Seriously, you guys really should go to a game with me. More crazy stuff happened in one day in Detroit than in a month of "normal" days any place else.
Which of these did not happen yesterday;
A.Benny Napoleon, the newly appointed Wayne County top cop, shows up with the boys.
B.The Tigers win two from the White Sox.
C.Bum fighting.
D.A seven foot tall Asian woman(?) in a latex suit with pink balloons for boobies was posing for
pictures in front of the Leyland Hotel on Bagley.
E. Homeless guy thinks I am Joel Zumaya.
OK. It was a trick question. D. happened last year. All the rest were yesterday. All part of a full day in the D.
Benny and his boys were at Harry's post press conference reveling in his new J. O. B.
The bum fighting started when one of Mr. Napoleon's constituents wanted to share his personal views on the city of Detroit and the parking drunk at Harry's got between him and Benny.
Homeless guy has been calling me Zumaya since I changed my beard. Oh well it could be worse they used to call me Todd Jones.
The chick(?) in the latex? All true. My 12 year old son and I were coming home from a game. We came around the corner and there she(?) was. 9 inch platfrom boots and a full body latex suit with cut outs for the face, a two foot long pony tail and the boobs (which had bright pink balloons with black nipples instead of the real things) sticking out. Camera shooting pictures like crazy. I tried to point in the opposite direction to take my boy's attention away from it, but it was too late. Innocense lost.
Oh yeah, the games. Great day to be a fan. Both games were close interesting contests. Verlander pitched the whole game, saving the bullpen for the second game, when it was needed. Guillen got a home run and a couple of other hits, and there was a suicide squeeze. 2 game lead on the Sox. Nice.
Harry's burger was juicy the tomato and lettuce fresh. Nice grill marks with a little bit of a crispy crust sealing in a juicy center. Nice burger. 4 napkins. The bar is open air upstairs and it was a perfect day at Harry's. and I do mean day.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Mr. Joe's and a doubleheader
There are some burgers I need to revisit before I post. Want to make sure I get it right. Then there is Mr. Joe's. I have eaten so many burgers at Joe's that I could do this one in my sleep. The burger used to be my all time favorite. Between Lindell AC and Mr. Joe's, who needed another burger? It is still a great burger a good bar, but they changed a few traditions that kinda piss me off. Hey they still drop a basket of popcorn on the table, at least.
The burgers are probably 1/3 to 1/2 a pound. They are pre-made, but they are the ones making them from pure hamburger, no fillers. They grill them and they hit your table in a basket that just barely can hold the burger and the bag of chips they throw in. They used to bring the biggest condiment tray in all of Michigan on the table with ketchup, mustard, mayo, 4 kinds of hot sauce, steak sauce, worshteshire sauce, fresh cut onion and a bucket of pickles. They don't anymore. It is much more petite. I remember eating pickles as a kid until I couldn't taste them anymore. It is probably all my fault they stopped bringing the pickles. Good grill flavor, a little juicy with a good bun on it. Gotta be 4 napkins.
Oh, yeah. The double header. We all know that the true double header is dead. The MLBPA killed it because their little doo-doo's couldn't work that much. The double header could shorten the season and keep Placido Polanco from having to wear a scuba suit in April and October(Yes I know November baseball is here!). Anyhoo, thanks to a rain out I am going to the Tigers vs. White Sox day/night double header as it were. I am going to the 1:05 visiting a few establishments. For research of course. Then coming back for the 7:05 game if it doesn't get rained out. I love summer. We need the offense to do something, please, while Verlander is on the mound today.
and just for fun, I think Verlander ought to get a perfect game just so Chicago doesn't get to uppity.
The burgers are probably 1/3 to 1/2 a pound. They are pre-made, but they are the ones making them from pure hamburger, no fillers. They grill them and they hit your table in a basket that just barely can hold the burger and the bag of chips they throw in. They used to bring the biggest condiment tray in all of Michigan on the table with ketchup, mustard, mayo, 4 kinds of hot sauce, steak sauce, worshteshire sauce, fresh cut onion and a bucket of pickles. They don't anymore. It is much more petite. I remember eating pickles as a kid until I couldn't taste them anymore. It is probably all my fault they stopped bringing the pickles. Good grill flavor, a little juicy with a good bun on it. Gotta be 4 napkins.
Oh, yeah. The double header. We all know that the true double header is dead. The MLBPA killed it because their little doo-doo's couldn't work that much. The double header could shorten the season and keep Placido Polanco from having to wear a scuba suit in April and October(Yes I know November baseball is here!). Anyhoo, thanks to a rain out I am going to the Tigers vs. White Sox day/night double header as it were. I am going to the 1:05 visiting a few establishments. For research of course. Then coming back for the 7:05 game if it doesn't get rained out. I love summer. We need the offense to do something, please, while Verlander is on the mound today.
and just for fun, I think Verlander ought to get a perfect game just so Chicago doesn't get to uppity.
Update time
I am going to have to revisit some of these. Just in case I got a bad burger. i also need to do write ups for a few that I skipped.
The best(in order so far)
Lindell AC(RIP)
Howell's
Red Coat Tavern
Mr. Joe's
Poole's
Five Guys
Miller's
Nemo's
Cutter's
Fudrucker's
The Good
Grenwich Time
Mason's
Fatburger
Jaws
Lakepoint Yacht Club
Blarney Stone
Bar Louie
The Not So Good
Checker Bar
The best(in order so far)
Lindell AC(RIP)
Howell's
Red Coat Tavern
Mr. Joe's
Poole's
Five Guys
Miller's
Nemo's
Cutter's
Fudrucker's
The Good
Grenwich Time
Mason's
Fatburger
Jaws
Lakepoint Yacht Club
Blarney Stone
Bar Louie
The Not So Good
Checker Bar
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Blarney Stone
The Blarney Stone is the other Irish bar on Woodward. It is a good thing we didn't go to Duggan's last night as the place was on fire according to the TV playing over our heads while we ordered at the Stone. Wait staff was good, but few. I only saw two girls covering the whole bar with a bartender taking care of the regulars at the big rectangular bar. I got the Blarney special. Two 1/4 pound patties with american, lettuce and tomato. I couldn't shake the idea that the patties were Bubba burger patties. They just looked too similar. Mine was a little cold by the time I got to it. Not the fault of the staff of the Blarney Stone. I was sorting out our tickets for the next month or so, and wnated to get them put away before I ate. It looked good, just didn't have the juice and flavor I would look for in a 4+ burger. 3 napkins for all the cheese.
I thought I was going to the game last night, but got to the bar and realized that this was the only game in July that we had actually sold. This old age is a bear. I write everything down so I don't forget, than I don't remember to look at what I had written.
What is going on with the Tigers? Thank goodness the Seattle starter was throwing batting practice for the first 3 innings or we would have let this one get away too. Does every pitcher coming in from the bullpen have to give up a homerun? I still think that if we don't get to the playoffs this year, it will be because of the weak hitting, not the pitching.
Since Zoom-zoom is on the DL, how about we use this as a time to make him back into a starter? He looked great in the 16 inning game pitching 5 innings. He took a little off of the fastball, located it better and it seemed like he belonged there.
I thought I was going to the game last night, but got to the bar and realized that this was the only game in July that we had actually sold. This old age is a bear. I write everything down so I don't forget, than I don't remember to look at what I had written.
What is going on with the Tigers? Thank goodness the Seattle starter was throwing batting practice for the first 3 innings or we would have let this one get away too. Does every pitcher coming in from the bullpen have to give up a homerun? I still think that if we don't get to the playoffs this year, it will be because of the weak hitting, not the pitching.
Since Zoom-zoom is on the DL, how about we use this as a time to make him back into a starter? He looked great in the 16 inning game pitching 5 innings. He took a little off of the fastball, located it better and it seemed like he belonged there.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
I have had some complaints of comparing Bar burgers to others. Let's face it there are some different kinds of places to get burgers. There is the bar burger, then there is fast food burger, a high end fast food burger. I will not rate true fast food chain burgers.
So far, I have a
chain bar-Bar Louie's
upscale fast food chains- Five Guys and Fatburger
fast food(or dives) Jaws
and bars(the best options)
So far, I have a
chain bar-Bar Louie's
upscale fast food chains- Five Guys and Fatburger
fast food(or dives) Jaws
and bars(the best options)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Road trip.
Me and the wife and kids went to Florida to go on a cruise with her Dad. Was a first for all of us. We had a good time. Food was both better than I expected and worse than I expected. I had a cold butternut squash soup that was the best soup I have ever tasted. I also had some very greasy duck, that a chef should have been embarrassed to serve. The important part of the trip was the road food we chased from the days we lived there.
