Outpost Cafe in Oak Hills CA

Since 1961 the magic has been going on at Newton's "Outpost Cafe" This little gem is next to a Pilot Truck stop on Hwy 395, and still privately owned. Very Cool

I have been to several places on the road but here they are doing it right with old school home cooking from 9 different burgers that will melt in your mouth to the basic fried chicken.
You have to understand that there is a lot of love going into the food along with good taste.

But when it comes to a dessert this is a place near to my heart - uh - stomach FRESH fruit lattice tarts and they even make there own pastry dough. Now this is what I'm talking about I came away with a piece of Cherry pie, and later I was wishing I had a piece of the Blueberry, and the peach of course. Well maybe next time this will be the case.

Taste (8), as for presentation because it was wrapped very particularly on a Hot bun I’ll give it a (10) out of a possible 10.
For me personally it had too much shredded lettuce it kept falling off.
Remember I had the basic burger with Swiss cheese, as far as the rest of the burgers I understand they are quite a few burgers that are on the local favorites list.

When you stop in ask for Sherry and tell her that Blair sent you!
And leave room to sample some of their home made fruit pies

Thank You Sherry Considine

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Hollywood Cafe in Tunica MS

I thought I would stop over in Tunica MS and try my hand at the slot machines at the casino.
Turns out I won a little money, I now have more money coming out than I did going in so this is a good time to call it quits. And move onto the mission at hand of searching for good food.
Today is Friday October 16th 2009 and need something to eat very soon because I'm pretty hungry, and I have been on the road for the last 3 days.
According to the word on the street and of course the GPS looks like it is "The Hollywood Cafe".
When I arrived the outside looks like a place that I would use in a Video or a album cover shoot, nice vibe, But how about the food. It's 1:30 and I guess the lunch crowd has went back to work, because there is only 2 tables occupied at the moment.
I'm greeted by a friendly waiter named Andy, the special today is minute steak with gravy on the side, Frozen Okra (as per Andy) And fresh cut potatoes, with cornbread.
The meal came quickly and it showed the minute steak was dry and tough, looked as if it was deep fried a little too long, the gravy was bland, the Okra was all clumpted together and sitting in grease, and the fries were cooked before hand and held under a heat lamp. And the cornbread, well I don't know NOT GOOD. Lord only knows how a place has made it so long on bad food.
I mentioned that the steak was over cooked, and Andy's solution was to give me a choice of a dessert, so peach cobbler was the ticket.

On a scale of 1 to 10 ten being the highest
Waiter I'll give him a (6)
the food over all a (1)
but I will say the cobbler is a (7)
and the southern sweet tea is a (8)

Well the question is would I be back ................................... only if I was on a date and I wanted to have a beer and listen to a band play or if I wanted to pay $8.00 for a order of fried green tomatoes.

I really think the vending machine at the local rest area would have been better, so I guess the thought would have been to just stop and play the slot machines. And then move on to Memphis.

Cafe 501 Edmond OK

Today's date is October 06, 2009

And the search goes on for lets say just Great food, along with the hamburgers scare looks like It's back to Chicken and what a treat. I just met the owner of Cafe 501 and Bakery. Sherry Holloway in Edmond OK 1-405-359-1501
They also own Boulevard Steak House and Martini.


The dish of choice is the Coyote Chicken on fresh baked focaccia bread, that was baked to perfection and bow tie pasta. It looks like they are in the hottest spot in Edmond OK and the patrons are prof enough.

The caramelized onions set it off and the fresh jalapeno peppers, for my taste I would like to had a more juicy chicken breast and some more of the mayo for dipping.
But the owner was super nice and giving of her love in the food and her hospitality.
This is a must stop place my only problem is I'm leaving town and want be here for a week end brunch because the menu looks great.

The price was 15.00 plus a dessert.
Taste (8), as for presentation because it was on a fresh baked focaccia bread I’ll give it a (9) out of a possible 10.

