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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of the Mai-Kai in Ft Lauderdale. A remnant of the mid-century era of Polynesian Escapism, the Mai-Kai remains a top destination for Tiki cocktails and escapism, and offer's one of America's longest running Polynesian dinner shows!

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Mai-Kai Restaurant (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
As I mentioned a few years back in a review of Tiki Underground a few years ago, “Tiki” in the United States had an interesting history: starting in the early 20th century in California and Hawaii (e....
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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya in Redmond, WA. A nice location of a smaller ramen chain with an impressive menu of different ramen variations.

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Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya (Redmond, WA)
After sending our hiker friends on their way, before heading home to New England we spent a few days hanging around with friends of ours in Redmond, generally having a relaxing time cooking, playing w...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of The Bar at Chihuly Garden and Glass. One of the better museum cafés I've been to, and an outstanding tomato soup and grilled cheese combo, a combination of flavor, comfort food, and nostalgia, all in one.

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The Bar at Chihuly Garden and Glass (Seattle, MA)
After our visit to Piroshky Piroshky and some touristic wandering of Pike Place Market, we decided to continue our explorations of Seattle's major tourist attractions with a visit to Chihuly Garden an...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of the well-known Piroshky Piroshky across from Seattle's Pike Place Market. Surprisingly good savory and sweet Russian-style pastries.

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Piroshky Piroshky (Seattle, WA)
On our last day in Seattle before heading out to visit friends in Redmond, we hung out with our friends Julie and Howard, checking out a few of the tourist sites around downtown Seattle. One of our f...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats of El Gaucho steakhouse in Tacoma, WA. A classic old-school steakhouse with excellent steaks, cocktails, and tableside preparation. And a great $22 tartare.

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El Gaucho (Tacoma, WA)
"After the doing... there is the undoing." We've had a long tradition of celebrating our longer backpacking trips by finding a good celebratory dinner spot, often a steakhouse when this is viable. S...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Musubi Kai in downtown Seattle. A small shop focusing on a variety of musubi (over a dozen varieties), poke bowls, and donburis.

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Musubi Kai (Seattle, WA)
One of the things I like to do when visiting various metro areas is to visit their art museums, and I was surprised to realize that, despite 8 visits to Seattle since the 1990s, I had not yet visited ...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of TNT Taqueria, a nice little Mexican place in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. Good tacos and great tortas.

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TNT Taqueria (Seattle, WA)
Over an extended Labor Day holiday, Carol and I did another Fitpacking backpacking trip to Mount Rainier National Park, and that was a good opportunity to catch up with friends and revisit some favori...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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It is ONLY available during Holiday Nights and it is one of my favorite things in the world.

Here's a picture of me with the sandwich last year.
Me with the Sandwich at Holiday Nights 2024.
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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A man after my own heart. I salute you.
hooverstreetrag.org Ho-Ho-Hoover! Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · Oct 29
One of the food stands is the Hot Beef Sandwich stand. It is a roast beef sandwich, carved off the spit (they used to do it more directly in front of you, but it was inefficient, so they now have a stockpile.)

It is a roast beef sandwich on a savory onion bun with sauce and onions.
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats re-visit to an old favorite, Pink's Hot Dogs in Hollywood. Still cranking out some classic hots dogs after more than 85 years in operation.

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Health-Check: Pink's Hot Dogs (Los Angeles, CA)
Sometimes we get into comfortable patterns. Much earlier in my career, I had project assignments that had me visiting Edwards AFB frequently, and for a variety of logistical reasons it was far easier...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Melanee Thai Asian Cuisine in Beverlywood, LA. Good, late night Thai treats and friendly service.

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Melanee Thai Asian Cuisine (Los Angeles, CA)
After a day out and about, we wanted to grab some dinner close to our hotel, but that stretch of Pico in West LA doesn't have a lot of offerings, especially on a Friday night. It's a heavily Jewish n...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I have never felt so seen.
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Man Has Favorite Hot Dog Place For Every Level Of Sobriety
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Meyers Manx Café, a nice little dune-buggy-themed café inside the Petersen Automotive Museum.

