. I love their salad bar – employees attend to it constantly. We laugh that we do go there because we speculate that the owner has put maybe two nickels back into the place since it opened (like in 1955 maybe?!) but it’s just an...

Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. ~Garrison Keillor Cheese – milk’s leap toward immortality. ~Clifton Fadiman Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? ~Author Unknown A nickel will get you on the subway, but...

cheese melted on top (jfood roommate cooked that night) - ground beef sauteed and then a jar of Ragu dumped in - up until a few years ago, Breyers ice cream, but 25 years away erased those memories - the non-NJ sloppy joe (the meat...

, or perhaps even go to one? There’s some retro stuff that would still find a welcome today —- mac 'n cheese, baked beans, apple pie. Course it would no longer cost a few nickels ——- (sigh)

1) Chain restaurants – no explanation needed 2) Whole Foods / Trader Joe's – gimmicky, overpriced. 3) Highly processed prepared foods at the grocery store – and people wonder why they are overweight, and get sick...

Not just Chinese menus! Please! If I had a nickel for every time I read the word “brocolli” on a Western-style restaurant menu, I’d be a wealthy wealthy person.

the Great Depression, selling 2 for a nickel. I estimated, in another thread, that the current price of a Twinkie, by weight, is comparable to other baked goods – something like $8/lb if my memory is correct. Look at the...

yes, the coffee situation is dire. very dire. it’s impossible to find a good cuppa joe inside airport security, domestically, (dunkin donuts doesn’t count in my book) and you can’t carry it in, sadly. i still...

that reporter did right wa the sample route. Ferry Plaza on Saturday is free brunch with cheese, fruit, olives, jam and baked goods. Trader Joe's can sometimes be lunch. There’s the cheese course at the Cheeseboard......

of time and money, but they work it into the final bill so the client doesn’t feel nickel and dimed. Out of all the vendors I hired , I found it most difficult to decide on a caterer and a band. One simple reason: I’d...

w a cup of joe can go in this line. that’s a better solution. and yes jfood does get upset when in the grocer and there is one custo with 25 items in the <10 line.

Fred’s Diner Inc (847) 223-9776 225 Center St Grayslake, IL Joe's Rock N Wave Diner (847) 838-9283 25125 W Grass Lake Rd Antioch, IL Jessie’s Diner (847) 688-0585 1101 10th St North Chicago, IL I found three local

Nice post, chef. For me, it’s Midori (183 and Anderson Mill). Excellent cuts of fish everytime. Very nice service everytime, and they don’t nickel and dime you with soup, salad and wasabi (I’m talking to you,...

southern fried chicken. 4) Moms tuna salad sandwich made with white tuna in oil, miracle whip salad dressing, chopped celery, and a chopped hard boiled egg. 5) High school(University High in west los angeles) Sloppy Joes, cant...

A recent thread reminded me of the time at Joe's Crab Shack where a server came by the table shortly after we were seated and before we were ready to order, and asked if we’d like a basket of hush puppies. We said sure,...