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I gotta mention again that Discount Tire is da bomb. She and I both had to get our tires rotated so we booked an appointment one after the other...bam...bam...we were out of there in 15 minutes each and 25 minutes total. Even more important to report is that my car currently still has its factory original tires on it - but they still did the rotate/balance for me for free (cuz I did my old car there?)

PS: And they re-filled my tires to 40psi after I forgot to ask them to do so when dropping it off.

You need to be going to your local Discount Tire if it is anything like mine.

CUSACK! Robinson! Corddry! .......This has potential...but then again, it is probably going to suck. I'm torn.

   Hot Tub Time Machine

I think I'll wait until bro#4 tells me how it is and then know the opposite is true.

We just came across an announcement stating that The Strip Club will no longer be serving lunch starting in January.

We have probably been there 8 times (although after a bit I did a bad job of updating the review page - probably cuz nothing ever needed reviewing - it is all plenty good...or maybe cuz I am a lazy sack of crap. You decide.)

Must get back one (or 2!) last time!

Oh well, we'll always have Paris extended dinner hours.

After seeing the Chanel no. 5 ad...my 2009 list was shaken to the core. .....yowza....

1) Anne Hathaway
2) Tina Fey
3) Audrey Tautou
4) Claudia Bassols
5) Paz Vega

2011? Ellie Kemper?

As Selby deadends into Fairview in St. Paul one can now find the The Blue Door Pub. Their claim to fame is probably "The Juicy Blusy" - a garlic and bleu cheese stuffed juicy lucy burger...but I am too foolish to have gotten the original one yet...my eye keeps getting attracted to some of the other freakshow hamburgers on their menu...but don't worry I will be back yet again to get that too. I am pretty sure it would be impossible to go wrong here.

(My original trip on OCT/6 was on a return from St. Thomas to drop off some Twins tix to a friend a couple months ago - when I had the Jiffy Burger...so when I went today I was going to just toss in my new taste sensation - only to find I never wrote anything last time!!! Time to fix that.)

Must Have
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+ The Jiffy Burger

OMG. A hamburger on a toasted bun topped with crunchy peanut butter, bacon, mayo and pickles. It is so unbelievably good - although my buds did start to TKO after eating that barrage of flavors. My mind has been blown.

+ The Luau (Blusy)

I can't decide for sure but I think I like this one just a touch less than the Jiffy Burger...but it could be a tie for all that it matters. A toasted-bun Juicy Blusy topped with Canadian bacon, pineapple and pickles...but inside the blusy with the bleu cheese? also pineapple! Daddy like.

+ Breakfast Blucy -- added 2010/May/12

Very Good
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+ Tots - nothing unusual, just a perfectly done mountain of them


PS: They make everything to go too...so keep that in mind.

PPS: Yes, I know...I really need to try the fried green beans and the Spam bites..and the...and the.....c'mon! I'm on a diet here!

Stumbled across an ancient list of "cheap eats" from MSPMag...in which they listed the roast beef at Maverick's in Roseville - which I had never heard of...but an Internet search confirmed was still open.

Two doors down from our failure to find good green chili at Ol' Mexico resides the unassuming storefront of this ma & pa sandwich shop. The menu boasted open-faced sandwiches, burgers, brisket sandwiches and - what I was there for - the roast beef sandwich.

Strangely I was the only one there when I walked in - but by the time I left 20 minutes later 20 people had come in...so I guess they do a rather "feast or famine" service as people briskly pass through.

Once you receive your sammich they have a condiments bar with every option people have ever considered slathering on beef; jus, prepared horseradish, "creamy horseradish", Heinz BBQ sauce, "tangy BBQ" sauce, "ancho-chipotle" sauce, "horsey-dijon" sauce, spicy brown mustard, giardiniera, sour pickles chips, pepperoncini, banana peppers, dill pickle chips, Frank's Red Hot and jalapeños. Which I sampled widely (although I would haveneeded another 3 sandwiches to test them all correctly).

Must Have
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+ Prepared Horseradish - so perfect on roast beef...with that fantastic eye-watering sinus burn.
+ "Horsey-Dijon" sauce - this will definitely work


Very Good
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+ Giardiniera - nice heat, could use a bit more variety of veggies in it - my batch only had jalepeños and carrots in it - but maybe it was the scoop out of the jar.
+ Roast Beef Sandwich

If I weren't dieting I probably would have opted for the "Large" Roast Beef - and after having the small I would guess the ratio of beef to bun would be preferable on the large (not that the small was skimpy). They butter and toast the buns and then slice beef on the spot for it. The beef was pink and tender with nice flavor - my only gripe would be the temperature, it seemed to be "warm" instead of "hot"...and that would have made a lot of difference in the first bite magic. I would certainly go back assuming that this temperature was a side effect of me being the first person in the room after a service pause.

Good
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+ "Ancho-Chipotle" sauce - a little bland, but will work in a pinch


Take It Or Leave It
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? Spicy Brown Mustard - not really magic on roast beef in my book