Spud Point Crab Company, Bodega Bay While on a recent trip to Bodega Bay we decided to check out this tiny restaurant on the bay called the Spud Point Crab Company that we had read about on Yelp, figured it was worth a try. According to their website: Spud Point Crab Company, which opened its…
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Smash Burger in Folsom
The NorCal Burger with fries Last year a Northern California burger joint opened in Folsom on E. Bidwell Blvd. Smash Burger was highly anticipated as a restaurant that makes burgers really well and has some unique combinations of ingredients. I was also told they also have very good shakes made with Dryer’s ice cream. I…
Urban Dog & Sausage
Urban Dog & Sausage Located at 424 E. Bidwell in Folsom, this restaurant specializes in hot dogs, sausages, burgers and beef. Urban Dog & Sausage has got a festive industrial meets neighborhood ambiance with plenty of tables and a very friendly staff. You select your dog off the chalk board, place your order at the…
Chicago Italian Beef and Dogs
Chicago Food Extravaganza! Last year, my family and I flew to Chicago for our son’s graduation from Navy boot camp. It was a very nice ceremony and he got some time off so we headed into Chicago to check it out. There were a lot of great sites to see and we got my Uncle…
Best Burgers in the U.S.
According to Fine & Wine magazine these are the best burger places in the USA. I am not at all surprised to see the first place on the list…. California’s own In-N-Out! Congrats! The burger, America’s quintessential comfort food, can now be enjoyed in an impossibly endless number of ways. There are round-the-clock burgers at…
Purple Place Burger
The Purple Place Went to the Purple Place last week to try their burger that has won a few “best of” contests. I’d been here years ago, but since then its changed ownership and the entire place upgraded. There’s a really nice menu now that consists not only of bar food basics such as hot…
Breakfast in Old Town Folsom
Sutter Street Grill Review The other morning the misses and I woke up to a very nice sunrise and good weather and so we decided to hop on the Harley and go get some breakfast on Sutter Street in old town Folsom. We went to an old favorite of ours – The Sutter Street Grill…
Manderes Re-Visited
Manderes Re-visited Manderes has relocated! New Address is 1004 E. Bidwell (near Bidwell Street Bistro, Target Center) One of my favorite beer joints / restaurants in Folsom is a small (now larger) pub and grill at 1004 E. Bidwell, Suite 600 called Manderes. They have a motto that says “No Crap on Tap” and they…
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade: 7 Ways Menus Make You Spend
This is a really great yahoo financial article about menus by Marlys Harris I am totally proud. My younger son Ezra recently graduated from the CIA. Not the government spy agency but the Culinary Institute of America. Based in Hyde Park, N.Y., it trains chefs and restaurant managers, and according to its website, is “recognized…
S. Pelligrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Organized by Restaurant magazine, the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is an annual snapshot of the opinions and experiences of over 800 international restaurant industry experts. What constitutes “best” is left to the judgement of these trusted and well-travelled gourmets. There is no pre-determined check-list of criteria; for example an interesting experience in a…
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