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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Mama Testa – San Diego, CA

Saturday, September 22, 2007

When you go to school in San Diego, and you procrastinate as much as I do, you get to know the late-night taco stand pretty well. When you’re up at God-forsaken hours pouring over text you should’ve read three (or six) weeks ago, few things can satisfy those 3:00 AM hunger pangs like a carne [...]

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Slow Club – San Francisco, CA

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Finding delicious treasures is fun. Especially ones in the middle of tall, dusty warehouses. Slow Club sits on the edge of the Mission and SOMA, far from the hustle and bustle of the taquerias and fruit markets. Across the street from grimy MUNI buses and carved inside of a cold slab of stone, you [...]

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Burger Bar – Las Vegas, NV

Friday, September 14, 2007

There are some days where I just get that insatiable craving for a whopping, greasy, succulent patty of meat covered with oozing cheese. Top it with some grilled onions, lettuce for texture, and a nice full bun with a mound of crispy fries, and I’m having a good friggin’ day. Truly, there are few other [...]

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The Slanted Door – San Francisco, CA

Sunday, September 9, 2007

(Note: This review was unfortunately written several months after we visited the restaurant)
I’m not a foodie. Let me just say that and get the hard part out of the way. And as a writer who isn’t foodie, I’ll honestly say I have no idea how to write about food. So what’s a non-foodie like me [...]

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Bouchon – Las Vegas, NV

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

In recent years, Las Vegas has quickly earned the reputation of America’s culinary Gomorrah. Gone are the days of two buck buffets, as more and more tourists come not only to play, but indeed, to eat. Starting with Wolfgang Puck’s opening of a Spago at Caesar’s Palace, big name chefs have begun marketing on the [...]

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