Earl Abel's Restaurant - San Antonio, TX

October 22, 2015

We arrived here for an early dinner so the place wasn’t too busy and we were seated right away. Our waitress came in just a bit my parents both ordered coffee I just had a water. We looked at the menu for a while.  I had read online they were famous for their fried chicken so I already pretty much knew what I was going to get. The menu did say they had regular or spicy. But when I ordered the waitress didn’t ask and I forgot to specify spicy so I just got regular. I had the regular fried chicken breast and leg $10.25 and for my two sides I picked Sautéed Cabbage and mashed potatoes with cracklin’ gravy. Mom and dad both have the special the day which was Salisbury steak $10.95. Our meals came with dinner rolls as well.

I thought this was pretty good fried chicken but I definitely have had better. I really enjoyed the sides which were all homemade the cabbage even had bacon in it and the cracklin’ gravy on top of the potatoes was excellent.

 

After we were all done eating I was full and couldn’t eat much more. But mom and dad both decided to get pie. Dad got the chocolate ice box pie and mom had the lemon meringue pie.  I tasted on both and thought the chocolate was the better of the two but they were both very good.

Earl Abel’s restaurant in San Antonio was quite tasty and while they may not have the best food ever, they have very good homemade food that’s a bit on the fattening side but it tastes so good.

 

 

 

 

 website: http://www.earlabelssa.com/


 

1201 Austin Hwy #175, San Antonio, TX 78209

 

 

Dough Pizzeria Napoletana - San Antonio TX

Dough Pizzeria Napoletana October 22, 2015

This was our first day in San Antonio after 2 long travel days and a nice margarita pizza sound like just the thing.  When we walked in there was a strong smell of garlic and we had to wait a few minutes while they got the table for us ready. Once we were seated our waitress asked if we wanted sparkling water or regular water we just took regular and we all three ordered cokes, and also asked about the pizza sizes since the menu just said small or large.  She showed us with her hands about 10 inch and a 12 inch maybe sizes. So we all three just ordered three different small pizzas for ourselves.  

 

Both mom and I ordered a small margarita pizza ($7.50)

 

 

and dad ordered the pork love pizza ($11). This was an excellent margarita pizza as it should be since it’s a certified Neapolitan pizza place and I keep finding all the certified ones are very similar which would make sense. This was an excellent pizza and so was my dad’s he said.  This was a great way to start off my San Antonio food journey.
 

 

 

6989 Blanco Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78216

   



Whataburger - Lubbock Texas

October 21, 2015

 

We were in Texas so I figured we better stop at a Whataburger and try it out. I ordered a number one combo with cheese this was an okay burger but still fast food.  Maybe one of the better fast food places though, but definitely no In-N-Out.

The fries were okay and when they brought the food out they brought out a tray of condiments I took a couple of spicy ketchups and thought it was really good ketchup and a bit spicy.

8226 University Ave, Lubbock, TX

Coming soon: San Antonio TX

Recently I took a trip to San Antonio, so starting next week I'll start posting about some of the Good Eats I found along the way!

28th Annual MDA Chili Cook Off - Larimer Square Historic District Denver, Colorado

October 2, 2015

 

Recently I was able to attend the 28^th Annual MDA Chili Cook Off which is a fundraiser to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  This was held at Larimer Square in Denver.  The whole street was shut down and filled with tents for each of the participating fire stations.  There were way too many to try each one, so I ended up sampling 4 different ones plus 2 bowls.  4 of them were green chili.  One of the Denver stations was my favorite and the one from Westminster was the hottest I had and made my nose run.  The most different one was from a Fort Worth Texas station which of course had no beans.  My overall favorite was an elk chili from Mountain View fire, which was a red chili.  This was a great event and a lot of fun to try all the different chili’s and most importantly it raised a lot of money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.   

Mici Handcrafted Italian- Stapleton Denver Colorado

After waiting in the parking lot for a while and waiting out the rain we had an early dinner here.  After finding a break in the rain we went in. We headed up to the counter I ordered a pepperoni pizza, mom and dad both got the lasagna.  After we ordered we took our drink cups and a number to our table and waited a bit.  shortly our food arrived

the pizza was very good it wasn’t the best and it was a step below the best pizzas I’ve had, but still very good I didn’t particularly like the cornmeal on the crust but the rest was very good it was quite a bit greasy as well it dripped all over my hand.

The lasagna seemed pretty good with two pieces of ciabatta bread. Mom and dad both liked this very much. Throughout our meal multiple people came by to see how everything was including a guy who told us how good everything else on their menu was and that he liked the lasagna the most and also he told us how good the desserts were. So after we were done eating I took my last piece in a box and we all decided to try it cannoli which I have never had before.

They were mini cannoli’s, so they were kind of small but I wasn’t too hungry so I thought it was the perfect size. These were excellent.  I don’t exactly know how they stack up against others but all I know is these were great.

2373 Central Park Blvd, Denver, CO 80238

Chris’ Café Santa Fe New Mexico

March 12, 2015

Driving home from phoenix and Albuquerque each year we find a different place to stop for lunch in Santa Fe. This year we picked Chris’ Café. This place is owned by Chris who was formerly from Tecolote café which was on diners drive-ins and dives years ago. So we stopped in around lunchtime this place is small and very crowded and not all tables were wheelchair accessible there was only one available which was rather small for the three of us. First we were all three ordered cokes and shortly thereafter our waitress was back to take our orders. I had the bacon breakfast burrito and I had it Christmas style because I can never figure out which to choose, so I just got both.  Dad had the sausage burrito and did the same thing with the chili.

 

 

And mom got an omelet with green chili.

 

 I thought this burrito was very good and was an all right size not the biggest one I’ve ever had but decent size it also had beans and hash browns on the side. This was a perfect meal for our last day of our trip and I couldn’t stop thinking about how great my burrito was all the way home and I never could figure out which chili I liked best because they were both delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3568 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507