say hello to one of my favorite sandwich shops ever. the olde world cheese shop rocks, and they know it. it’s setting is the sherwood forest shopping center on 56th street, just south of fowler avenue. with its name, you might expect a whole bunch of wacky expensive cheeses and some expensive bread, but this is not a cheese shop. this is a hardcore sandwich emporium. the inside is quite.. Read More
Hamburger Mary’s
UPDATE: apparently hamburger mary’s has been temporarily shut down, due to too many rodent droppings. bahahahaha. * * * today i embarked on an ill-advised adventure, cramming myself full of well prepared beef patties and exceptional french [freedom] fries. well… i guess it could have been more insane, but still, it was a lot of meat for one day. the afternoon found me seeking out hangover recovery help from five.. Read More
Del Valle Restaurant & Market
DEL VALLE, restaurant and market on fowler and 15th street, next to trang viet cuisine. behind this unassuming, blend-into-the-background storefront, lies a wealth of delicious mexican food, groceries, and some DELIGHTFUL western apparel. and i probably never would have noticed it had my friend not told me about it. the inside is kind of sad. there’s hardly any room to eat, with maybe nine tables for diners. the majority of.. Read More
Ruben’s Cubans
sandwiches kick ass. we all know it. portable food is THE FOOD OF THE FUTURE (and/or the neolithic era, according to that liar wikipedia). so when i heard about a place that sold BOTH reubens and cubans, i was PUMPED to check it out. and i was even more pumped when i found out what a creative name this place had been given: yeah, that’s right: ruben’s cuban cafe. this.. Read More
Mr. Dunderbak’s
My friend Phil just turned 21. And that means booze. Lots and lots of totally legal booze (which is, debatably, less fun than totally illegal booze). So we needed to get our friend some quality beer to drink in a public forum. Now, there is, no doubt, something to be said for the charm found in a dive bar, but we were looking for variety, and quality. We needed look.. Read More