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Food-related ramblings of an oft-traveled engineer
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IT Guy Had Affinity For Cords At Young Age
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👻 Boo!-ver Street Rag
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It is ONLY available during Holiday Nights and it is one of my favorite things in the world. Here's a picture of me with the sandwich last year.
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A man after my own heart. I salute you.
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re-visit to an old favorite, Pink's Hot Dogs in Hollywood. Still cranking out some classic hots dogs after more than 85 years in operation.
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Health-Check: Pink's Hot Dogs (Los Angeles, CA)
Sometimes we get into comfortable patterns. Much earlier in my career, I had project assignments that had me visiting Edwards AFB frequently, and for a variety of logistical reasons it was far easier...
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review of Melanee Thai Asian Cuisine in Beverlywood, LA. Good, late night Thai treats and friendly service.
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Melanee Thai Asian Cuisine (Los Angeles, CA)
After a day out and about, we wanted to grab some dinner close to our hotel, but that stretch of Pico in West LA doesn't have a lot of offerings, especially on a Friday night. It's a heavily Jewish n...
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review of Meyers Manx Café, a nice little dune-buggy-themed café inside the Petersen Automotive Museum.
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Meyers Manx Café (Los Angeles, CA)
After relocating to a new hotel in Beverlywood, we decided that we'd spend two of our days in LA revisiting some of my favorite museums from previous visits. Before hitting up LACMA for an afternoon ...
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review of Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach, CA. A great breakfast and lunch spot that captures the classic mid-century diner ambiance, with a great menu as well.
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Ocean Diner (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Before we relocated from Hermosa Beach to LA's Beverlywood neighborhood for a few days of museum visits, we wanted to grab breakfast in Hermosa Beach. Right next to our hotel on Aviation Boulevard wa...
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review of Bright Spark Brewing in Ventura, CA. Good beer. Good pizza and burgers. And a damn fine chicken sandwich.
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Bright Spark Brewing (Ventura, CA)
After a week spent on Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park, we arrived back in Ventura, CA, looking for a nice dinner to celebrate our trip before wading back into LA-area traffic ...
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review of Bright Spark Brewing in Ventura, CA. Good beer. Good pizza and burgers. And a damn fine chicken sandwich.
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Bright Spark Brewing (Ventura, CA)
After a week spent on Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park, we arrived back in Ventura, CA, looking for a nice dinner to celebrate our trip before wading back into LA-area traffic ...
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review of Redwood Pie in Hermosa Beach, CA. A distinctly mimalist pizza takeout joint (the only non-pizza food item is a salad), the pizzas are particularly good, with good toppings and a nice sourdough crust.
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Redwood Pie (Hermosa Beach, CA)
As we explored downtown Hermosa Beach as we got everything prepped for our trip out to Santa Cruz island, we walked by an interesting looking store: Redwood Pie, right on Pier Avenue. Notably, it had...
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review of El Pollo Inka in Hermosa Beach, CA. Part of a local chain, they serve up some excellent, affordable Peruvian food, and have an especially good Pollo a la Brasa.
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El Pollo Inka (Hermosa Beach, CA)
After a nice breakfast revisiting our old favorite Uncle Bill's for breakfast, we packed up in Manhattan Beach and moved just down the coast to Hermosa Beach to rendezvous with Beau before heading out...
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(re-)review of one of my all-time favorite Italian restaurants, Jame Enoteca in El Segundo, CA. Great cocktails, perfect cocktails, and pleasant service. Worth a visit if you are around LAX.
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Health Check: Jame (El Segundo, CA)
Back in early 2024, a business trip to various aerospace clients in the LA area had me spending several nights in and around El Segundo, where I ended up at Jame in search of lunch, and returning late...
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review of The Lakehouse Tavern in Hopkinton, NH. A nice old school "tavern" on the shore of Kimball Pond, they've got some good beer and great food, and one of the area's best prime ribs.
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Lakehouse Tavern (Hopkinton, NH)
One of the things we've committed to here at Offbeat Eats is to take several of those places we're always driving by, saying to ourselves "I should check out that place sometime", and actually stoppin...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/09/lakehouse-tavern-hopkinton-nh/
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review of Karavalli Regional Cuisine of India, an Indian place in Saratoga Springs with some very flavorful Kerali and Chettinad dishes. And some of the best parata, with coconut notes.
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review of one of northern NH's gems, Super Secret Ice Cream. This little ice cream shop focuses on locally sourced ingredients, and has managed to get James Beard nominations two years in a row:
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Super Secret Ice Cream (Bethlehem, NH)
One of the things I like to follow in the world of Restaurants is the annual James Beard Awards, seeing which chefs and restaurants, especially in New England, are getting recognized. I'll be honest,...
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review of Jan's Fairlee Diner. When my long-loved Fairlee Diner closed in 2022, it wasn't the end of the road, it got quickly purchased and re-opened, and still has some great breakfast fare.
