Revisit – Mojoe’s Burger Joint (Raleigh, NC)
How many times have you said to yourself, “I could go for a burger.” Well, the media, backed by the people at the Mushroom Council, has come to demonize red meat. If burgers are...
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WRAL Out and About Voter’s Choice – Editorial
So, the good folks at WRAL Out and About have put together a “best of” list for people to vote on. It is a lot of things to vote on, so make sure you...
Review #70 – The Wooden Nickel (Hillsborough, NC)
Preserve Hillsborough’s history and heritage http://www.newsoforange.com/opinion/article_672ba652-32a9-5b29-96d3-00ba6a79328c.html We approached The Wooden Nickel with trepidation. If former Mayor Horace H. Johnson is to be believed, downtown Hillsborough was to be a “major disaster” if dens of iniquity...
Review #69: Burger 21 (Cary, NC)
Meh In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language, added the word Meh, an interjection expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm. It is interesting to note that all three...
Review #68 – Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers
Freddy’s is a throwback, a modern take on the 50’s-60’s diner. A drive in, but only with a drive thru window. It is so Middle America, you half expect to see Richie Cunningham saying...
Revisit – The Players’ Retreat (Raleigh, NC)
We here at the Straight Beef decided to look way, way back, to our first review, The Players’ Retreat, and visit them again. This time it was Dr. Michael Marino and, me, the Reverend...
Renegade Review: Tailend Restaurant (St. Andrews, Scotland, UK)
My wife and I found ourselves in St. Andrews, Scotland, UK. Our tour guide told us to go to Tailend if we wanted fish and chips. Tailend was listed by the National Fish and...
The Straight Beef Podcast #26
Don and Michael look back on 2015 and ahead to what we have in store for 2016. They not only look at what TSB will be in 2016 but the broader market trends. Download...
Review #67 – Burger Bach (Durham, NC)
Burger Bach is the latest in the string of high end burger chains that have settled in the Triangle. The gimmick here is their focus on New Zealand beef, lamb, cheeses and honey, all...
The Straight Beef Podcast #25
Don and Michael discuss how your burger got to your plate. They go back thousands of years to the beginnings of the domesticated cow. Here are the links we refer to during the episode....