http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/Restaurant and food reviews primarily in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti areaenWed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:29 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noRestaurant and food reviews primarily in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti areafooddudehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/Ab4dTwZ98t4/beers_around_the_world_one_for.htmlNational Food2727131732116cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:29 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1851576 ]]>The guys over at sloshspot have compiled an incredible list (with pictures) of the best selling beer in every country in the world. It's truly an exhaustive piece of work. How many of these have you tried?...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/12/beers_around_the_world_one_for.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/y5pwQ6XJ94M/get_on_morgan_yorks_mailing_li.htmlLocal Food Supplierscwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:50:12 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1801333 ]]>Surely, I'm not actually advocating that you give your e-mail address to a stranger. No, I'm not. The folks at Morgan & York are no strangers. They are long-time Ann Arborites and big supporters of local food. (Although it's already...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/11/get_on_morgan_yorks_mailing_li.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/xI05GmM8u4g/lesson_learned.htmlStatewide8968627271465414002950540cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:09:09 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1784157 ]]>I'm no Kalamabrew, but I do enjoy lifting a cold one every now and then and now and later and now and again and always and forever. Uhh...... oh yeah. So, when Budweiser recently flooded my precious interwebs with relentless...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/11/lesson_learned.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/ajTv2RXwUQs/youll_all_have_to_secondhand_s.htmlLocal Restaurants412577924379631744cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:58:45 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1673451 ]]>The Ann Arbor News is reporting the end of an Ypsilanti legend; TC's Speakeasy is gone, gone, gone. I think I only went there once in my life. (It was a long-esque time ago and I'm old-ish.) I remember the...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/10/youll_all_have_to_secondhand_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/cQQCW99m_NU/service_me_and_bring_me_some_a.htmlLocal Restaurants23376823376916831233767cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:44:55 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1602515 ]]>A recent coupon offer over at favorite local blog, markmaynard.com, sparked a debate about service at one of Ypsilanti's favorite destination spots, Sidetrack. Seems that some folks had service experiences that could only be described as coming from the wrong...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/10/service_me_and_bring_me_some_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/kjsr7imWoRU/food_dude_returns_with_video_t.htmlStatewidecwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:17:48 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1597273 ]]>Pardon my long absence from the blog. I have spent the last month eating and not really thinking about food. (What a waste.) But I was finally motivated by the good folks at wine.woot to get off my growing behind...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/10/food_dude_returns_with_video_t.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/Hpsm9pNrDOs/how_doth_cosi_sucketh_let_me_c.htmlNational Food63663194422194339194340222113687757957181882cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:37:26 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1347189 ]]>So, the whole Food family came downtown for lunch today. On a whim, with no malice aforethought, we decided to go to Cosi. Yeah, it's a chain, but I hadn't been there in a long time and I thought it...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/08/how_doth_cosi_sucketh_let_me_c.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/fkst02mkxbw/what_did_you_have_for_dinner_t.htmlCooking25319100071591436877cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:21 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1312039 ]]>Food DudeThe greatest egg salad sandwich ever (at least of the three that I have made in my life)While we here at Food Dude in no way, shape or form endorse the idea of preparing one's own food, sometimes you...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/08/what_did_you_have_for_dinner_t.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/lNFQBBtg_ks/what_did_you_have_for_lunch_mo.htmlLocal Restaurantscwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:16:26 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1307586 ]]>Now that I have a fancy new phone with a camera on it, I decided to take a picture of every lunch I have and post it here. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Below is the Pad Seeyu from...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/08/what_did_you_have_for_lunch_mo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/Tyo2qH3lppo/cafe_habana_has_some_yummy_sum.htmlLocal Restaurants18876452894188762188763188761188760cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:55 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1295493 ]]>Food DudeMLive Editor-in-Chief, Bill, shows the proper way to display the goods - stay serious Ann ArborOne of Ann Arbor's most popular newer restaurants is Cafe Habana on Washington St. between 4th & 5th Streets. (For tourists and the geographically...