I'll sign me up to do such eating and judging, even though I'd find it hard to settle on a Number 1 when it comes to food. “Best Food in Redding” or not, there are weeks when I must get myself to C.R. Gibbs American Grille for their

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Urban Vaquero Coastal Tejano Germanic Cajun cuisine! Who knew? Where: 9721 Arboretum Blvd (in Rennaisance Hotel) We stopped by the Arboretum Barnes and Noble for a technical book. The Renaissance Hotel is only a short walk through the trees and is home to Banderas, which bills itself as a Texas bistrot. We weren't sure what that was, but it sounded interesting and it was close. Banderas is

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Ian and the Wunderfool are joined by Patty Finney and Terri Fann at the Spec's Deli for a sammich and a chat.

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Capitol Indian fare. Website: ClayPit.com Most novelists, even published ones, have a day job. My day jobs have been all over the court, including janitor, math teacher, field hand, computer programmer, brickyard worker, editor, resident Gentile in a Conservative synagogue, IT director, weed-cutter, and a number of influential positions in less notable professions. My current day job is

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Cheap Eats Along Limestone in Lexington, KY by Lisa Samson author of Hollywood Nobody Now, I admit, north Lexington isn't what anybody would call a posh section of town. You'll find small grocery stores more interested in selling lottery tickets and Doritos than fresh vegetables. In fact, for his rural sociology class at University of Kentucky, Will and some classmates conducted a food access

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Great Vietnamese food any day but Tuesday Where: 8557 Research Boulevard Ste 146, Austin, TX, 78758 Phone: 512-339-7860 Hours: Wed-Mon 10a-10p As you gentle readers know from a previous installment, we were thwarted in our first attempt to infest the Sunflower when The Kiwi Doglover failed to mention that they were closed on Tuesday. I rectified the situation by rescheduling my weekly foray into

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Website: ElSolyLaLunaAustin.com SpyMan and the Wunderfool hit a SoCo icon for breakfast and lunch. Top notch TexMex with a South Congress twist.

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It's bubbleiscous Location: 8557 Research Blvd # 118, Austin, TX Phone:512-833-6588 Location: 1910 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX Phone:512-236-9398 On a hot tip from the Kiwi doglover, we directed our rush hour date toward a Vietnamese place off 183, only to discover it is closed on Tuesday. Bummer, since we don't get up into north Austin much at other times. We consoled ourselves with a visit to

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Mexican food up north. Scary! Location: 1379 N. Cass St, Wabash, Indiana Phone: 260-563-0843 Hours: Sun-Thu: 11a-10p, Fri-Sat: 11m-10:30p by Colleen Coble, author of Abomination I’m a sucker for good Mexican food. I scout it out whenever I travel, but so far I haven’t found another restaurant that beats my own little hometown place, Mi Pueblo. It’s in a location that no other restaurant has made

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Website: TexasHillCountryWine.com For starters, I must confess I am not a wine guy. Perhaps a whine guy, but that’s for others to say. I could never go for a drink that practically requires a degree to be qualified to drink. Not to mention learning an entire vocabulary. Ah yes, it’s forward, not to say precocious, almost tough, with thin legs and a rather big and pretentious nose, though

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Get on in here! Website: HondosOnMain.com Read the account of our first visit to Hondo's below. Then listen to the group podcast recorded live inside Hondo's on our second visit. Our initial attraction to Hondo's was the live music, particularly porterdavis, the only non-country option available to us that Friday night. I snagged a table near the stage while The Woman retrieved some beverages

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Website: DerLindenbaum.com If you’re spending any time at all in Fredericksburg, there’s a state law that says you have to eat at Der Lindenbaum. It’s as authentic German cuisine as you can get without using your passport. Ingrid Hohmann graduated from the Hotel and Restaurant School at Maria Laach, a fancy, hotshot cooking school in Europe, before creating Der Lindenbaum. The website doesn’t

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After a year in Austin and thirty years of marriage, it seemed like a good idea to get away for the weekend.http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif Fredericksburg beckoned. The one in Texas, not the one in Virginia. Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 by folks that took 16 days to travel the 90 miles from New Braunfels. (I had a car like that once.) It has long been a destination for those who