Until the next stop the food critic is signing out check out my other blogs on coffee to deserts, and whatever else is hot for the area that I'm visiting.
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Ted's concrete Frozen Custard

The vision got a little off track from "hamburgers" because I'm in St Louis MO, and anything old along with nostalgic has my attention and besides it's ice cream IE. Frozen Custard pretty cool concept I thought so.
The evening is muggy and I just had to have something cold and creamy so I went off in search of the famous frozen concrete custard and the winner is (cardinal sin) chocolate and cherries over the frozen custard.
The place is a throwback to 1929 and the little walk up window had the charm along with the goods.
If you live here in St. Louis it is a must have and yet it is super creamy and rich and a treat that one has to enjoy for years to come, because I will come back to savor the other varieties on my every return.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I'll give it a 9 cause I'm not sure what is a 10 on the Ice cream scale except the Mango Ice cream that I bought 3 years ago from a Indian food store or the time that me and my sister sat upon the hand crank white mountian Ice cream churn that my father cranked for the 4th of july years ago, I want tell if you don't

St Louis Newstead Tower Burgers

Well Dana is the server for today and the sitting is in a Historic section of town known as Oak Grove MO. that has been on the upswing for the last 3 years.
I'm in sticker shock $9.50 for the grass fed burger .50 extra for the tomato and .50 for the onion, yet they make their own mustard, and ketchup, pretty cool.

The anticipation is killing me ................. well here it is "bite" "bite" ...... chew chew ............. great taste and just the right seasoning very juicy but i need more onions "only three rings.

But the pickles are to die for but again only one slice ?!@#$%^&*()_ this pickle I would always put on a burger, but I'm scared to ask for more pickles maybe it will be EXTRA.

$13.84 plus a $3.00 tip way too expensive for a hamburger and chips.
The price should be a little higher say around 6.95 plus all the works
Taste (7), as for presentation because it was on a local bakery bun I’ll give it a (9) out of a possible 10.
The server is probably is the highlight for the restaurant and of course the pickle SLICE I'll give the pickle a solid 10 score.

Overall worth the visit but bring your American Excess card.

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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken Memphis, TN

Ok already I know I'm in search of the best hamburger, but a guy has got to take a break from burgers.
So why did I have chicken instead of a burger well, it's because I wasn't aware of any other great burger joints in the Memphis, TN. Dyer's burgers been there and done that. If anyone out there knows of another top on there list "burger joint" in Memphis or anywhere else give me a shout "email".
Well back to the blog. Gus will ROCK your world with his world famous chicken; this little dive is located in the downtown area of Memphis on South Front St. Old Gus has it going on.
It was 6:30 dinner hour Tuesday night June 9th 2009 and the word is out it was standing room only. The wait added to my anticipation of my first bite, let me just say the service was the best I have ever had and the food meets or surpasses the test for a 5 star restaurant for hot food, Temperature. The chicken was spicy yet mild enough to enjoy and priced to please.
And the tea kept on coming, along with the concerned waitress, (4). Now for the score I'll give it a 9 out of a possible 10 and the service a solid 10.
The only negative was the potato salad just ok and the sweet relish just didn't get it for me.
The slice of bread was ok but to make the meal come together in the southern way,and keep the people coming back with their tongue's hanging out would have been to have some awesome water cornbread.
I'll call it a night and put the taste buds away until the next stop of choice.

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Burgers and fries at Gabby's Nashville, TN

Today I found someone (living "His" dream). And yes the friendliest Burger joint in Nashville, TN,that is only open for lunch.
This place was the original Hap towns restaurant, wow what a wonderful old restaurant back in the heyday of diners.
Gabby's burgers are hand pressed, a local bakery provides the bun not the typical mass produced colonial brand, a little too much lettuce, and I would have preferred the onion's to have been sliced not chopped "they kept falling off" and I wished the bun had been steamed, it reminds me that it could have been just baked and besides it's much more palatable, to the mouth.
The price was good $5.95 drink included.
I'll rate it a strong 7.5 to 8 out of a possible 10, on the food side.

As far as being friendly Doug the owner was super appreciative of his guest the time was 2:15 PM when I ordered and sat down, there was two other guys finishing their meal as they walked out most everyone thanked them. I got up and left quietly and the buzzer on the door sounded no one thanked me but to my surprise Doug appeared on the side deck and made a point to thank me for coming in, pretty cool he is a man that's about customer service.
As far as the rating for friendliest I’ll give it a 10 out of 10.


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