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/08/cafe_habana_has_some_yummy_sum.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/7VaYNsUfcJQ/lets_play_whackameat_at_the_ga.htmlStatewidecwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:54:25 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1253257 ]]>photo by The MatriarchCarving up some rare Picanha (aka, Brazilian rump roast) while the Patron looks onLast week, the Food Dude Matriarch invited the whole Food Clan to experience the gastronomic wonder that is Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse in Northville (or...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/08/lets_play_whackameat_at_the_ga.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/-FLrCZsbM4E/bennigans_closed_the_death_of.htmlBusiness Info35001170990257792088cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:39:35 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1229166 ]]>According to some local news reports out of Dallas, it appears that the entire Bennigan's chain might have just shut down. Anybody have any more news about this? I'm not going to gloat over their dead body or anything; it's...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/07/bennigans_closed_the_death_of.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/rAkFbE-zMT8/the_funnel_cake_guy_my_art_rai.htmlNational Food5665856659237142973430629530cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:46 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1182275 ]]>So, every year during Art Fair, a bunch of food vendors set up a sort of food court on Liberty just west of Main Street. There, you'll find Tios, Cottage Inn, that crazy massive Asian grilling booth where they make...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/07/the_funnel_cake_guy_my_art_rai.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/Bo9i0zPzrOY/adios_huevos_rancheros.htmlLocal Restaurantscwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:38:03 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1158077 ]]>Mrs. Food Dude forwarded this link to me today: City of Ann Arbor buying Tios site on Huron Street Could this be the end of Tio's? Man, I hope not. It seems to me that everybody has ridiculously strong opinions...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/07/adios_huevos_rancheros.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/GBU6CjIS3Ms/video_sonic_lunch_thursday_in.htmlLocal Restaurantscwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:46 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1122940 ]]>Follow me as we hit Sonic Lunch at one of the best places to eat lunch in Ann Arbor: Liberty Plaza. Video: Sonic Lunch - Thursday in the Park...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/06/video_sonic_lunch_thursday_in.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/_XArKL9pS_k/video_mt_dew_taste_test_dewmoc.htmlNational Food14999615002152162308405471001127cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:42:40 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1111478 ]]>Mt. Dew recently released three new flavors as part of a marketing scheme called "DewMocracy". The idea is to have folks vote for their favorite and they'll keep it, axing the two loser sugar waters. This is something along the...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/06/video_mt_dew_taste_test_dewmoc.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/-bP4QHdv6WY/food_dude_on_the_radio_in_alab.htmlMediacwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:31:42 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1109880 ]]>Thanks to the smarmy brilliance of my grits screed, Food Dude has been asked to do a radio interview on WAPI 1070-AM in Birmingham, AL -- also the home of MLive's sister site, al.com. I believe that I'll be on...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/06/food_dude_on_the_radio_in_alab.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/a29Cp22M_w0/grits.htmlStatewidecwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:39:23 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.1046909 ]]>Creamy cheese grits (self portrait)Grits, add cheese and andouille and repeat "andouille" several hundred timesI spent the last couple days in the exceedingly friendly city of Birmingham, Alabama visiting one of our corporate affiliate sites, al.com. This former steel powerhouse...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/06/grits.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/3xovIXunThE/conor_vs_louie_townie_deathmat.htmlLocal Restaurants566585665941123691123690123693cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Thu, 08 May 2008 10:10:48 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.957234 ]]>Last fall, a new chain, Bar Louie, moved in across the street from the ever-more-lonely MLive HQ. (Kaplan moved out from the west side of the building a few months ago and the used furniture store fairly well disappeared out...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/05/conor_vs_louie_townie_deathmat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fooddude/~3/_y8vcvgCs38/mark_maynard_supports_the_ugly.htmlLocal Restaurants153559297118918118919374001638031744cwaugh@mlive.com (Curt Waugh)Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:01:04 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/fooddude//2884.935604 ]]>Mark's Ugly MugMark talks about the Ugly MugLocal superduper blogger and creator of the Shadow Art Fair (amongst other things), Mark Maynard, writes some supportive words about the Ugly Mug in Ypsilanti. Give it a read and support another local...http://blog.mlive.com/fooddude/2008/04/mark_maynard_supports_the_ugly.htmlnonadult