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Where you can eat the lamb next door Website: StellasKentuckyDeli.com by Will Samson, author of Justice in the Burbs The average food item travels 1,546 miles to get to your grocery store. The average food item at Stella's travels about 15 miles. And you can taste the difference. There is a growing movement toward restaurants that serve local food. Perhaps the most famous is Chez Panisse founded

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You'll come for the belly dancers but you'll stay for the food Website: AlborzPersianCuisine.com Actually, I can't vouch for the belly dancers, since they only dance on Fri-Sat and this was a rush hour date, but if belly dancers are your thing, you can inspect the photos on their website. Personally, I can do without dancers, belly or otherwise, but once you've had a taste of the goods at

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Explore the pastabilities Website: TreeHouseGrill.com SpyMan and The Wunderfool go highbrow, sampling the snails at a ritzy Italian joint.

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Thai me at the crossroads when I die Website: ChonSom.com It's been way too long since I had a fix of Thai, something I've been wanting to address, especially since I read this article about how capsaicin puts the smackdown on cancer. Research shows it actually binds to proteins in cancer cell mitochondria, triggering cellular death without harming healthy cells. And of course, as discussed

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This month we take a look at cafes tucked away in places you might not expect, like computer/appliance stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, and museums. If you have a favorite non-traditional eating spot, let us know.

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The first thing one notices about the IKEA store in Round Rock, Texas is its all-encompassing blueness and its abnormal hugeness. And that's saying something for a place in Texas. I think IKEA is Swedish for "I Keep Estimating Area," as you spend most of your semi-aimless wandering through the labyrinthine store wondering how many square feet the place actually covers. You might guess something

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Website: TheStoryOfTexas.com The triumvirate (Ian, the SpyMan and the Wunderfool) have lunch in a museum. Pull up the menu to follow along.

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Great coffee, free wireless, cool vibe Website: www.MozartsCoffee.com/ Ian and the Wunderfool venture forth on a rainy afternoon to sip coffee and ingest desserts with a high glycemic-index at Mozart's.

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A full-contact grocery store with a cafe Website: CentralMarket.com It was a tech writer's lunch day, so I had The Good Daughter drop me off at the car and took it on to lunch and then to the office. Which meant that when it came time for the rush hour date, I was the one with the car. And as I drove to get The Woman, I realized her office was right around the corner from the Lamar St Central

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Your destination for geek cuisine Website: www.Frys.com Not a place you expect to eat. More a place where you would buy this. (Not an aerial photo of downtown. It's a shot of a row of motherboards.)And one of the few places where a sign like this is necessary. We were looking for a small jam box for The Woman's office and found the selection surprisingly slim. However, they were not hurting for

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Brother Bison, Sister Corn Website: nmai.si.edu by Mihnea Nemes It is a fine spring day in America. People from across the nation walk this long dusty path lined with blooming trees and bushes, stopping to admire the sights, looking at each other with furtive curiosity, pausing to smell the perfume of flowers. After the Grand Canyon, this is my favorite power place in North America. We walk

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Uh oh, I might never leave Website: www.sgrg.com/reeds I have a confession. I have the larvae of a barfly buried deep inside. Nature and nurture squelched it until reality firmly entrenched me into stolid respectability and here I remain after five decades of breathing. No matter what happens the night before, I get up and go to the 9-to-5 on the morning after. It has always been thus, even

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Iconic ribs, live music, south Austin vibe. Come on down from Tarrytown. Website: ArtzRibHouse.com IanR and the Wunderfool ventured forth in hunter-gatherer mode to corner some dead pigs at a corner table. Hilarity ensues. Vegans enter at your own risk.

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Tequila = to kill ya. (but you didn't hear it from me) Website: IronCactus.com On our last rush hour date night we were pulling out of the NXNW parking lot and saw the Iron Cactus sign. Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar. I shrugged. You can't swing a gato muerto in this town without hitting half-a-dozen Mexican joints and I have no use for a margarita bar. Because, as you know, tequila is bottled

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The cooking is mean at Barbara Jean's Website: BarbaraJeans.com by Kelly Brewer For the late-breaking news, the review is available on Kelly's blog. Well, one of them, anyway. It will eventually find its home here when the rush dies down.

