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Entries Tagged as 'BBQ'

Sexy Feast: Rainier Restaurant and BBQ Serves Up Sexual Substitutions

September 28th, 2012 · No Comments

Rainier Restaurant and BBQ had been on my wish-list for ages, but especially because of a possible bump after it appears on Anthony Bourdain’s The Layover this coming season, now was the time to go. My large group ordered many of the exotic meats on the menu (including cobra, deer, and frog), and soon the [...]

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Tags: BBQ · Sexy Feast · Vietnamese

Serious Eats: The Smokestack at Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen in Seattle

September 6th, 2012 · No Comments

Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my “A Sandwich a Day” article about the Smokestack sandwich at Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen. (I wrote up a different report here.) An excerpt: This is a behemoth of a sandwich, one which The Who would likely describe as “Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.” My first bite was just a mingling [...]

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Sexy Feast: Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen’s Gritty Lesson on Lumps

August 24th, 2012 · No Comments

Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen is the newest restaurant in Ballard serving up barbecue, with whiskey and its brethren creating a somewhat boisterous atmosphere. I enjoyed the meat piled high in my Smokestack sandwich, and the five house sauces in a tray on each table present a terrific opportunity to play with your food. In the [...]

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Tags: BBQ · Sexy Feast · Southern/soul

Delights at DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine

July 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Sometimes a stroll through Pike Place Market yields lots of snacking, but still space in the stomach for something more substantial. That happened to me recently, so with my memory of the pizza at Serious Pie in mind, I thought a slice at DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine would be perfect. At the cafe just [...]

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Tags: BBQ · pizza

This Maximus Minimus pig went to market

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Watch out, Portland! Mobile food is moving up in Seattle. Until recently, you’d have to drive away from downtown Seattle to find a food truck, with most being taco trucks on the edges of the city. (I ate tongue and tripe tacos at one yesterday while heading home from Shoreline.) But now, a not-so-little pig [...]

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Smoketown, USA

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Lunchtime in Louisville. Sometimes, I’m (sadly) so busy that I’m looking for convenience as much as quality. If I can figure out my neighborhood in a strange city, I turn to Urbanspoon to see what’s recommended. I was staying between the airport and the University of Louisville and with little time for lunch, I read [...]

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Tags: BBQ · Uncategorized

Dishin’: Eat Me

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Yeah, yeah, yeah… we’ve bawled a bunch about the blahness of Queen Anne cuisine, from the “exotic” Chinoise at the top of the hill to the “exotic” Racha at the bottom of the hill. So we lowered our expectations a bit to try some good ol’ American food at Floyd’s Place, which reviewers consistently Yelped [...]

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BBQ in Saratoga Springs, NY and Manchester, NH

October 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Chinese and Vietnamese tend to be my fall-back foods on the road, but sometimes I’m a sucker for BBQ. However you want to write it (barbeque, Bar-B-Q, barbecue, Bar-B-Que, etc.), it’s quick, smoky and meaty goodness. I can’t say that I prefer any region’s BBQ over another’s, as I really appreciate all the differences. What [...]

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