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Jan's Fairlee Diner (Fairlee, VT)
Ever since I moved to the Upper Valley, I've had a handful of favorite diners in the area. For years, one of my favorites was The Fairlee Diner in Fairlee, VT, for some good pancakes, good Benedicts, ...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/08/jans-fairlee-diner/
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review of Alma. One of Minneapolis's best restaurants, I finally managed to revisit this Spring 24 years after my last visit, and had a great dinner.
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Alma (Minneapolis, MN)
When I moved to Minneapolis, a block away was a fairly derelict building that used to contain Blue Ribbon Foods, a frozen food distributor that had fairly recently stopped operations. After a few yea...
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review of Russell's in St Paul, MN. The successor to the well-known Tavern on Grand ("Famous for Walleye"), the place has been resculpted into a fancier "upscale American pub" restaurant, although it does keep walleye on the menu.
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Russell's (St Paul, MN)
When I lived in the Twin Cities, an occasional outing for me was Tavern on Grand, a somewhat divey tavern on St Paul's Grand Avenue that was well known for the giant "Famous for Walleye" sign and a bi...
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Area Man
3 months ago
This cartoon by
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turned up on my FB feed so I am obliged to share it again
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
3 months ago
These are America’s Crown Jewels and Trump is going to burn them
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Okay, this was a new one. The “cookie coaster” for my cocktail.
3 months ago
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review of a relatively new addition to the Upper Valley: Happy Dumpling. Great dumplings, in particular the soup dumplings, and a nice handful of accompanying noodle dishes and snack foods. Definitely one of my light meal stops in West Leb.
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Happy Dumpling (West Lebanon, NH)
The Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire doesn't get a lot of turnover in restaurants, and when it does, there's often a lot of local buzz, even if it's something as relatively pedestrian as a Je...
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The Spaceshipper 🚀
3 months ago
RIP Jim Lovell. One of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon in Apollo 8. Then he survived Apollo 13. . Prior, he flew on two Gemini missions (7 & 12). He was 97. ☝️He played himself in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and the captain of the USS Iwo Jima in Apollo 13 (1995).
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Michael Clemens
3 months ago
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days.
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East Valley tradition when visiting: getting a garlic overdose from Haji Baba Middle Eastern’s schwarma plate.
3 months ago
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Manhattan Beach tradition: a trip to Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.
3 months ago
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review of Manchester, NH's Republic Brewing. A "spiritual successor" to the late, well-loved Republic Cafe, they've got great beers, great burgers, and good use of local farms.
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Republic Brewing Company (Manchester, NH)
Prior to the pandemic, I had a pair of sister restaurants in downtown Manchester, Republic Café and Campo Enoteca, that I enjoyed for light dinners when around Manchester. The former served up "Europ...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/07/republic-brewing-company/
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shares another of our recent Woburn, MA finds: Saigon Eatery. Good Vietnamese appetizers, good phở, and some outstanding grilled pork. Definitely worth checking out.
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Saigon Eatery (Woburn, MA)
As I mentioned in our review of Sally's Apizza Woburn, our travels recently have resulted in our having several visits to Woburn, MA, usually trying to get a meal before we head home. There's an extr...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/07/saigon-eatery-woburn-ma/
4 months ago
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review of one of the Upper Valley's oldest fine dining restaurants: Woodstock, VT's The Prince and The Pauper. After over 50 years, they still serve up a delicious dinner.
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The Prince and the Pauper (Woodstock, VT)
When Carol and I moved to the Upper Valley way back in 2001, the fine dining scene was substantially different; there were fewer options for fine dining, and most of the stalwarts from that era, such ...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/07/the-prince-and-the-pauper/
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review of Wyatt's Family Restaurant in Franklin, NH. One of those great little mom-and-pop restaurants for enjoying classic American breakfast and lunch fare.
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Wyatt's Family Restaurant (Franklin, NH)
One of our goals at Offbeat Eats for the last few years has been to try and visit a bunch of those places that we've driven by several times and always thought to ourselves, "We should stop there." W...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/07/wyatts-family-restaurant/
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review of Oakes & Evelyn's Woodstock, VT location. Their Montpelier location has been our go-to for fine dining since it opened in 2021; their new location at The Jackson in Woodstock gave us a great dinner with half the drive (for us).
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Oakes & Evelyn Woodstock (Woodstock, VT)
Right before heading out of town for a week, we met up with our friends Liz and Wesley and headed over to Oakes & Evelyn for dinner. You might be thinking, "didn't Rich write up Oakes & Evelyn fairly...
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review of Sally's Apizza in Woburn, MA, Sally's first non-CT location. While it's no substitute for actually going down to New Haven, it's definitely good, proper, New Haven-style Apizza, and the expanded menu even has some good items.
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Sally's Apizza (Woburn, MA)
As I mentioned in previous reviews, particularly of Pepe's and Modern Apizza, I was essentially raised on New Haven style pizza (a.k.a. "Apizza", pronounced more like "A-beetz"). In the world of Ital...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/06/sallys-apizza-woburn-ma/
4 months ago
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review of Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company in New Gloucester, Maine. A local Maine brewery chain with good beers and some great smash burgers.