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Dinner while hanging off Lincoln's nose Website: www.nxnwbrew.com Not really. In fact, from what I could see, there were no references to the Hitchcock movie anywhere in the place. But it is located in NW Austin and also is decorated to evoke the aura of the Pacific northwest. So, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. It was double whammy: birthday and rush hour date night. So we went for a classy joint. After

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The SpyMan gets back to his roots. The Wunderfool just nods and says, "Pass the baba ganouj."

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The original party place? Website: www.BabyAcapulco.com Our first visit to Baby A was prompted by colleagues from my former life in town for training. The Woman and I cruised on up and caught them on the patio by the giant circular fireplace, where they had a head start on the signature purple margarita. (Limit 2) Not being a margarita guy, I opted for a Dos Equis Amber, my cerveza of choice

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Holy Tortillas Batman!orBest Kept Secret in Georgetown, insofar as Mexican Restaurants, of which there are many, are concerned Location: 302 S Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626 by Blake Atwood It's not every day that you get to meet Jesus face to face, at least in this life. Should you ever happen to visit Georgetown, TX (north of Austin) and would like to see Jesus, go to El Charrito, an

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Old Austin didn't die . . . it just moved South http://www.evangelinecafe.com/ The Errant Nephew buzzed through and that plus the tax blues was a good excuse to hit the town. We got a mile from the house, saw the Evangeline Cafe and that was town enough for us. The first time I had Evangeline goodies was back in the winter of aught-four. We were on the mainland for the arrival of the #1

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You gotta do this Location:6519 N. Lamar, Austin, TXPhone: 512-302-3149Hours: Mon-Thu 11a-10p, Sat-Sun 12p-10p SpyMan and Wunderfool drag The Woman down to the Korea Garden for a night of revelry and yakiniku craziness, then return to talk about it while The Woman takes a nap.

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Mexican food with a view Website: www.iguanagrillaustin.com OK, so yeah, it is a Tex-Mex place. And yeah, I’ve reviewed a half dozen already. But this is different. It’s the Tex-Mex place with a view. And not only that, the food is pretty good. Let’s face it, you don’t turn to the bride of your youth and say, “Hey, old trouble and strife, I’m jonesing for some haute cuisine. Let’s don the

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Open the Bombay doors! Website: www.Bombay-Bistro.com The Woman told a co-worker from India about the great buffet meal we experienced back during the rains of winter and was informed that the best Indian dining experience in Austin is at the Bombay Bistro. We are both lovers of Indian cuisine. (For me it is second only to Thai.) So, when Valentine's Day rolled around, guess where the lovers

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Arrrgh by Kelly Brewer Many Savannah tourists find themselves at the end of a well trod path, waiting hours in line with other well-intentioned folks to enter "Momma and Her Boys" Southern eatery. (Not the real name, cause here in the South, we don't slander our elders nor our local celebrities.) Like knee socks with Bermuda shorts and a long-lensed Canon about the neck, don't fall into this

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Cool place with zero web presence Location: 6701 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757Phone: 512-420-8118Hours: Sun-Thu 11a-10p, Fri-Sat 11a-12a Our next rush hour review takes us to the Brentwood neighborhood to a joint that seems to be half Old West cantina, half neighborhood bar. If you arrive from the south, you're greeted by Dog Almighty, home of a plethora of hot dog options (but since I rate hot

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Mexonesian on the lake. Website: HulaHut.com The Wunderfool/SpyMan team hit the road again. This week we invade the Hula Hut for some ono grindz. (a little Hawaiian lingo, there).

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North Indian in North Austin Website: www.StarOfIndiaAustin.com So it's rush hour date night and we're on our way to Threadgill's when The Woman suddenly veers off Anderson Lane. Oncoming traffic and my life pass before my eyes as we dash into a strip mall parking lot. When I inquire sweetly just what the heck is going on, she just points to a large sign: Star of India, Traditional Indian

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The black sheep reviews The Black Sheep Location: 1117 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Phone: 805-544-7433Hours: 11a-2a (kitchen closes at 10p) by Daniel Whittington I first discovered this dandy of a pub two weeks after they opened next door to my favorite cigar shop. I thought, “What could go better with a nice Hemingway Short Story than a whiskey?” “Not much”, I answered myself,

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Serving great food since the hippies showed up Website: www.waterlooicehouse.com Not sure how weird they're keeping Austin, but I can testify the Waterloo Ice House is keeping Austin fed with good eats. Rumor has it they've been making a killer hamburger for the last 30 years, and from what I've seen, it's true. Haven't actually tasted one, since I'm turning over a new leaf and then eating it

