Side Door @ Beacon 3: Cobb Salad

I’ve become a quick fan, almost a regular, at The Side Door @ Beacon since they opened a few weeks ago as a relatively inexpensive lunch alternative to the “real” Beacon. Side Door started with an exemplary burger and the Mr. Pink’s Double Dog, and recently expanded to prepared salads.

As usual, no real line at the Door, and though the skies threatened, it didn’t rain.

To show that I take my job here at Feisty Foodie seriously, instead of choosing a meat-centric lunch as I’d normally do, I picked up the new Cobb Salad to see how well Beacon pulled it [...]

Fuddruckers

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 [...]

CSA Goodies!

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  Essentially, one purchases a ’share’ in a local farm – much like the stock market, one then has a vested interest in seeing the farm succeed.  Dividends/pay outs come in the form of produce – vegetables and sometimes fruit.  Different farms do things differently; my farm happens to be also organic, and I pick up my box each week – Tuesdays for me – from a local location.  Join me on this journey – my inaugural season with a CSA – as I explore the various vegetables I receive and what I can do with [...]

Nick’s Pizza

On a recent walk through the neighborhood, I decided I wanted pizza.  I still have to try this new place pretty close to where I live that a reader keeps recommending to me, but I was over by Austin Street, so I headed to Nick’s.  On this trip, I managed to finally order a salad.  The classic Caesar was tasty enough, with enough dressing, enough crunch and enough of everything, but not amazing.  I liked it enough and would get it again, if given the chance.  (This was way too much food as it was.)  Pie with mushrooms [...]

5 Burro Cafe

When I first moved back to Forest Hills two years ago, I did my share of research on food options near me, and asked everyone around me if they had suggestions.  5 Burro Cafe made frequent appearances on various forums, but also many people absolutely RAVED about this place.Unfortunately, every time I tried to go inside, it was super packed and busy.  BF and I tried to go a good number of times but the wait generally extended over 30 minutes and beyond, at which point we’d both glance at each other, turn around, walk out and head down the street [...]