The Straight Beef Podcast #12
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Renegade Review: Crush Street Food (Prague, Czech Republic)
As I travel this crazy burger-loving world, it becomes increasingly obvious that burgers are attaining their rightful status as a national meal. It warms this burgiatrist’s heart. My burgiatric travels recently took me to...
Review #53 — Rally Point Sport Grill (Cary)
Strip Mall Surprise: A Recipe Ingredients: 3 skeptical burgiatrists 1 generic strip mall sports bar 3 burgers 2 orders of hot wings Preparation: Receive an email about yet another “best burger in the Triangle!!!”...
Win some Smashburgers! (Contest over)
***Congratulations to Brian Anderson for winning the contest. The correct answer was 40%.*** The nice folks at Smashburger in Durham have teamed up with The Straight Beef to give one lucky reader a pair...
The Pen and the Prod – An Uncomfortable Truth
Dear Buffalo wings, What I am about to write will embarrass you, but I cannot contain my feelings any longer. I love you. I love you, I want you, and I need you. I...
Review #52: Carolina Ale House (Cary)
This review is meant to be enjoyed with a friend—Mad Libs style! Mad:)Take SPORTS-THEMED CHAIN RESTAURANT…VERY POPULAR…LIKE 10-15 LOCATIONS…HELL, JUST SAY “CAROLINA ALE HOUSE” WORD YOU WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE EVERY STING SOLO ALBUM...
Review #51 – King’s Sandwich Shop (Durham, NC)
We Three Kings of Burgiatry Are We three kings of burgiatry are Bearing hunger we traverse afar To Geer & Foster, getting lost-er Following yonder char Refrain Oh, burger wonder, beefy delight...
Smashburger Preview
The Triangle has become a destination point for high-end burger chains. Five Guys has long had a presence. Zinburger opened at SouthPoint late last year. Before that, Elevation Burger brought its sustainable, organic, grass-fed ethos...
Notes from the Burger Underground: Five the Hard Way
Five the Hard Way A Guide to Burger Best Practices The Straight Beef just celebrated its fourth year and 50th official review. Over that time we have compiled some burgiatric wisdom. Restaurateurs and burger...
Review #50 – Burger Five-0! Umstead Hotel Bar (Cary, NC)
(cue horns and surf guitars) Book ‘em, Danno. Burger One. It’s not every day that The Straight Beef conducts its 50th official review. Assuming that no one would recognize us if we disguised ourselves...