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Sushi in a Korean place. Hmmm. Location:6519 N. Lamar, Austin, TXPhone: 512-302-3149Hours: Mon-Thu 11a-10p, Sat-Sun 12p-10p Join The Wunderfool and The SpyMan for an audio review of the Korea Garden. Pay no mind to the fact that these two buffoons keep calling it "the Korean Grill" despite having a photo of the place and other documentation available to them with the name clearly displayed as

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A time before disco or microwaves Website: threadgills.com Threadgill's is one of those must-see places. It's literally part of US history, one of the places where Janis Joplin worked the kinks out of her inimitable style. So The Woman and I took a rush hour date to the original location on North Lamar, founded in 1933 by bootlegger Kenneth Threadgill. He was first in line for a liquor

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Happy eats at “Taste of Burma” Website: www.ATasteOfBurma.com by Mihnea Nemes Anyone who lives in Hawaii for a few years will have a tough time returning to his original point of departure. But as magnetic Hawaii may be, family is a stronger magnet. After five years in the happy isles my wife and I decided to leave. But we took our time and a convoluted return path, making it back on the

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In 2007 Eating Fred, Texas will be hosting guest reviews. It will come as no surprise that a lot of my friends like food, too. I'm giving them a chance to highlight some of their local eateries. World traveller and exemplary Romanian, Mihnea Nemes, is our first correspondent.

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We're hopping and bopping to the Osaka rock. Location: 13492 Research Blvd #160, Austin, TX 78750 Phone: 512-918-8012 Hours: Mon-Sat 11a-10p So, it's the rush-hour dance that has become the catalyst for most of the recent entries. The Woman and I are in north Austin, we live in south Austin, and it's 5 pm. Not the time to get on MoPac or even 360. Solution: do some shopping, some eating,

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It's outta this world. (Actually, it's in Austin, but that's close enough.) Website: www.galaxycafeaustin.com You might as well know right up front, I didn’t make it to the Korean place this week, either. If they are relying on me to pay the rent, they’ll be out of business soon. Of course, they’ve been doing just fine without me, I guess, so they’ll probably be there next week. Instead we

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Home of the Crappy Beer Night Website: www.buzzardbillys.com I had great plans to do Korean this week, but a trip to Waco intervened and I found myself reminiscing with The SpyMan over lunch at the legendary Buzzard Billy’s Armadillo Bar and Grillo on University Parks Drive. Before they opened in 1993, The Water Works was the only place in Waco you could get Guiness on tap. We used to play

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Yippeekai Thai one on Website: www.satayusa.com My heart was set on the Korean place, but my body was with The Woman in north Austin and it was rush hour. Common sense says to find a place nearby to wait out the traffic. And once you've been to Satay, good sense tells you to go back. So I did. Even though the place is named after a very popular Thai appetizer, the first time around we tried

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Gotta lotta empanada Website: http://www.buenosairescafe.com/ Just when I'm making another attempt for the Korean place, a visitor shows up with an aversion to spicy food, so it's a quick dive into the files for some ideas. Texas Monthly comes to the rescue. (Note to self: thank double-in-laws for the subscription.) My only previous experiences with Argentinan food were the emanadas the

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IF you happen to consume 5 cups of black coffee from 4pm to 10pm thinking that somehow you have become Superman in the last few hours and that in complete contradiction to all previous experience and the known laws of physiology you will drop right off to sleep because it’s been a long day and you pop into bed at 11:30pm and spend the next two hours lying very still with your eyes closed, certain

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The land of red plastic glasses This weekend I was looking forward to trying out the Korean place I've heard about but haven't seen. But at the last minute I decided to treat The Woman to a B&B weekend, complete with a ride on the Texas State Railroad train running from Rusk to Palestine. (Don't tell her, but the real motivation was research for my work-in-progress, which starts out in

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Freedom and migas for all Website: www.trudys.com I had my heart set on trying the Korean place I just heard about. For 8 months I've been trying to find a Korean joint in this town. The closest I came was a place I'd heard rumours about near the doctor's office. But when I checked it out, I discovered it was really a Chinese place that happened to have bulgogi on the menu. Not gonna happen

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A highly conflicted reviewer comes clean. Website: www.texasroadhouse.com I was going to pass this review off as another attempt to give my gentle readers a chance to try out what I review. After all, with 230+ locations in 40+ states, chances are there's a Texas Roadhouse near you. That was how I was going to justify reviewing a chain, since we all know I have a prejudice against chains.

