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Burgiatry Breakthrough!

Burgiatry Breakthrough!

Durham’s Ninth Street Bakery Offers Brioche Bun There is one ingredient that always makes food taste better. It’s called “love.” It’s also called “butter.” And when there’s love and butter, magic happens. That magic...

Review #49 – Al’s Burger Shack (Chapel Hill, NC)

Review #49 – Al’s Burger Shack (Chapel Hill, NC)

The four most renowned palates in burgiatry are gathered at the table. They are at Al’s Burger Shack, a newly opened counter service and takeout restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The interior is...

Review #48 – Village Draft House (Raleigh): The Straight Beef and NC Beer Guys Join Forces

Review #48 – Village Draft House (Raleigh): The Straight Beef and NC Beer Guys Join Forces

Podcast Super Combo Man, podcast #9—featuring our buds Glenn and Dave, the NC Beer Guys—is a good one, frothing with craft beer wisdom aplenty. Download it from iTunes or directly from our Libsyn feed. As...

The Straight Beef Podcast #8

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...

Review #47 – Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)

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!

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...