Eat at Joe's!

Doorway... To HELL!!!

Scary pumpkins at Pop's BacKDoor:

Scary religious figures pouring blood at Wine Authorities:

Happy Hallowe'en from Eat at Joe's!.

Breakfast At Dos Perros

Dos Perros will start serving breakfast tomorrow morning (Monday, 26 October 2009).  Breakfast hours are at 7:30 am → 10:30 am, Monday → Friday.  

This Is Why You're Fat, Eat At Joe's Commercial Chocolate Version

Yes, this is disgusting.  In a good way.  Maybe I'll send it to This Is Why You're Fat:

[Click on picture for enlarged chocolatey goodness.]

Contents:

• Ben & Jerry's chocolate dipped waffle cone
• Ben & Jerry's "Chocolate Therapy™" ice cream ["chocolate ice cream with chocolate cookies and swirls of chocolate pudding"]
• Pepperidge Farm "Soft Baked Captiva® Dark Chocolate Brownie Cookies," broken up to make things, um, more convenient
• Oreo "Chocolate Creme" sandwich cookies
• topped with Cocoa Puffs.

I would have put some Nestle's Quik on there if I'd thought of it.   

You're jealous, aren't you?  ;)

And The Newest West Village Tenant-To-Be Is... Pop's

According to one of the principals at Pop's, the restaurant will move from its original location to a new one in West Village by this spring.  Principals signed a lease yesterday (23 October 2009), and the next few weeks will be taken up building out the new, larger kitchen.  The new dining floor should seat between 200 and 250 people, and there will also be private party rooms for private functions.  The restaurant will have frontage on Main Street, and back doors opening onto a pool area.  I'm also told the new place will try out a lunch menu.  

Pop's will be staying in business at their Peabody Place location until opening at West Village.  Additionally, Pop's Backdoor will continue to run their pizza delivery operation from Peabody Place even after the restaurant proper moves.  

Good luck, folks.  

Rue Cler 3rd Birthday Tomorrow

Rue Cler's third birthday is tomorrow (21 October 2009).  They're supposed to be having a special menu and lots of wine.  Mmmm....

Raar

The seafood "cassoulet" I just had at Vin Rouge was one of the best tasting things I've ever put in my mouth.  

N. C. State Fair Time

The North Carolina State Fair opens today, and runs through the 25th of October (2009).  Go get your deep fried food freak on.  

Dooky Chase

There's a nice story this morning in Michael Bauer's Between Meals about a restaurant in New Orleans called "Dooky Chase."  Its proprietress, Leah Chase, is 86; she's still rebuilding her restaurant after Katrina, and has a wing named after her at New Orleans's Southern Food and Beverage Museum.  She wants another 10 years to build her restaurant back up so she can pass it on to her grandchildren.  Go Ms. Chase, go.  :)

I've Gone A Little Crazy In My Mind

In my mouth I put a habanero
Can't you see the crying, and can't you just feel the churning 
And ain't it just like a meal of mine to burn up my behind 
Yes I put a habanero in my mouth.

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Source

Sometimes I Can't Help Myself

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Guglhupf, Dinner, & Maxfield Parrish

Guglhupf, who added a nice café onto their baking side a long time ago, will have that café open for dinner for the first time tonight (6 October 2009).  The café has always looked really neat inside, but now it has some new lighting:

I couldn't help but be reminded of Maxfield Parrish's "The Lantern Bearers":

 

All images should link to larger copies, but Maxfield Parrish with a cellphone I'm not. :)

 

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Guglhupf
2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard
Durham, North Carolina     27707
919 401 2600
http://www.guglhupf.com/

_Gourmet_ Magazine Bites The Dust

Condé Nast to Close Gourmet, Cookie and Modern Bride

WBF at DAP on SAT

In case you live under a rock, the World Beer Festival is tomorrow (3 October, 2009) here in Durham, NC.  It's also back at its previous location: the newly renovated Durham Athletic Park.  Woo-hoo!  

Tickets are sold out, of course, so you'll have to beg and grovel and luck up and get one from someone who has an extra.  For Durham residents, I suggest your local neighborhood electronic mailing list, because I've seen them there sometimes.