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New Sandwich Shop
An historic building in the Boston Commons has been repurposed as an Earl of Sandwich sandwich shop. Normally that would not be of great interest, except for the previous use for the building. It was a public restroom in the past and has been padlocked closed and left in disrepair for years. So, is a kitchen in a former public restroom too much of a gross out?
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 03, 2012 -
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Category: Restaurants
Eat the whole animal!
The Globe and Mail has a review of The Feasting Room, a small Toronto restaurant whose motto is "eat the whole animal!" The chef picks a different animal each week and creates a six-course tasting menu from its parts... all its parts. Some of the dishes from pig week included: pig's skin served with a bowl of creamy apple sauce, sweet-pea soup with ribbons of crunchy-chewy pig's ears, pig's spleen layered over pork belly and sage leaves and rolled into a pinwheel, pig's trotter stuffed with pork shoulder, and for dessert pistachio and pig's blood Nanaimo bars.Shown in the picture is a dish from chicken week: chickens feet with strawberry maple glaze.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 20, 2012 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants
Big Tree Inn
I sure wish it was still around.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 08, 2011 -
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Category: Restaurants, 1910s, Natural Wonders
The Single Greatest Commercial of all Eternity
I don't know the back story behind this, but Burger King does have some of the strangest commercials on television so I'll assume it is real. I don't know what I like more, the brainmeltingly weird plot or the amazing background music, but somehow this commercial is pure genius. Now if only there were a Burger King nearby...
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Sun Nov 07, 2010 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants, Advertising, Surrealism
The End of McDonald’s! (In Iceland)
Posted By: Nethie - Sat Oct 31, 2009 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants, Europe
First Ever WU-vention!
Okay, it's not yet as big and popular as Burning Man, but the first gathering of WU-vies has occured. KW, Jules and Madd Maxx chose to meet recently. And here's photographic proof.Syrup shortages were reported in the region throughout the following week.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 15, 2009 -
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Category: Conventions, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Human Marvels, Obsessions, Photography and Photographers, Restaurants, Signage, Subcultures, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, Reader Recommendation, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Cereality
Cereality claims to be "an idea whose time has come." It's a cereal bar:customers choose from their favorite brands and toppings. Pajama-clad Cereologists™ fill the orders. And customers choose and add their own milk, just the way they like it.
I'm sure there must be people who think this is a great idea, but I'm not one of them. I can't imagine ever wanting to make a special trip to get a bowl of cereal. But then, I'm not a cereal fan. Every morning it's oatmeal for me.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 17, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants
How much for this meal?
Continuing the "overpriced stuff" theme that I began in a previous post, how much would you be willing to pay for this meal?What you get -- Dinner at Masa, a sushi restaurant in NY City. From Wikipedia:
Reservations for the 26 available seats are taken three weeks in advance. Chef Masa prepares the menu himself, often including seasonal ingredients. He uses many exotic ingredients, such as truffles and Kobe beef; Most of the fish are flown in from Japan. Chef Masa can be seen working behind the bar and will sometimes serve the food as well.
There's no menu to order from. You get whatever you're served. The cost: It's a fixed price of $400 per person, to which a 20% tip is automatically added. Then there's tax. So you're looking at a minimum of $513 per person. If you want anything to drink, be prepared to pay extra.
Via J-Walk, the receipt of a recent Masa diner, posted on Flickr. Seriously, if you're going to splurge by going there, why ruin the meal by getting a Diet Coke? Just ask for water.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 12, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants
Foo Kin Chinese Food
My pal Pete Kaplan stumbled across this one. Who knew that up in Cooperstown, NY, they had such pronounced Liverpudlian accents?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 09, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Restaurants, Weird Names
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