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Juan in a Million

in Breakfast and Pastry, Austin, TX, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Greasy Stuff, The Milky Way, Mexican 2 comments

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — Austin loves the food puns. Coat & Thai, Thai, How Are You?, Bananarchy, Pho King, and of course, Juan in a Million. This is dining by Mother Goose. Juan in a Million is a hole-in-the-wall purveyor of traditional Tex-Mex cuisine, easily rating as […]

El Borrego Restaurant

in Comfort, United States, Meaty Goodness, The Milky Way, Mexican, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — On University Avenue, slightly east of the gentrified North Park area, stands El Borrego, a gem hiding in plain sight. It’s an eccentric operation, this one, with a screaming orange exterior paint job and bright, colorful interior that gives way to equally […]

Kogi BBQ Truck

in Comfort, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Meaty Goodness, Korean, Mexican 4 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — Kogi was the food truck that started a revolution. In 2008, Kogi was the right idea at the right time, thanks to a few circumstances — the novelty combined with a recession economy made this concept of quality food at affordable prices […]

Waffle House

in Breakfast and Pastry, American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Greasy Stuff, United States, Louisville, KY 4 comments

Louisville, KY (The Joy of Food) — When God closes a window, he will lovingly remind you that Waffle House’s doors are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The prices are low, the service is friendly, and the menu is straightforward and simple, […]

Amy’s Ice Creams

in American, Austin, TX, Dessert, United States, The Milky Way 2 comments

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — To visit Amy’s Ice Creams is to buy ice cream from Cirque du Soleil, a place famous for their high-flying ice cream acrobatics, where team members (‘ice cream heroes’) are trained (yes, paid) to do things like hurl balls of ice cream into […]

Sarkis Pastry

in Breakfast and Pastry, Dessert, United States, Orange County, CA, Middle Eastern 4 comments

Orange County, CA (The Joy of Food) — Sarkis Pastry is the house that baklava built, a Near Eastern bakery specializing in every type of baklava found under the sun. There’s one walnut-filled baklava called “kul-wushkur” which translated from Arabic means “taste and give thanks to heaven,” a phrase that […]

Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles

in American, Comfort, Greasy Stuff, Meaty Goodness, United States, Los Angeles, CA 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 […]

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 […]