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‘BBQ’

Weighing in at Libra

April 23rd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Dem bones, dem bones.

I have a confession and this may come as a surprise to all of you: I love Brazilian BBQ. Yes, I know it’s shocking that a menagerie of meat such as Brazilian BBQ could be one of my loves, but it’s true. Unfortunately, this isn’t an easy love. Firstly, it ain’t cheap like Korean BBQ, which is equally meaty. Secondly, I can’t go without eating an insane amount of food. Sorry, it’s just how I work at such things, which means my body usually needs a fair amount of recovery time before going back. But, when I saw a sweet Travelzoo deal for Libra in Culver City, at least my first problem with Brazilian BBQ was taken care of. Continue Reading»

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BBQ, Brazilian, Buffets, Churrascaria, Culver City, Libra, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, steak

LA’s Best BBQ at J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q

March 13th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Welcome to Adams.

The Eagles once wrote “If you call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye,” so it is with great trepidation that I roll out my review here. The meaning I have always taken from that line is that if you tell people about a great place, that place will cease to be great because more people will go there and ruin the experience. On the other hand, I feel the need to tell the world about J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q and hope that this review will not kill paradise, but simply give it more customers. Continue Reading»

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Barbecue, BBQ, Culver City, J "N" J Burger and Bar-B-Q, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, ribs

By rgspiegel

Meat Stacks at Smoke Shack

February 28th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Chili? In Wisconsin? In February? Shocking!

Here we have a long-awaited new guest blog from none other than @RGspiegel. Catch more of his writing here.

Disclosure I: David Marcus, one of the owners of Smoke Shack, is my second cousin.
Disclosure II: I’m starting a movement such that cousins are classified only as first or second cousins. How much better is that than trying to figure out your exact relationship to your dad’s first cousin’s son with somethingth-cousin-somethingths-removed? A lot.
Disclosure III: Smoke Shack was legitimately awesome.

Now that my and Unvegan’s journalistic integrity are squarely intact, I can begin the review of my glorious Saturday lunch at Smoke Shack, a BBQ restaurant that opened up about a month ago in Milwaukee’s third ward. Continue Reading»

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Bacon, BBQ, Chili, mac and cheese, meat, Milwaukee, restaurants, sausages, Smoke Shack, Wisconsin

Low on Sauce at Todd’s Cookhouse Bar-B-Que

June 2nd, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks like brisket.

In the small town of Oakhurst, just miles from Yosemite National Park, there is but one BBQ joint, and it goes by the name of Todd’s Cookhouse Bar-B-Que. Todd’s is one of your old-fashioned order at the counter type of BBQ places and the menu is quite staggering for being up in a small town of the Sierra Nevada. From sandwiches to wings to jambalaya, everything looked great and well-priced. But would it taste great? Continue Reading»

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BBQ, California, meat, oakhurst, restaurants, todd's cookhouse bar-b-que, Travel, yosemite

By djacobs

Mmmmm is for M Grill

April 15th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

M, please!

Thanks to @DanJacobs81 for the guest blog. Follow him today!

Meat is a religion, and M Grill in Koreatown is the reason I’m anti-Semitic against vegetarians.

A friend of mine had an e-mailed discount from Yelp.com, and with this firmly entrenched in his soon-to-smell-like-meat hands, I went with him and another friend to the aforementioned all-you-can-eat Brazilian churrascaria. Authentic Brazilian food in K-Town? This I had to see taste. Continue Reading»

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BBQ, Brazilian, Churrascaria, fogo de chao, Koreatown, Los Angeles, m grill, meat, restaurants

Fast Foodery at Ono Hawaiian BBQ

October 6th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Please don't lay on that cabbage.

Growing up, fast food either meant burgers or Taco Bell. For the most part, this is still true, but more and more I find that not only has the quality of fast food improved, but so has the variety. Chains like Yoshinoya and Jollibee are good examples of this, and recently I experienced another: Ono Hawaiian BBQ. The menu has a lot of Asian-inspired dishes and some things that looked distinctly Hawaiian, but all in the setting of a fast food joint with fast food prices. My eyes quickly found their $5.00 meal special, that included a choice of four different dishes, which were Lemon Chicken, Chicken Katsu, Kalbi Short Ribs and Hawaiian BBQ Beef. Continue Reading»

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BBQ, Beef, Chains, Culver City, Fast Food, hawaiian, Los Angeles, meat, ono hawaiian bbq, restaurants

Finding Kansas City BBQ in LA

September 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

WTF Pickles!

