Review #71 – William’s Gourmet Kitchen (Durham, NC)
These are the voyages of The Straight Beef. Our seven-year mission: to seek out new burgers and new toppings, to boldly go where … ah, screw it. Sometimes a burgiatrist is just tired of...
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The Straight Beef Podcast #27
Excuse me waiter, there aren’t any flies in my soup. Our eminent burgiatrists Donald and Michael discuss eating insects. A sea change to help our environment or an underhanded tactic by the Musroom Council. You decide....
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...
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...