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Because it's too good not to share. I have received feedback that it would be nice on occasion for readers to be able to try out the eating places I blog about. Seems there's not a business case for everyone to drive to Austin (or the other places featured here) to try out the great eateries. So, now here's your chance. The Kerbey Lane Cafe has an online store, so you, too, can enjoy the

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The restaurant you wish you had opened. Website: www.kerbeylanecafe.com If your spouse is the kind of person who sometimes says, "Wouldn't it be cool to open a restaurant?" and you're the kind of person who says, "Are you crazy?" then avoid the Kerbey Lane Cafe. Cause even folks who have never thought of opening a restaurant can get the urge after a meal at Kerbey Lane. That's kind of how it

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It's entirely possible that someday I will write a review of the Firestone Grill in SLO.

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Big eats in small town Texas. Website: www.tortillaflatscafe.com It started with a layoff. Funny how a layoff can get you thinking about what you really want to do as opposed to what you've endured for too many years. Fortunately for me, I didn't have this dream deferred of starting a restaurant, cause I hear how much of a pain that can be and my philosophy is "No pain, no pain." So my layoff

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When aliens invade, remember the Alamo. Website: www.drafthouse.com Following our long-standing Halloween tradition, when the darkness descended with an ominous silence and small voracious creatures crawled from their lairs with masks and bags, The Woman and I turned off all the lights, locked the door and headed to the movies.1 The Woman is an Xmas-aholic but I am thankful she has no love

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How are you ladies doing? [Ed: OK, before you start wondering if I have gone off my gourd, reviewing Red Lobster, you must know that this is not a review of Red Lobster. At least, not the food. For the record, I only went there to appease The Woman, who was suffering from a shrimp-vitamin deficiency and decided the most cost-effective way to address it was the "all the shrimp we can shovel out

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Where dead animal heads watch you eat. Website: www.mclintocks.com When it comes to this family, you can count on weirdness in general. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that there was a gig the night before the wedding and the bachelor party happened the night before the first anniversary. Yep. It started with dinner at McClintocks. Right on 101/PCH overlooking Shell Beach and Pismo

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You never hear the one that gets you. Strickland's Location: 1918 South Highway 281, Falfurrias, TX 78355 Phone: 361-325-5222 McBee's Location: 309 2nd St, Pleasanton, TX 78064 Phone: 830-569-2602 If you ever find yourself dove hunting in south Texas . . . Not a phrase I would normally say, but sure enough last weekend I found myself on a dove-hunting trip near Ramirez, about equidistant

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Pho, not a long, long way to run. Location: 3601 W William Cannon Dr, Austin, TX 78749Phone: (512) 891-7870 Over the years, many rules regarding eating have emerged from the Universal Mind: Never eat anything bigger than your head. -Miss Piggy Never eat anything that moves. -Robert Bender Never eat anything older than your grandmother. -Love Lab Never eat anything that still has a face on it.

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When it comes to Thai, Tara wins. Website: www.thaitara.com Although you might not be able to tell from the reviews so far, Thai food is my favorite cuisine. (Indian comes second.) So, you might ask, where are all the Thai restaurant reviews? Good question. My policy is to review places where I like to eat. Since my return to Texas I've tried four Thai restaurants, some forgettable, some

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Put that in your pit and smoke it. Website: www.billmillerbbq.com OK, here's the thing.1 BBQ is like music. If you go to the rock section of a music store, you will find everything from The Beatles to Black Sabbath. How can one category accommodate Sonny and Cher, David Bowie, Tom Waits, U2, Chicago and Barry Manilow? And don't even get me started on jazz. There's Dixieland, Big Band, bebop,

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Keeping Austin weird with tacos. Website: www.tacoxpress.com Although I've reviewed two chains so far1, as a rule I avoid eating at chains when I can. When it comes to eating out, I prefer authenticity and adventure. I don't mind the risk of a bad experience as much as the risk of no experience beyond the mundane and predictable. So of course when I read John Kelso's piece on Friday Aug 11