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Meyers Manx Café (Los Angeles, CA)
After relocating to a new hotel in Beverlywood, we decided that we'd spend two of our days in LA revisiting some of my favorite museums from previous visits. Before hitting up LACMA for an afternoon ...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach, CA. A great breakfast and lunch spot that captures the classic mid-century diner ambiance, with a great menu as well.

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Ocean Diner (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Before we relocated from Hermosa Beach to LA's Beverlywood neighborhood for a few days of museum visits, we wanted to grab breakfast in Hermosa Beach. Right next to our hotel on Aviation Boulevard wa...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bright Spark Brewing in Ventura, CA. Good beer. Good pizza and burgers. And a damn fine chicken sandwich.

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Bright Spark Brewing (Ventura, CA)
After a week spent on Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park, we arrived back in Ventura, CA, looking for a nice dinner to celebrate our trip before wading back into LA-area traffic ...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bright Spark Brewing in Ventura, CA. Good beer. Good pizza and burgers. And a damn fine chicken sandwich.

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Bright Spark Brewing (Ventura, CA)
After a week spent on Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park, we arrived back in Ventura, CA, looking for a nice dinner to celebrate our trip before wading back into LA-area traffic ...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Redwood Pie in Hermosa Beach, CA. A distinctly mimalist pizza takeout joint (the only non-pizza food item is a salad), the pizzas are particularly good, with good toppings and a nice sourdough crust.

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Redwood Pie (Hermosa Beach, CA)
As we explored downtown Hermosa Beach as we got everything prepped for our trip out to Santa Cruz island, we walked by an interesting looking store: Redwood Pie, right on Pier Avenue. Notably, it had...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of El Pollo Inka in Hermosa Beach, CA. Part of a local chain, they serve up some excellent, affordable Peruvian food, and have an especially good Pollo a la Brasa.

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El Pollo Inka (Hermosa Beach, CA)
After a nice breakfast revisiting our old favorite Uncle Bill's for breakfast, we packed up in Manhattan Beach and moved just down the coast to Hermosa Beach to rendezvous with Beau before heading out...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats (re-)review of one of my all-time favorite Italian restaurants, Jame Enoteca in El Segundo, CA. Great cocktails, perfect cocktails, and pleasant service. Worth a visit if you are around LAX.

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Health Check: Jame (El Segundo, CA)
Back in early 2024, a business trip to various aerospace clients in the LA area had me spending several nights in and around El Segundo, where I ended up at Jame in search of lunch, and returning late...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of The Lakehouse Tavern in Hopkinton, NH. A nice old school "tavern" on the shore of Kimball Pond, they've got some good beer and great food, and one of the area's best prime ribs.

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Lakehouse Tavern (Hopkinton, NH)
One of the things we've committed to here at Offbeat Eats is to take several of those places we're always driving by, saying to ourselves "I should check out that place sometime", and actually stoppin...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Karavalli Regional Cuisine of India, an Indian place in Saratoga Springs with some very flavorful Kerali and Chettinad dishes. And some of the best parata, with coconut notes.

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August 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of one of northern NH's gems, Super Secret Ice Cream. This little ice cream shop focuses on locally sourced ingredients, and has managed to get James Beard nominations two years in a row:

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Super Secret Ice Cream (Bethlehem, NH)
One of the things I like to follow in the world of Restaurants is the annual James Beard Awards, seeing which chefs and restaurants, especially in New England, are getting recognized. I'll be honest,...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Jan's Fairlee Diner. When my long-loved Fairlee Diner closed in 2022, it wasn't the end of the road, it got quickly purchased and re-opened, and still has some great breakfast fare.

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Jan's Fairlee Diner (Fairlee, VT)
Ever since I moved to the Upper Valley, I've had a handful of favorite diners in the area. For years, one of my favorites was The Fairlee Diner in Fairlee, VT, for some good pancakes, good Benedicts, ...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Alma. One of Minneapolis's best restaurants, I finally managed to revisit this Spring 24 years after my last visit, and had a great dinner.

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Alma (Minneapolis, MN)
When I moved to Minneapolis, a block away was a fairly derelict building that used to contain Blue Ribbon Foods, a frozen food distributor that had fairly recently stopped operations. After a few yea...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM