Two bits of food news from 70th and Van Dorn:
First up, the restaurant formerly known as Brown Baggers is now called White or Wheat. I like the name; it reminds me of New Mexico's state question. I don't know what the connection is between WoW and the two other Brown Baggers in town, but I gather there isn't a lot of love there.
Second, Oso Burrito has signs posted announcing that their new Tuesday special will be bison burgers. Burgers at Oso? Weirdness. Then again, this is the burrito joint that offers up a tasty bowl of mulligatawny, so who's to say burgers don't fit right in. There will be something like seven different varieties of burgers. Oso actually calls the meat "buffalo", but personally I prefer the less ambiguous term "bison". Otherwise it is impossible to tell if a "buffalo burger" means a burger made from bison meat, or a burger of unspecified source served with buffalo wing sauce. And don't forget what happens when you take buffalo way too far: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. For the sake of sentence diagrammers everywhere, call the critters bison!
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super saver buffalo chopped and formed jerky is pretty darn good.
That reminds me of having to punctuate this sentence in junior high:
John while James had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Knock yourselves out!
Here is my attempt:
John, while James had had “had”, had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.
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EDITED TO ADD: Damn, I screwed up by not replying to Fletch’s comment, and I screwed up the formatting. Sheesh.
Thanks for keeping up on the restaurant scene. I’m trying to hold up my end on Taste of Lincoln, but can I blame the economy for my lack of posts? In any case, I’m not sure what Oso is trying. Perhaps too hard?
Have any of you amateur restaurant critics tried Yelp yet? I discovered it about a year ago, & it’s a fun way to find the local favorites when I travel.
I had it on my phone for a while. But as with most apps that need folks to input the info in a geographical area I found it to not be used enough around here to be that useful. maybe more folks have contributed.
Will check again.
Nicely done!
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