The San Diego Chicken Pie Shop
While this building isn’t old, the restaurant itself is. The original locations closed and moved, yet this masterpiece of Hearty food lives on, with prices from another decade. The menu…
The North Shore
One of the great roads is US-1, also known as Route 1 in Mass. While there are certainly strip malls and other boring normal things, Saugus is loaded with amazing…
The importance of calling Ahead.
I went up to visit a friend in Boston this week. When I go there I usually make it a point to visit my favorite Chinese Restaurant in Cambridge, Mary…
Fjords Smorg-ette and Sweden House
Vintage Postcard for Fjords Smorgette Before all of America was fat, and perhaps influenced by Abba, but probably not, there was a Swedish explosion in America. In South Florida, where…
Manolo-Miami Beach (not the shoes)
Theres an Argentinian Churro joint I enjoy visiting in the North Beach area of Miami Beach called Manolo. I liken it to an Argentinian Dennys and I thought it was…
Isalys-An endangered former chain
Home of the Chipped Ham sandwich, only a handful of these remain. We found this one from the wonderful “Sandwiches you will like” PBS show. Word just came that they…
Mario the Bakers-one of two reasons to visit Miami
One of the few things that makes me keep my sanity when I visit home in Miami, Mario the bakers used to have a classic stand alone restaurant on the…