August 2022 Stopped by LA’s most famous bakery a few weeks ago, Porto’s (since 1960). They have some delicious amazing baked goods, got some to bring home. It was hard to decide what to get, everything the have is made right there onsite. Gotta love fresh baked desserts! Porto’s is an institution in Southern California…
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Westy’s Memphis TN
Westy’s is an old school mom n pop restaurant in Memphis Tennessee. These are the kind of places I seek out when I travel. Went there for lunch while working nearby at St. Jude’s Hospital. It’s a nice small place with some pretty good food that consists of burgers, wild rice dishes, bbq, sandwiches and…
LeBleu’s Landing, Sulphur LA
March 2018 While driving cross country from California to Georgia several years ago, my wife and I stopped for the night in Sulphur Louisiana where we found a really cool old school traditional Louisiana Cajun Restaurant next door called LeBleu’s Landing. Read on….
Cafe Napoli, NYC New York
September 2014 Italian food in little Italy New York City While working in New York City several years ago, I decided to check out little Italy for dinner. Hopped in a taxi cab and took a ride to little Italy where I got out and walked around for a while looking for a nice place…
B.B. Kings Blues Club, Memphis TN
January 2018 While working in Memphis Tennessee last month I got a chance to visit and walk around famous Beale Street, home of the American Blues music. After walking around the street for a while, checking out both sides of the street and all the shops and restaurants along the couple of short blocks, my…
Paella Party, Placerville CA
February 2016 A few years ago I had the pleasure and good fortunate to be invited to attend a friend’s epic party up in the hills of Placerville in California. It was a fun filled afternoon and evening at a beautiful enchanted hilltop estate celebrating our friend Tim’s birthday and his annual Paella Party.
Lillie Mae’s House of Soul Food, Santa Clara CA
February 2014 Four years ago I used to work in the bay area a lot and one of my favorite places to go to lunch was a great unique restaurant called Lillie Mae’s House of Soul Food located in Santa Clara California.
Rendezvous, Memphis TN
January 2018 One day while working in Memphis Tennessee, my co-workers and I decided to try some local BBQ for lunch so we headed over to a famous rib joint downtown called Rendezvous. I had heard about this place before and looked forward to checking it out. We parked in a nearby parking structure…
Tomukun Korean BBQ, Ann Arbor MI
January 2018 While working in Ann Arbor Michigan, another restaurant that came highly recommended was Tomukun, which is a restaurant with two sides. One side is a Noodle Bar serving Pho and more and the other (where we dined) was as described on their website, a Korean BBQ restaurant and bar in downtown Ann Arbor…
Gratzi, Ann Arbor MI
January 2018 While working in Ann Arbor Michigan this past January, my customer recommended several times that my co-workers and I head to downtown Ann Arbor to try a local favorite Italian restaurant, and so of course we went, gotta eat right? 🙂
Hopdoddy Burger Bar, Austin Texas
August 2014 There’s burger joints, then there are craft burger joints where the burgers exceed standards and take flavor combinations to a new level. Hopdoddy Burger Bar in Austin Texas is one of those craft burger places that make you go yum! Read on…
Paula’s Donuts, West Seneca New York
February 2017 Simply put, these were the best donuts I have ever tasted, seriously.. the best.
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