The longest birthday celebration of my life has finally come to a close. We began commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of my birth at the beginning of June, when my wife and I hopped into our car for a Midwest roadfood trip. The festivities concluded July 19, when we went to our annual birthday lunch forContinue reading “Closing Out the Festivities with a Burger”
Category Archives: Food
Expanding on the Cheesesteak Theme
It’s been a few months since my last cheesesteak post, so I already felt due for one when I came across an online rave for the steaks at Antica Pizza Co. of Warrington, Pennsylvania. That was all the enticement I needed to head north to Bucks County and check them out along with friends JohnContinue reading “Expanding on the Cheesesteak Theme”
The End of an Era in Philly’s Chinatown
A sour topic related to my love for circa 1970s-80s Chinese restaurants raised its ugly head again this past weekend. I had made plans months ago to meet with my family for dinner at one of the oldest remaining eateries in Philadelphia’s Chinatown – and the only one that still looks like the old-school placesContinue reading “The End of an Era in Philly’s Chinatown”
2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part Three)
After a couple days of great eating at some very classic roadfood establishments in Wisconsin, it was time to head back in the direction of home Friday morning. Our eventual destination that day was Toledo, Ohio, but we took a detour in northern Indiana to return to Goshen, where we enjoyed a great lunch atContinue reading “2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part Three)”
2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part Two)
This middle part of the trip report will be entirely devoted to our two days in southern Wisconsin. They started off with lunch Wednesday at the state’s oldest Chinese restaurant – and one of the oldest in the U.S. – the Cozy Inn of Janesville, Wisconsin. Regular readers of this blog know that one ofContinue reading “2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part Two)”
2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part One)
This blog was begun in 2021 so that I’d have public cyber space on which to recreate and save the trip reports that were permanently lost when the roadfood.com message board on which I posted them went defunct. It fairly quickly morphed into something else, but those reports are still available here along with aContinue reading “2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part One)”
He Made Me a Cheesesteak I Couldn’t Refuse
I’ve been on a blogging hiatus while trying to eat lighter than usual leading up to a major food-themed trip later this spring but felt the need to interrupt it to visit and report on a new cheesesteak shop in Philadelphia that has received a huge amount of attention. The reason for the excess publicityContinue reading “He Made Me a Cheesesteak I Couldn’t Refuse”
A Note on Blog Status
My regular readers may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as frequently as usual in recent weeks. That is likely to remain the case for at least the next couple months. There are several reasons for that, ranging from professional to health to my periodic need to take a break from the type ofContinue reading “A Note on Blog Status”
Will the Verdict Stand on My Favorite Philly Pizza?
It was just this past October that I proclaimed the New York Style cheese pie at Pizzeria Salvy to be the best I’ve had in Philadelphia while throwing in a proviso on the need to try the city’s most acclaimed pizza, which is served at Pizzeria Beddia. I did that with several friends in DecemberContinue reading “Will the Verdict Stand on My Favorite Philly Pizza?”
My New Local Go-To Cheesesteak
A couple years ago I highlighted two cheesesteaks as my go-to options when the craving hits and I don’t want to leave my immediate area. Unfortunately, one – Johnny Paisano’s – has moved just far enough away to no longer qualify as being ‘in the neighborhood.’ The other was sold and the food, including theirContinue reading “My New Local Go-To Cheesesteak”
BZ Maestro Eats 