The Straight Beef Podcast #8
The Straight Beef brings burger podcasting to a new level with its interview of George Ash, owner of the legendary Buns of Chapel Hill. Come for the burger wisdom, stay for the condiments game. Download this...
Author: michaelm
Review #47 – Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)
Pop Culture A-Plenty On the menu. On the walls. In the enormous fish tank (which was featured on Animal Planet’s Tanked). Everywhere you look at Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar in Raleigh’s trendy North Hills...
Reverend Rants: Beware O Faithful!
My flock! I stand before you today with a warning. Yea, I beseech you to turn away from the allure of the ever-unholy combination of meats and sauces and frivolities known as the “signature...
There’s a McDifference – EXTRA!
Courtesy of our McDonald’s-lovin’ burgiatrist-in-residence, here are some fun facts about everybody’s [TSB: Dave’s] favorite restaurant. McDonald’s sells more than 1/3 of all the French fries sold in restaurants in the U.S....
Review #46 – Merritt’s Store and Grill
We find our humble burgiatrists wandering around Merritt’s Store & Grill, each of them eager to successfully execute the Sisyphean processes of ordering, receiving, and paying for a hamburger. ACT I: ORDERING Michael: Well,...
The Straight Beef Podcast #7
The Straight Beef discusses its top 5 burgers of all time. If you love burgers and the adjectives that describe them, you won’t want to miss this one. Download this episode and all of...
Reader Submitted Review – The Wild Turkey Lounge (at Angus Barn) – Raleigh, NC
In what he describes as his “ongoing search for the perfect ground cow,” associate burgiatrist Brian Kachel brings us his review of Angus Barn’s Wild Turkey Lounge. Most people consider Angus Barn a place...
Review #45 – Corbett’s Burgers and Soda Bar (Cary, NC)
Michael’s Review Corbett, the man who owns Corbett’s Burgers & Soda Bar, knows a thing or two—or twelve—about hamburgers. He’s spent countless hours refining the blend of the beef, which he grinds fresh, in-house,...
Review #44 – Brewster’s Pub (Cary, NC)
What two tastes make the greatest taste combo? No, it’s not peanut butter and chocolate—though that’s close. It’s burgers and beer, of course. That’s why The Straight Beef teamed up with our hoppy counterparts...
Renegade Review – Dish (Prague, Czech Republic)
Brothers and sisters, sometimes a spiritual journey is required in order to test one’s convictions, to exorcise one’s demons—you know, to shake things up. The need for such a pilgrimage led me to Prague,...