The good egg - Phoenix, AZ

March 7, 2012

We arrived for a late breakfast it wasn’t very full in the place. The lady in front didn't know they had a table that would work for us. This wasn't because they were too crowded or anything, but because of me being in a wheelchair it sometimes makes it difficult to get to certain tables. But they did find one that would work. The waitress came pretty quickly. I had the basic breakfast with bacon; I ordered my eggs over easy.  This also came with potatoes and your choice of bread which I chose an English muffin. My parents both had the biscuits and gravy.  The food came fairly quickly.  

I thought the bacon was pretty good but other than that I didn't think the breakfast was all that good.  I didn't really like the potatoes too much they tasted ok, but they were a little on the hard side. Also my eggs which I ordered over easy were not runny at all, and were maybe over hard. The English muffin was just an English muffin.  

My parents both really enjoyed the biscuits and gravy which they do just about everywhere.  The good egg I thought was just ok there was nothing really too great or too bad.

2957 W. Bell Rd. Phoenix, AZ

Hohokam Field Mesa Arizona

March 6, 2012

I decided to get a chi-town dog since we're at the Cubs Stadium.

The dog had most of the normal Chicago dog and had all the basic things to Chicago dog tomatoes neon relish, onions, a poppyseed bun sport peppers and a pickle spear, the mustard was a spicy brown instead of the regular. I thought it was basic ballpark food and the price you expect at a ballpark.($11.25 for dog and drink) I also didn't really like the sport peppers they seemed like they were just skin with seeds and they were hot and I needed my soda quick, Even though soda is supposed to make it worse, it did seem to help.

Dillons GLENDALE ARIZONA

MARCH 6, 2012

We had spent our first day in Phoenix watching the Chicago Cubs kill the Rockies in spring training game which was disappointing. We thought that bbq might be good and I had read about Dillons barbecue previously online and saw pictures of their onion rings and was sold on the place.

Since it was an afternoon game we ended up getting there for an early dinner. When we walked in we were seated right away. Very quickly are waitress showed up to take our drink orders and appetizer order. My parents both got cokes and I had lemonade, which the waitress asked if pink lemonade was okay which it was. We also had to get the onion rings which looked amazingly good on the pictures. We were just going to order the regular onion rings 6.95 but when we order them the waitress asked if we wanted the special half orders for a dollar. We decided to get two of them.

When she came back with the onion rings I thought wow these look great they were in a little basket with ranch dressing. My parents shared one of the half orders and I ate the other and they were amazingly good and were if not the best onion rings I had ever had they were toward the top of the list. The outside would break and pieces kept falling off, but the onion didn’t pull out with it.  Our waitress came back and took our onion ring plates which wasn't very long after, since we ate them so fast.  She also took your dinner order

I decided to get the pulled pork sandwich which came with your choice of barbecue sauce and a side dish I had Cajun sauce which had a little spice to it if you ate it straight, but when it was in the sandwich you couldn’t tell there was much heat but it was good. I also think it would've been better if there was more sauce on the sandwich. I had the mashed potatoes and gravy with it which were decent but not the best. The pork in my sandwich I thought was pretty average for barbecue. The bottom of the bun was really soggy which made it kind of hard to pick up so ate it with a fork.

My mom had the pulled pork but with the Carolina sauce and the coleslaw on top which she seemed to like but she didn't talk too much about it just it was good. My dad had the smoked turkey platter and he really enjoyed and after sampling it I understood why, it was really good. My parents both thought their sides were just ok.  Another good point about this place was they were selling shamrocks for MDA is very important to me.

This place I thought was mostly average or maybe a little better, but the onion rings were so good that I would boost their overall rating.

20585 North 59th Avenue  Glendale, AZ 85308

Valle Luna--Phoenix AZ

March 6, 2012

We just got Phoenix and I thought Mexican food would be good. It had been a long day of travel and then having a few problems at the hotel which you will be able to read more about on my accessible road trip blog soon. After all our issues we had my mind wasn't really fully on the food.  They seated us and brought chips and salsa and took our drink orders which were three Cokes.

The salsa was good there were three bowls but I think two of them were the same.  One was a chunky salsa with chunks of tomato, onions, and peppers.  There was also a sauce that was kind of a runny sauce, I liked both of the salsas and I also thought the chips were good as well. After we had time to look over the menu I decided to order the two enchilada plate with beef and the red sauce which also came with rice and beans (11.95). My mom had the chili relleno plate (9.95) and my dad went with the chimichanga with shredded beef (12.95).   

I thought my enchiladas were okay and decent but they were a little hard on ends.  The beans rice nothing special, but then again not bad. 

My dad liked his chimichanga which he said was very good, but that's also what he says about most chimichangas.

My mom didn't say much about her chile relleno but she ate most of it until she was full.

Bell West Plaza3336 West Bell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85053

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Moes original barbecue -Fort Collins Colorado

2/25/2012

I met a friend at Moes original barbecue.  We went in and you have to order at the front end of the bar their special was southern fried chicken ($10) which is what I got.  It came with two sides and cornbread for my sides picked the pork chili which was one of their sides of the day, and the potato salad. My friend got their rib platter with baked beans and potato salad, both of our meals with drinks. We went to fill our drinks up and waited for our meals to come and they said it would be at least 10 minutes for the chicken. In not to long they brought out our meals. 

Mine was half a chicken which is lot for me, I started into it and it was really hot which is good.  I ate some of the smaller pieces and I thought it was pretty good, not the best fried chicken I’ve had but it tasted pretty good. I really liked the pork chili; it was kind of soupy which is how I prefer chili.  It was also filled with chilies and onions.  The flavor was good and had a little bit of a kick, but not too much.  I actually liked the cornbread which is something I normally don't, it was a little sweet and there were bits of peppers throughout not very hot but it did taste good. The potato salad was alright but not really that exciting.  I was thinking this was pretty good and I had quite a bit to take home.  However when I was eating the leftovers and got to the breast I peeled back the outside skin and thought it might be easier to just try to pull some of the meat off.  When I did this I saw a red streak in there and kind of pressed down and blood squeezed out, and for some reason I couldn’t finish my leftovers.

I am not giving Moe’s a star rating because of having two completely different stories, good food, but not everything cooked fully.  Which I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say it must have been a fluke.

181 North College Avenue  Fort Collins, CO 80524

Pappy's corner pub - Ft. Collins CO

 February 16, 2012

We decided to stop here for lunch mostly because I had a coupon from the mail.  We entered the restaurant and there was a sign that says please see yourself so we did, and someone was right behind us with menus and took our drink orders which were both cokes. Then we looked over the menu but I was thinking I wanted a French dip or something like that anyways. And that's what I decided to get, it also came with a side dish choice which I chose French fries. My dad went with the Ruben which is one of his favorite sandwiches with fries as well. 

The first thing I noticed when I bit into my sandwich was that it was really really salty, really too much for me at least and I usually don’t complain about too much salt. It tasted like they put extra salt on top of something that was already really salty.  My sandwich was okay but it's really not that good, but it was decent.  The meat was ok but really nothing special, I actually thought the bread was pretty good and the fries were good but not great as well.

My dad liked his meal and said everything was good and better than what I thought of mine.

I thought that Pappy’s was pretty average, nothing great and nothing terrible.

1027 W Horsetooth Rd # 111  Fort Collins, CO 80526