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Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles

in American, Comfort, Greasy Stuff, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Meaty Goodness 2 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — I’ve been visiting Roscoe’s since I was in college, when the door guy at the original Hollywood location would refer to me as “the girl who can’t parallel park” to the other guests. Like everyone else, I went there to see what […]

Go Fish Emporium

in Canada, Vancouver, British, Comfort, Gone Fishing 0 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Vancouver has its fair share of excellent seafood and that includes Go Fish, a shipping container turned outdoor seafood shack serving fried and grilled fish within a short walk of the Granville Island Public Market. Everyone knows the best food comes out of […]

Rosetta Bakery

in Breakfast and Pastry, Dessert, United States, Italian, Miami, FL 0 comments

Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — Entire religions have been founded on miracles less profound than the Italian bombolone, a type of doughnut that’s deep-fried and then filled with custards, creams, or hazelnut (the mighty Nutella, of course). To find this type of fried carbo perfection in Miami Beach, […]

Fireman Derek's Bake Shop - key lime pie

Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop & Cafe

in American, Dessert, United States, The Milky Way, Miami, FL 0 comments

Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — There is pie. And then there is Key lime pie. The Key lime is a special little fruit, substantial, acidic, and strongly fragrant, more in its aftertaste than in its first full-frontal hit. You could, I think, eat a whole lot of Key […]

Krystal

in Atlanta, GA, American, Greasy Stuff, United States 0 comments

Atlanta, GA (The Joy of Food) — Hell is real guys and it’s called Krystal, White Castle’s equally offensive southern brethren. Part of the menu here is called ‘Sackfuls’ which sound like something that should convert into an emergency pair of underpants. Sackfuls are actually dangerous pre-portioned packs of gut […]

Buona Forchetta - regina margherita pizza

Garage Buona Forchetta

in Carbapalooza, United States, Italian, San Diego, CA 2 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — If you’ve arrived in Coronado to dine at Buona Forchetta, you’ll need to look for the hot pink ‘Garage’ sign lit up on one side, formerly El Cordova Garage and now one of San Diego’s most decent places to find pizza. I […]

Bagelsaurus

in American, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Cambridge, MA, United States, The Milky Way 1 comment

Boston, MA (The Joy of Food) — With a name like Bagelsaurus, I was really worried this was going to suck. No good, I thought, could come from a place whose logo sports a bagel-clad dinosaur. But the joke was on me. Everybody searches for that perfect bagel, and in […]

La Banquise

in Montreal, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Comfort, Greasy Stuff, The Milky Way, Quebecois 5 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — There’s no where better to journey into a plate of grease for dinner than La Banquise, also known as Montreal’s poutine mecca. Open 24/7, this place is popular with daytime and nighttime crowds, a beacon of hope and refuge for the drunk, stoned, […]

Azucar - Abuela Maria: guava, cream cheese, Maria crackers

Azucar Ice Cream

in American, Dessert, United States, The Milky Way, Miami, FL 0 comments

Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — Azucar Ice Cream Company is the brainchild of Suzy Batlle, a long-time banker who left the corporate world to open her own ice cream shop and make things like Burn in Hell, Fidel ice cream, one of many off-the-beaten path flavors found at […]

K Sandwiches

in Comfort, United States, San Diego, CA, Vietnamese 0 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — In the past, I’ve waxed blasphemously about my dislike of the sandwich, piled high with slabs of sliced meats flanked by soft, fresh bread that is powerless to hold any of it together. In doing this, I’ve inadvertently maligned the humble banh-mi, […]