Sweet ones, curly ones, purple ones, large ones, gold ones- Boise Fry Company (Portland, Gluten-Free)

Last weekend my friend from high school got married and I made the trip back to Portland. Usually I do at least a visit in the summer and a visit around at the holidays, but this was my first trip back to Portland in 10 months! It was great to see my family and friends […]

Neighborhood vibe and the best dang cheese on a burger- Tap 79 (Upper Eastside, Craft Burgers + Beer)

So at one point not long ago I was looking at probably at least 40 blog posts I needed to do. I had trips to Atlanta, D.C. and and Baltimore, plus a lot of Miami posts that had backed up. Then I visited St. Augustine and Chicago… I was making my way through them (starting […]

A place devoted to worshiping bacon is my kind of place!- Miami Smokers (Little Havana, Restaurants)

A long long time ago I had read an article about Miami Smokers and it sounded pretty legit. A local business focused on quality and sustainability to cure and smoke all kinds of products made from heritage pork. That’s all fine and dandy (no truly it is), but they have one big trump card that’s […]

Ground bacon, doughnut buns, guava jelly, and more make for some fascinating burgers!- LoKal (Coconut Grove, Restaurants)

A really good friend of mine was back home in Miami for a long weekend from New York and our group of friends had plans to hang out at several points throughout the weekend. One night we made dinner and beer/cider plans and decided to meet in the Grove, which is roughly halfway between his parents’ […]

Finding a Miami favorite (with some twists) in Chicago- Cassava (Lake View, Gluten-Free, Outside Trips)

As to be expected in a city like Chicago with quite a lot of gluten-free options, I didn’t get a chance to visit every restaurant on my list. Torrential rain threw a bit of a wrench in my morning plans, so I wasn’t able to visit Tweet in Uptown for a gluten-free breakfast (definitely want […]

Mixing up the traditional and the nontraditional for brunch- The Publican (West Loop, Chicago, Outside Trips)

Brunch! I knew Chicago was a pretty great brunch city, so I was excited for the Sunday morning of my trip. Miami has some decent breakfast and brunch places, but the brunch culture just isn’t there like it is in Portland, Chicago, New York, etc. There were a few brunch places that came up in […]

Look Mom I ate a burger with my hands!- Burger and Beer Joint (Gluten-Free buns, South Beach/Brickell)

Note: the South Beach location is no longer a Burger and Beer franchise and has changed names. Unsure if they still have gluten-free buns. After a somewhat early night out in South Beach (ie. ending around 11 PM), my friends and I were pretty hungry and a few people wanted to eat at Burger and […]

Gluten-free hiding right under my nose- Yardbird Southern Table and Bar (South Beach)

Way overdue on several posts but this is gonna be a good one for gluten-frees! The other weekend it was my friend’s birthday and we went to brunch at Yardbird. She had really been wanting to try it out for awhile and our other friend said that their roasted pecan pancakes were to die for […]