A lot of places are known to have delicious BBQ. St. Louis and Memphis are both huge and Texas always claims to be the best, but I have always felt best about Kansas City BBQ. This affinity probably goes back to the only time I went to Kansas City and got some Gates Bar-B-Q in my pre-meat blog days. It was so good I left Kansas City with my very own bottle of sauce. When I started working in North Hollywood, I noticed a place called The Kansas City BBQ Company nearby, but having heard nothing about it I sort of forgot about it. But recently a co-worker claimed it was really good, so an outing was planned and we all took a stroll down Magnolia to see how good Kansas City could taste in North Hollywood. Continue Reading»

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Meat Madness at Manna

May 31st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Korean latkes.

I think we can all agree that there are not enough places in the world that offer unlimited food. And the places that do are usually pretty bogged down by endless salad bars and other assorted vegetables. Manna Korean BBQ in Culver City is not one of those places. Instead of concentrating on veggies, they have decided to concentrate on meats. For only 16.99, you get all you can eat meats. And these aren’t just generic grade D meats, these are a collection of short rib, brisket, pork belly, pork, chicken, spicy chicken and beef. Continue Reading»

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BBQ, Beef, Buffets, Chicken, Culver City, Korean, Los Angeles, manna korean bbq, meat, pork, restaurants

Finger Lickin’ at JR’s BBQ

February 17th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Gimme some bone.

JR’s BBQ sits in a little nondescript building at the corner of La Cienega and Fairfax in Culver City. Despite the many many times I’ve driven by there, I still had no idea the place existed until a buddy of mine suggested we check it out. Once I found the place, we went inside and found an old timey place with a bunch of stools set up and a little dining area in the back with mismatched tablecloths, chairs and tables. It was actually pretty cool to be in a place that seemingly cared a lot more about their food than the scene it would be eaten in. We were the only people there, so we took our seats in the dining room and started looking at the menu. Continue Reading»

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Barbecue, BBQ, Beef, Culver City, JR's BBQ, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, ribs

Loading up on Dough at CPK

January 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Bread!

A long time ago, I tried out the BBQ Chicken Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen (CPK). By this time, the restaurant was in Michigan everyone had been raving about it. I tasted it was really disappointed. Using BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce disturbed me, and the onions hidden in the cheese made it even worse. Later on, I tried many different pizzas from CPK and was pleased. Yet, since moving to California, I have had very little, if any contact with CPK. Recently, though, I had the chance for a revisit to their Beverly Hills location and decided to once again try out their BBQ Chicken Pizza. But this time, I was prepared. Continue Reading»

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Bacon, BBQ, Beverly Hills, California Pizza Kitchen, Chains, Chicken, CPK, Italian, Los Angeles, Pizza, restaurants

Rants and Raves

Is Vegetarianism an Eating Disorder?

July 28th, 2009

It’s not technically an eating disorder, but maybe it’s time to think of vegetarianism as one. According to research from some reputable universities earlier this year, “[vegetarians] may be at increased risk for binge eating with loss of control.” That’s an eating disorder in my mind.

I can’t say that I’m too surprised. Malnourished vegetarians certainly do not get enough of the foods their body needs. If I ate salad and kale for every meal, the first opportunity I had to eat food with nutrients would definitely send me into a food binge.

Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

The Unvegan

‘BBQ’

Weighing in at Libra

LA’s Best BBQ at J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q

Meat Stacks at Smoke Shack

Low on Sauce at Todd’s Cookhouse Bar-B-Que

Mmmmm is for M Grill

Fast Foodery at Ono Hawaiian BBQ

Finding Kansas City BBQ in LA

Meat Madness at Manna

Finger Lickin’ at JR’s BBQ

Loading up on Dough at CPK

Rants and Raves

Is Vegetarianism an Eating Disorder?

Going Global at Plan Check

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