Basque Cultural Center We have friends whose family are Basque. These are wonderful friends but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that they are even dearer since introducing us to the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. Not only is this a cool place with its purpose as a meeting place for the Basque community – I love its unique handball court and killer old school bar – but it also has a great restaurant! This restaurant seriously has some of the best food, and at the most reasonable prices and don’t get me started about the bread.
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Basque Cultural Center, South San Francisco is worth finding
Another Famous Ikea Icon Another Fictional Fable with Food … by the Blogger Queen After spending her life in Texas, Judy was shocked at the price of California real estate. In order for her to furnish her cottage, a trip to Ikea in Emeryville would be necessary. Besides, she loved Swedish Meatballs . She had moved to Calistoga, the little jewel of California wine country, to “find herself.” Her family back in Texas thought the CIA had reassigned her against her will. I mean, who would ever leave Texas on purpose? If she were to tell them that she was searching for an inner voice and trying to find her sacred spirit, they would have a windowless white van pick her up off the street and throw her into a mind washing camp for 90 days. Pronto .
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Ikea: The Best Little Cheap Meatball Around – Emeryville, CA
Here are a couple deals of note. Pollo Tropical is launching its new grilled tropical wings on Monday, June 29 in Tampa, with FREE wing samples on Wednesday, July 8 at the Tampa Bay locations. In order to get your wings, you're supposed to flap your arms (chicken noises optional). Ah, the indignities we'll endure in the name of free food. After that, the grilled tropical wings will be available in your choice of five piece ($3.59) or eight piece ($6.59, includes a choice of two regular sides) portions.
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Pollo Tropical giveaway and Fortunato’s super pizza deal
This is a blog about the history of restaurants, so you won’t see me mentioning many contemporary places. Here is the exception. On our way back from a stimulating food conference in State College PA (jointly sponsored by the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society) we stopped overnight in the Finger Lakes region of New York and had a wonderful dinner at Suzanne
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Suzanne, Lodi