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Salutations Readers!
Kalamazoo has good food.
Great food, in fact. We have made it our mission to check out all the local eateries one at a time - and more for our own poor memories than any other reason, we'll be chronicling our adventures in food here. And some places float our boats way more than others, which is why we have developed the very scientific five golden forks rating scale. Ok. It is not scientific at all. It is actually quite unscientific. But, it is something. And now, you can search all of our reviews by the forks rating. YAY!

But, wait! There's more!
Kalamazoo Foodies no longer just eat at restaurants then review them. There are recipes posted, some easy, some less easy, all delicious. There are, or will be, book reviews, the new Foodie Movie Review-y which will focus on movies about food or ones that have a lot of beautiful food in them. There are other food musings, and hopefully soon contests and so much more. But, Foodie Friends, it is all about food. Because we love it!
And, we want to hear from you!
We want to hear your comments on our recipes and reviews. We want to know where you love to eat. And, we are looking for GUEST bloggers to broaden our horizons a bit. And, if you haven't found us on Facebook, you should do that too. Like our page for other fun Foodies stuff like photos, polls, and more.

SO KALAMAZOO PATRONS - where do YOU love to eat? Because we'd love to check it out and share our thoughts here. Give us a comment below, and quickly! Our tummies are grumbling in anticipation.

A Note from the Foodies about our typical fair:
So, you may notice as you read our blog that we often order the same thing wherever we go. OK, maybe not quite, but we do often order similar things. Kristin has her caprese salads and mushroom dishes. Kate has her baked goat cheese and things with tofu. Well, readers, we wanted to let you know that this is absolutely intentional. A) We love those things, so why not order what you love? And, B) It is a lot easier to compare apples to apples than it is to compare apples to comquats. So, we like to order similar things to have a good sense of how to compare them. Just wanted to let you in on that little secret. Bon appetit!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Foodies on Vacay: Dirty Franks, Columbus, Ohio


Kate: Fried Leeks, Vegetarian Nicola, and Vegetarian West Virgina Slaw Dog
I know, shocker, I traveled to Columbus, Ohio and found a place to blog on. Sorry foodie fan, Columbus is where I discovered the foodie in me! I promise, I will blog on somewhere in the Kalamazoo area soon!
Anyway, so we were in Columbus, and our friends kept talking up this hot dog place. I know, hot dogs, doesn't really sound like me. But, here's the catch, the friends (what up, Brandlyn and Josh) are both vegetarians, so, I knew I would be alright. Additionally, this place is owned by the same people as two other restaurants that I really like in Columbus, Surly Girl and Betty's. So, when a storm decided to descend upon Columbus and ruin our plans to spend a day on the boat, we headed to Dirty Franks instead.
First of all, this place has cheap PBR on draft (a redundency, I know) but, this only added to the somewhat eccentric sports bar feel to this place. And, for my Kalamazoo friends, they did have Oberon on draught. It is a small store front. In fact, we had to wait about 30 minutes before we were seated, but by the time we got there, we were so pumped, it was fine.
The star of the meal were the fried leeks. Think onion rings but better. They have a variety of fried wonders (Tater-Tochs, yep, that's right, nachos made with tater tots!) on their "The Goods" menu, but Brandlyn said the leeks were worth trying, and she was right. They are lighter than onion rings, really well marinated, and not super greasy. I loved'em. We killed that basket as soon as it hit the table.
Now, I will be honest, I wasn't crazy about my dogs. I will also be honest in saying that I tried to be a little adventurous and ordered outside of my usual realm. So, while I didn't totally love my dogs, I definitely will go back (especially based on Paul's reaction, he loved his dogs) and try something else.
The Nicola, with a vegetarian dog with Tzatziki and Greek relish was, really, not very good. The Tzatziki was a little overwhelming and the relish was WAY TOO olive-y. I know, I know, it was Greek relish, but seriously, where were the cucumbers?
The West Virginia Slaw Dog, with vegetarian coney sauce, coleslaw and onions, was little better, but I really wasn't a huge fan of the coney sauce. It was a little too sweet for me. The slaw and onions were great, especially on the poppyseed bun, but, I could have done without the coney sauce.
Next time, will go with my gut and get the Chicago Dog, which is what I know I love.
Oh, and special mention to one of the dogs on the menu, The Glenn Beck, listed as "just a plain, old weiner". HA! LOVE IT!
Anyway, ambience gives this place a boost. And, the fact that they are open until 2 am DAILY is amazing. This place would really hit the spot after a fun night out. But, seriously, if you are in Columbus, give Dirty Franks a shot. There is defintiely something for everyone on that dog menu, if you like dogs that is!

http://dirtyfrankscolumbus.com/


four golden forks out of five.
NOTE: I wanna say 3 out of 5 as I didn't love my dogs, but the potential is there!
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