Love At First Bite
Ok. I’m that guy. I. Love. Food. All kinds. You say your Mom’s a great cook? Excellent. When can I come over? Got a fantastic sandwich place that bakes their own bread/makes their own condiments/slices the meat fresh to order? Where is it? I can’t wait to try it. You love diners? Me too! Which...
Crossroads at the House of Blues, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – This time, what happened in Vegas isn’t staying in Vegas!
Okay, sandwich fans, pencils down, hand in your papers, and pay attention. I’m about to break two cardinal “Enjoy Every Sandwich” rules. First, I’m going to blog about a corporately-owned food spot (translation: “chain”), which prior to now, I never have. A primary goal of mine in starting this whole shebang was to chat up...
Carl’s Oxford Diner, Oxford, MA – “Please, sir, may I have some more?”
In my youth, eating was a quantity game. As my frame lurched its way vertically to just over 6 and a half feet, the calories required to fuel that growth were substantial, and the only time growing up that I wasn’t actually standing in front of the open refridgerator in our house was when I...
Four Aces Diner, Lebanon, NH – A winning hand at the hunger games
I went “diner diving” quite a bit last fall, and the results were edifying. Not so long ago (before I started raising eyebrows by photographing my eats) I began to wonder if the New England diner was a dying breed. I often ran across diners when visiting family in the NY/NJ area, but driving around...
Cemitas Puebla – A family recipe for authentic Mexican in the Windy City
Saw this sign outside the Tilt’n Diner in Tilton, NH, and it reminded me of an adventure I had in Chicago last August. The only thing better than catching up with old friends is doing it over good food, and on this particular boondoggle to the Windy City, I was able to manage both. The...
Gene’s Variety in Milford, MA – Un-porketta-ble!
Okay, I admit it. I went to Gene’s Variety in Milford, MA for lunch because I couldn’t resist the idea of being able to say the word “un-porketta-ble”. That’s it. Well, I was probably also influenced by a sales call that I had made just before lunch where my customer’s tantalizingly good-looking sandwich from Gene’s...
Fresser’s, Randolph, MA – How has Diners, Drive Ins and Dives not found this place?!?
Just in case the title of this blog (“Enjoy Every Sandwich”), my food-related nickname (the Sandwich Guy), and my bi-monthly love letters to all things sandwich in this space haven’t clued you in, I am truly sandwich obsessed. If an ingredient can be lovingly prepared and then packed between two slices of bread to maximum...
2012 Thanksgiving Sandwich Hall of Fame
November is in full swing, and by swing I mean the weather. 70 degrees one day and snowfall the next – what kind of global warming is this? As the end of the month approaches, so too does our calendar’s most prominent day of giving thanks – Thanksgiving! Ask most people which is their favorite...
Lindy’s Diner, Keene, NH – Hot, Fast, and Cheap
I have become diner-obsessed of late. What began as a simple misperception that diners only seemed to proliferate in areas south of New England (i.e. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, etc.) has corrected itself into the realization that diners old and new are experiencing a renaissance in the region. I’ve encountered a number of...
Suffolk Downs’ Food Truck Festival – Keep On Truckin’!
It’s crazy how big this Food Truck phenomenon has become. They seem to be everywhere, lately, including TV (“The Great Food Truck Race” on the Food Network, anyone?). Don’t get me wrong. I like food on the move almost as much as I like moving to get food. I just don’t understand why the buzz...
SOWA Open Market – Home to Food Truck Row and so much more!
Fall is in full throttle here in New England, and those of us who call the region home couldn’t be happier. The leaves have finally begun to pop (perhaps a bit late as far as the leaf-peeping crowd is concerned), the football season is well underway (who’da thunk Sundays could get any better?), and the...