A Cuban with black beans and yellow rice at the Ybor Cuban Restaurant in Plant City, FL. The ham was crappy polish deli ham, but even so it tasted great. Fresh Cuban bread, slow cooked pork and ham with white Cuban cheese pressed into molten perfection. Aaaaaaaaahhh! The beans had been cooked in the pork drippings and then mix in the saffron cooked yellow rice. You eat a spoonfull and then take a bite of the buttered Cuban bread, Wow! One of the best things in my memory of Florida food. I have got to go to Vincente's downtown.
4 out of 5 only because of the crappy ham.
BBQ. If you know me, you know after burgers(I was called Wimpy by one of my uncles as a child) I love me some BBQ. I always test a joint by their pulled pork. I figure that if you can't do a decent pulled pork, you have no business calling yourself a BBQ place. We tried a new joint in Valrico, FL named (I will fill in blank later when my memory comes back in from sunning herself). The pulled was good, even though I couldn't find the pile of wood stacked outside. This place had a lot of good ideas, though. They had 7 different sauces, also a touchstone of good 'Q'. Each better than the last. They had names like tractor grease and pine tar and veried from sweet to hot and were quite enjoyable. They restaurant had pickup tailgates fashioned into benches to sit on and also used big 'ol coolers as benches too. Very clever, these fellers. My son had a Motherclucker sandwich. Did I mention he just turned 14? Anyway, it was a chicken breast marinated in BBQ sauce covered with bacon and an onion ring. Did I mention he started band camp and football conditioning?
4 out of 5 for no big pile of wood.
P.S. The Sun Goddess has returned. The BBQ place was called Bubba Q's, I think I will add half a napkin for the name.
A Cuban with black beans and yellow rice at the Ybor Cuban Restaurant in Plant City, FL. The ham was crappy polish deli ham, but even so it tasted great. Fresh Cuban bread, slow cooked pork and ham with white Cuban cheese pressed into molten perfection. Aaaaaaaaahhh! The beans had been cooked in the pork drippings and then mix in the saffron cooked yellow rice. You eat a spoonfull and then take a bite of the buttered Cuban bread, Wow! One of the best things in my memory of Florida food. I have got to go to Vincente's downtown.
4 out of 5 only because of the crappy ham.
BBQ. If you know me, you know after burgers(I was called Wimpy by one of my uncles as a child) I love me some BBQ. I always test a joint by their pulled pork. I figure that if you can't do a decent pulled pork, you have no business calling yourself a BBQ place. We tried a new joint in Valrico, FL named (I will fill in blank later when my memory comes back in from sunning herself). The pulled was good, even though I couldn't find the pile of wood stacked outside. This place had a lot of good ideas, though. They had 7 different sauces, also a touchstone of good 'Q'. Each better than the last. They had names like tractor grease and pine tar and veried from sweet to hot and were quite enjoyable. They restaurant had pickup tailgates fashioned into benches to sit on and also used big 'ol coolers as benches too. Very clever, these fellers. My son had a Motherclucker sandwich. Did I mention he just turned 14? Anyway, it was a chicken breast marinated in BBQ sauce covered with bacon and an onion ring. Did I mention he started band camp and football conditioning?
4 out of 5 for no big pile of wood.
P.S. The Sun Goddess has returned. The BBQ place was called Bubba Q's, I think I will add half a napkin for the name.
A few more bars
I can add a few more bars and restaurants. I didn't go to a game in June, not planned, just the way it went down. Saw the game on Monday and Wednesday and my streak is broken. Hadn't seen a loss, but Monday we snatched success from the jaws of misery and managed to witness a loss with Madison. She got to see Zoom-zoom pitch, so she was happy. The nachos and peanuts probably helped too.
Anyhoo... Checkers in Cadillac Square downtown is a nice clean bar with checkered tables. Plenty of things to choose from on the menu, but I am only there for one thing, the burger. I had read reviews raving about the bun. It was the worst part of my burger. It was dried out and stale. It might of been nice two days before, but not the day I was there. We didn't get a choice of how it would be grilled either. It was medium well or nothing I guess. I was pretty disappointed. It had potential, but not on this day. I would have to give it a 2. Maybe next time.
Anyhoo... Checkers in Cadillac Square downtown is a nice clean bar with checkered tables. Plenty of things to choose from on the menu, but I am only there for one thing, the burger. I had read reviews raving about the bun. It was the worst part of my burger. It was dried out and stale. It might of been nice two days before, but not the day I was there. We didn't get a choice of how it would be grilled either. It was medium well or nothing I guess. I was pretty disappointed. It had potential, but not on this day. I would have to give it a 2. Maybe next time.
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