2012 top eats #2 - #4:

2012 top eats #4: Pepperoni pizza at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria – Peoria AZ

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2012 top eats #3: Burger at Epic Pizza and Subs – St. Louis MO

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2012 top eats #2: Steak Medallions at Highway 61 Roadhouse – St. Louis MO

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2012 top eats #5 - #7:

2012 top eats #7: fried chicken and onion rings at Chicken Annies – Pittsburg KS

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2012 top eats #6: Pepperoni pizza at La Pizza – St. Louis MO

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2012 top eats #5: Paprika Schnitzel at Haus Murphy’s – Glendale AZ

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2012 top eats #8 - #10:

2012 top eats #10: Chicken Noodle soup at Red Barn – Mt. Vernon MO

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2012 top eats #9: Las Caras – Denver CO         

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2012 top eats #8: French toast at Butterfields Pancake House – Scottsdale AZ

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Las Caras – Denver CO

 October 31, 2012

After a doctor appointment in Denver, I was very hungry.  We also had not been to one of my favorite Mexican places in a while and I have never written a review of Las Caras so it was a perfect opportunity.

 

Las caras is a small family run Mexican restaurant, filled with pictures of the family on the walls and maybe 10 or 12 tables. 

We took a seat at the first table, you seat yourself, and quickly they brought us menus and asked if we wanted chips and their famous red onion salsa (they charge $1.00).  We did and we all ordered cokes as well.  When they brought all this back out, we had already decided what we wanted, which I actually decided that morning before we even left home.  My dad and I both got the combo with a cheese enchilada, a chile relleno, and a burrito. ($10-11 ish) The burrito came with a choice of meat we both chose steak ($ 1.00 extra).  My mom had the combo with a cheese enchilada, a chile relleno and a ground beef taco.  The combos also come with rice and beans.

We have been here many times, but the first time I wasn’t so sure about the red onion salsa.  After having it again I began thinking this stuff is really good.  I think the tomatoes might be canned, but the rest seemed like fresh ingredients, jalapenos, onion and garlic.  This was a chunky salsa which I also liked.

My combo was excellent, like it always is here.  The chile relleno was just how I like them, crispy, cheesy and smothered in green chile.  They are the egg roll wrapper type which I think are the best ones.  The burrito was also very good especially the steak, this was also covered in green chile.  The cheese enchilada was alright, and there was nothing wrong with it, but it was definitely my least favorite of the three items.  The rice and beans were also good, and definitely better than most places.

Las Caras is and has always had great food and service and is one of my family’s favorite Mexican places.  I highly recommend Las Caras for a great family run Mexican restaurant with great food at reasonable prices.

 

 

 

 

3333 South Tamarac Drive  Denver, CO 80231

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Zarda barbecue - Lenexa, KS

September 13, 2012

A Few days before we got to Kansas City I read and saw a picture of Billy Butler's Ton of barbecue sandwich. Being a baseball fan and a food fan I had to get the sandwich named for the Royals designated hitter. This came with the choice of meat I picked pulled pork this was topped with melted provolone, two onion rings and barbecue sauce.  I ordered the cheesy potatoes as my side. My dad also got the same sandwich and my mom just got a plain barbecue sandwich we also ordered the fried pickles.

After we ordered at the counter we picked a table and shortly they brought out our food.

 

The Billy Butlers ton of barbeque sandwich looked great when it arrived.  But after eating part of the sandwich I wasn't so sure about it, but I also wasn't all that hungry to begin with which might have been part of the problem.  It was okay but I actually don't think I liked the melted cheese, I think I would have preferred just a plain meat and sauce sandwich.  The onion rings were just onion rings that weren’t anything special. The cheesy potatoes were actually pretty good, quite greasy but tasted pretty good.

 

The fried pickles my parents thought were good but I wasn't so sure, I thought they were ok but nothing special either.  My parents both thought the place was good and didn't see anything wrong with it, but I on the other hand thought it was just average.

 

 

11931 West 87th Street Parkway

Lenexa, KS 66215

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Oklahoma Joe's - Olathe, KS

September 13, 2012

We were in Kansas City and decided to continue our bbq tour, which brought us here.  We came here a few years ago before the blog.  I remember it being good, but not too much more than that.

 This is a place where you order at a counter and you pick up your food at the other end of the counter.  We got here at the late end of lunch time and the line was still quite long at that point, but the line actually went really quick and we got through in not very long.  However there were not many places to sit, so the 3 of us squeezed into a table for 2.  This day was also a rainy and cold day, so when I saw they had gumbo, I knew I needed to get some and since it’s a barbeque place, I needed barbeque.

 Regular Sandwiches come with 4 ounces of meat and jumbo sandwiches come with 6 ounces, so my mom and I both got a cup of gumbo and shared a jumbo turkey sandwich.  My dad had another kind of sandwich which I'm not sure what it was. He ordered fries to go with his sandwich.

The turkey was very good especially with the barbecue sauce. It was a simple sandwich but it was good.   

The gumbo was also pretty good, and was warm and had quite a bit of kick, this was over rice.

The fries were huge and enough for all three of us to share. We all thought the fries are pretty good, they had some kind of seasoning on it which was good and then they were just good fries underneath the seasoning. This was also very good dipped in the barbecue sauce.

They had two sauces a regular and the night of the living bbq sauce which was their spicy barbecue sauce this one was my favorite of the two because it had a good amount to kick it. 

 

11950 South Strang Line Road
Olathe, KS

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RJ's Bob-Be-Que Shack -Mission Kansas

September 12, 2012

We met some relatives in Kansas City for some barbecue.  This was one of the places they like in Kansas City and was also featured on diner’s drive-ins and dives. When we first got out of the car I could immediately smell something smoking which is a very good sign. When we went in before they put a table together for us.  For appetizers someone wanted corn fritters which I'd never had before. 

 

Also dad really wanted to try jalapeno sausage. A couple people liked this and others including me who don’t particularly like sausage to begin with didn't care for it. 

 

The fritters were great and were just like dough with corn that was fried. The ranch dressing with it was kind of thin, but did taste good. These might be one of my new favorite appetizers.

I decide to get the rib special which was half a slab of ribs with one side which I picked of bob be que beans. My dad had burnt end sandwich and I don't remember exactly what everyone else had.

 

I thought the ribs were good, but not the greatest ribs in the world.  They did pretty much fall off the bone. The beans had a coffee flavor in them, which is one thing I hate so I didn't care for them. I also got to sample the fried okra and it was great and the best yet that I've tried. My dad let me sample his burnt ends and I immediately knew what I should've have had. The barbecue sauce here I thought was decent but probably not my favorite barbecue sauce I've had.

 

 

5835 Lamar Ave

Mission, KS 66202

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