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When you see the neon cowboy, you're here! Location:12225 Highway 290 West Austin, Texas 78737Phone:512-301-4648Hours:Sun-Wed 11a-10p Thu-Fri 11a-midnite Sat 11a-1aWebsite:www.nuttybrown.com I guess I didnt' get out enough last time I lived in Texas. Or something happened in the last ten years. I don't know which it is, but now it seems that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a

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Tex-Mex food prepared exactly as you would expect to find in Bloomington, Indiana Location: Paris, France. The Indiana Tex-Mex Café of Paris, France. Therein lies a story. Once upon a time on May 17, 2002 I was in Paris on business. I came prepared. Between the two great wars, Paris became the home for many American ex-patriots and as a result a healthy jazz community developed and thrived.

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If anybody Khan, Gengis Khan. Location: 117 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701 GoogleMaps Phone: 512-476-3938 Hours: Sun-Thu 11a-10p, Fri-Sat 11a-11p Website: www.mongoliangrille.com Other locations: 12636 Research (Northbrooke Plaza) 512-335-8888 115 Sundance Parkway, #420, Round Rock, Texas 78681(La Frontera Village) 512-716-1900 A Wikipedia entry claims (without any reference) that

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Funny Name. Serious Sandwich. Website: www.schlotzskys.com [See website for locations and hours] Delis are a dime a dozen and they all pretty much do the same thing. Or they did until the 1971 when Schlotzsky’s opened a store in Austin, TX. The first time I had a Schlotzsky’s sandwich was the late 70s. We were playing a gig in Dallas. While we were setting up, the guy who booked us asked if we’

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Big quality Mexican cooking in small-town Texas. Location: 494 Hwy. 71 West, Suite 180, Bastrop, TX 78602 [For other locations check their website] Phone: 512-321-3002 Hours: Mon-Thu 11am to 10pm, Fri-Sun 11am to 11pm Website: www.guadalajaramr.com In Texas, TexMex is the old reliable. You can’t swing a dead gato without hitting half a dozen joints. TexMex has the virtue of simplicity; it’

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Putting the you back in bayou. Location: 4404 West William Cannon, Suite L, Austin, Texas 78749 GoogleMaps Phone: 512-358-7474 Hours: Mon-Thu 11a-10p, Fri 11a-11p, Sat-Sun 8:30a-10p Website: cypressgrill.net How can you resist a place with The Spanky Special on the menu? (A fried egg sandwich on toasted oat nut bread with 3 pieces of bacon, melted American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato and red

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It's like a carnival in your mouth Location: Denver, CO Website: www.ufeedme.com/littleindia Van Orman is crazy about Indian food. When he was searching for a way to describe the joy of Indian cuisine he settled on the phrase: It's like a carnival in your mouth. Of course, there is Indian food and then there is Indian food. Rest assured, at Little India, you're getting the former. Or was it the

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A Denver dive: jazz in its natural habitat Location: 1962 Market St, Denver, CO Phone: 303-295-9126 Hours: music starts at 9:00p Jazz is a conversation. The best jazz is not just music; it’s a dynamic exchange between everyone present, musicians and listeners. That’s why jazz is best experienced live. Not only can you hear the musical ideas being passed back and forth like a discussion, you

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Free WiFi, good coffee. Do you need another reason? Location: 1601 17th St, Denver, 80202 Phone: 303-296-9248 When you're on the road, free WiFi with plenty of AC hookups is what it is all about. And if you're in Downtown Denver, Common Grounds Cyber Cafe is the place. At the NE corner of Wazee and 17th, it's just a block from the 16th street mall and the free bus. The old-town Denver feel is

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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Website: tacocabana.com [See website for locations and hours] Forget this is a chain. Forget this a TexMex place. Forget this is a fast food place. Think marinated rotisserie chicken. Are you thinking of it? OK. Good. Now, think of a buff chicken of tender years enjoying a satisfying, fulfilled life and yearning to sacrifice itself

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If you crossed home-cookin’ with a live-music bar, you’d get Woody’s. Which is evidently what Woody did. (According to Dale Rice, Austin American-Statesman Restaurant Critic.) Location: 321 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 (Take the 1st street exit off 290 and head east on the access road to the South Bend Center.) Phone: (512) 851-9663 Hours: Sunday thru Friday–11:00 am to midnight,

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