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Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company (New Gloucester, ME)
My visit to Lewiston reminded me not only that Maine is a pretty large state, but that the highway infrastructure is all coastal in nature. Lewiston is a little over 100 miles as the crow flies from ...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/06/brickyard-hollow-brewing-new-gloucester/
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review of The Pub at Baxter in Lewiston, ME. The brewpub associated with Baxter Brewing, it's a great converted textile mill space with some good food and great beer.
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The Pub at Baxter (Lewiston, ME)
As I mentioned in my review of Kathmandu Spice, much of my early spring is spent volunteering at various FIRST Robotics competitions. In March, this led to my visiting the rare new-to-me New England ...
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review of Kathmandu Spice in Manchester, NH. One of those places that serves up both Nepalese and Indian menus, they do a rather good job at both. And some of the area's best naan.
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Kathmandu Spice (Manchester, NH)
Like most springs, I spent a lot of my weekends volunteering at various FIRST Robotics competitions as a robotics judge, and that usually means I spend a lot of time staying at hotels in various small...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/06/kathmandu-spice-manchester-nh/
4 months ago
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Converted bank drive-thru tripel
5 months ago
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Rocking the 63rd annual Norwegian Meatball and Strawberry Festival in Claremont, NH.
5 months ago
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Sharing my Offbeat Eats "Health Check" re-visit to Greenleaf in Milford, NH, for an excellent Black History Month dinner (yeah, back in February. I've got a bit of a backlog...). An excellent dinner overall.
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Health Check: Greenleaf (Milford, NH)
One of the places that I've always enjoyed in New Hampshire for a nice dinner outing is Greenleaf in Milford, NH, run by well-respected local chef Chris Viaud. We've been to Greenleaf a handful of ti...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/06/health-check-greenleaf-milford-nh/
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An excellent Chicken Chettinadu (black pepper and coconut sauce) from Karaballi in Saratoga Springs.
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Lunch. At Fat Paulie’s in Saratoga.
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Enjoying some great woodfired pizza from the Pizza Hero Bus.
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review of Little Joe's Italian Market in Gilbert, AZ. Back in February,
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and I were craving a good, proper Italian sub, and Little Joe's hit the spot.
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Little Joe's Italian Market (Gilbert, AZ)
One of those items is a proper Italian-American sub sandwich. London has almost uncountably-many good Italian places, including delis, but the "Italian Sub" (aka "Hero", "Hoagie", "Grinder", "Maine I...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/05/little-joes-italian-market-gilbert/
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review of Riverside Café in St Marys, Georgia. Located right across from the ferry dock, it's a great spot to stop on the way to or back from Cumberland Island.
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Riverside Café (St Marys, Georgia)
As mentioned in the previous review of Kraken Coffee & Kitchen Co., St Marys, Georgia is a small town, and there are a handful of businesses that cater to the ferry terminal and marina that are locate...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/05/riverside-cafe-st-marys/
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review of Kraken Coffee and Kitchen Co. in St Marys, GA. Great coffee, and some really top-rate cinnamon rolls (including the option for peanut butter frosting... Go Georgia!).
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Kraken Coffee & Kitchen Co. (St Marys, GA)
As our regular readers know, we like to go on occasional backpacking trips to interesting destinations. This January, we headed down to the small town of St Marys, Georgia, in order to catch the ferr...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/05/kraken-coffee-kitchen-co/
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One of those odd stories about fine dining and chefs' fragile egos.
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This is what happened when Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry
Thomas Keller is a legendary chef. Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan hadn’t met him, until she went to the French Laundry and he asked her to leave.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/thomas-keller-french-laundry-20290670.php
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review of Dragon 88 in Boylston, MA. A classic central MA spot for old school "New England Chinese Food". And to go with that, some decent and very pungent Mai Tais, and a reasonable "Authentic" menu as well.
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Dragon 88 (Boylston, MA)
Back in January, right before we left for our winter vacation, we met up with friends of ours from the FOM for an outing to a place that's long been on my radar, Dragon 88 in Boylston, MA. As you can ...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/05/dragon-88-boylston-ma/
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review of one of Barre, VT's better dining options: Si Aku Ramen. A great little shop serving up some of the tastier ramen bowls I've had in the area.
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Si Aku Ramen (Barre, VT)
Si Aku Ramen A recent trip to Montpelier to visit Barr Hill to have some cocktails with friends ended up with our taking the back way through Barre, VT to get home, and hoping to pick up some dinner w...
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crew has been trying to hit up the various community meals around the area. Which brings us to one of the best community breakfasts out there, the Marlow, NH Odd Fellows Breakfast on the 3rd Sunday of each month. A bountiful $9 breakfast buffet.
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Odd Fellows Breakfast (Marlow, NH)
As I mentioned a few months ago in my review of the Community Supper at the Union Episcopal Church in Claremont, NH, I've been trying to make it to more of the various community meals that spring up a...
https://offbeateats.org/2025/04/odd-fellows-breakfast-marlow-nh/
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More foreign snacks from
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: Dutch barbecue potato chips. These are interesting: more “smoke” and light pepper than the tangy “BBQ sauce” of US chips. Definitely tasty.
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