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August 2009
Choose your chili
So, Skyline’s got ads all over the place lately trumpeting one special or another in honor of the company’s 60th birthday…
Man, 60 years? That’s a lotta cheese coneys…
This does seem, however, to re-beg that most time-honored of Leadbelly Reader Queries… Namely…
Skyline or Gold Star?
Choose and discuss.
And pass the oyster crackers, willya?
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Mexican hot dogs? Si, si…
For some reason — maybe the fact that the Times and NPR constantly rip off each others’ stories — Mexican hot dogs are suddenly getting a lot of attention in the mainstream US press…
Not a bad thing, either, judging from this story about the things. They sound amazing — so good that you have to wonder, Why didn’t we think of this before?
Anybody know a place around here to get one? Maybe Taqueria Mixteca or one of my favorite Mexican food joints in Dayton will start putting these on the menu… Haven’t been to one of them in a while; maybe they’ve started already?
I feel a lunch visit comin’ on….
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Delight on a wheat bun
Mmmmmm…. Tankburger, medium-well, wheat bun, lettuce/tomato, fries (oh, them fries, them fries…)
Coupla beers with good friends…
Discuss!
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I’ll eat almost anything. Um, almost…
But I’m not sure I’m ready to try corn fungus…
I like mushrooms, and I like Mexican food, and I’ll eat just about anything. But, um, I’m just … well, not so much.
I’ve read and heard about this before, but haven’t ever run across a story that makes it sound this appetizing… Trust NPR to keep an open mind. And gullet, apparently.
Anybody tried it?
Yum yum yum…
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Eat at Joe’s
I was doing business in Springfield not long ago and, to my surprise, was seized by a sudden urge for lunch. To my delight, I happened to be passing a restaurant I had never been in … and I could tell at a mere glance that it was the sort of joint a Leadbelly would love.
It may have been the cook working over a grill in the parking lot, which smoked away as he bent over burgers and chops. He smiled as I pulled into the lot — a very good sign.
It may have been the diner-like architecture, or the old-fashioned sign.
It may simply have been the name: “Joe’s.”
More precisely, it was Joe’s U.S. 40 Grille at 1205 N. High St, the “Home of Joe’s Full Service Catering!” according to the menu.
It’s also the home to some very sweet and hard-working wait staff, that friendly cook I mentioned before, and a burger quite unlike anything else I’ve had in a while: Da Big Cheeseburger, which was quite massive and very good. Handmade, right off the grill with fresh toppings, it was terrific. Hard to finish, it was so big.
The whole menu at Joe’s looked great. Several soups, subs, fountain service, a great-looking “county fair” pork chop, the US 40 meatloaf, and “dee lux” platters that enticed me to stop by again sometime soon.
The decor is fun, too — they have a library of offbeat books for sale, a ton of OSU, Reds and Bengals stuff on the walls, and lots of local history items. This place is very proud of Springfield. I bet Springfield returns the favor.
Check ‘em out at www.eatatjoes40.com, then stop by.
Tell ‘em a Leadbelly sent ya.
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Rainy-day grub
OK, here’s a question: Do you feel like eating different things on a gray, drab, rainy day such as today?
I was thinking of grilling out for the family tonight, and then looked outside this morning and wondered.
Does the weather affect your appetite?
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For a change: BBQ Turkey. Yum!
Stopped by a downtown fave, the Trolley Stop, for lunch today and sampled what I’m pretty sure was a new item on their already-good menu: a Pulled BBQ Turkey Sandwich.
And it was goooooooooooooood….
Love that cute little Trolley Stop patio, too… So much fun feeding your extra chips to the birds!
Anyway, stop by and try the sandwich.
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Mmmmm…on the grill
Ooh, nice late-summer weekend comin’ up… What’s on the grill at your house this weekend?
Share, share, tell, tell…
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Lite what?
Oh my gosh, I sent my (adult) daughter out to buy some beer because we had company coming over, and she came back with … egad! … a case of Miller Lite.
Does anybody really drink this stuff?
Things you could do with a case of Miller Lite:
- Water your houseplants.
Um, that’s about it.
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Condiment considerations
A wise friend once said to me, “Food is a mere conveyance by which mustard is introduced into my mouth.”
Needless to say, the man liked his mustard.
Discuss!
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Some pizza clarifications
All right, now, you guys.
Let the record show:
I was not inebriated during the ordering or consumption of the OE pizza. I have witnesses.
This was not my first OE pizza. I’ve had others. Liked ‘em all!
Downtown Dayton does too have a skyline, and it looks nice from the OE balcony.
To NYC … dude, there is pizza outside New York. It’s good, too. Deal with it.
I do like other pizza, and we will be discussing that later.
Eve, I’m not the last Leadbelly standing. I was actually sitting while I ate. More on this later, too…
Yes, I do like getting my pizza on cardboard, and you’re right about Marion’s and Cassano’s. Of the two, I prefer Marion’s.
Mariaaaaa! Glad you’re back!
Haven’t been to South Park Tavern in a while, but am a big Pizza Factory fan… Several folks I know have recommended a stop-by. Might have to do it!
My wife liked the OE pizza box, too. Think about it: Most pizza boxes are dull, or have some fat, mustachioed pizza chef on them. This one looked nice. It’s the small things that matter, you know?
MAN, you guys are passionate about your pizza… I just love that about you.
Keep it coming!
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Dayton’s best pizza? Hmmmm….
Look, I really hate to get this all stirred up again… And I know that I seem to go back and forth on this… Really…
BUT: I was out Friday night in the Oregon District with friends and it got to be about 10:30 PM, minus dinner, and an Oregon Express OE pizza sounded sooooooo good….
And by gosh, it was. I love the fact that they get it on a slab of cardboard, that you can’t find the crust even if you go looking for it (I did!), that the sauce is tangy and sharp, and that you can eat it up on the best balcony in town and watch the downtown skyline twinkle while the trains cruise by…
Best? Hell, why not?
Got a better one?
Oh, and by the way: If you take the leftovers home, the box they give you has the coolest, prettiest little full-color Italian street scene on it… It’s almost worth the pizza, it’s so nice to look at. I’m just sayin’.
Discuss, dammit!
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A lovely little joint in Warren County
Brother Ron here… I was doing business in downtown Lebanon a while ago and got a little bit hungry, and stopped at a neat little place at 200 S. Broadway called Roots Coffee & Bagels.
They serve steamed-bagel sandwiches that made me very happy … I had “The Ness,” which had turkey, provolone, cream cheese and a big pile of bean sprouts on a Honey Wheat Bagel. The taste combo was a little odd, in a good sort of way — the sprouts gave an earthy flavor, and the sweetness of the cream cheese worked well with the funkiness of the provolone cheese…. All in all, nice.
And not too filling, too. Just right.
I happily stopped back, because they serve very good coffee, too. Later I had the PB and banana bagel, which made a nice light lunch with coffee.
They’ve got wifi and the place has a patio that sits on the edge of the train tracks where that tourist train runs through Lebanon. Fun to watch the train and traffic go by while you eat and read.
The staff is very warm and friendly, and you get the sense that this is a nice family place that’s working hard to get going and off the ground. I’ll be back often to help ‘em out!
BTW, they’ve got a pizza bagel that looks divine…
Check ‘em out at www.rootscoffeeandbagels.com.
Tell the Leadbellies sent you!
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Who cooks anymore?
Intriguing piece from last weekend’s NYT Sunday Magazine about how much less we’re using our nice, souped-up kitchens these days…
Read it here … but it’s long, so you may be tired and hungry enough afterward that you’ll have to call for a pizza…
Thoughts? Do you cook less than you used to? And when you cook, do you really cook?
What’s it all mean?
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Still got lead in the belly…
Sorry, the Leadbelly blog has been taking a bit of a much-needed summer vacay while we took up jogging, weightlifting, boxing and competitive eating to get into shape for our next beach outing…
Heh-heh-heh…
Soooo, now that we’re back, what oh what do you all want to talk about?
Here’s an idea: The Dayton Cubano sandwich I had today at Brixx: Discuss!
