TheGhostOfRandySavage

If you ever do, hit me up.  I'll go to Kumas in a seconds notice.

 

Done, and done.

 

I love burgers more than any other food.

 

A restaurant in Eagle Rock near where I live does a yearly event called "Burger Week." 7 specialty burgers in 7 days. Each time you are present for the burger of the day, you get a pin and a wristband. On Sunday when you purchase the seventh burger, they cut the wristbands off and give you a shirt. This was the shirt for 2014:

 

 

I've wanted to do it every year since they started but kept forgetting/missing it. This year I finally got around to it. I ate all 7 of these bad boys: http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2014/05/22/oinkster-burger-week-2014-details-of-all-seven-burgers

 

I also had the pleasure of eating a couple of the burgers with my pal, Cesar (also a member of VC), who won a VIP line pass that let him skip the line for the week.

 

This is incredible. I wish someplace here did it.

 

I made my own loosey juicies the other day, holy shittttttt. If you guys haven't done that shit before...DO IT.

I actually made two when I did it the first time, one with cheddar inside, one with Blue Cheese. nnnngh.

These guys are still a band? Bummer.

Come to Chicago and we'll go out for beers and burgers at Kumas.

Fuck yes! If I get out that way I'll get in touch with you and we'll definitely do that.

hahahaha so awesome. man to be a super rich 14 year old must be something else. I now want to make that a goal in my life to go on a date in an Iron Man costume. On that note, I'm off to traffic court, wish me luck peeps!

Good luck!

I'm dying to go back to Kuma's Corner in Chicago. 

 

I need to get the Mastodon burger again. Best burger joint I've ever been to.

 

 

(not my pic)

Somehow I missed this pic early on? WTFFFFFF I WANT THAT.

BurgerFi looks awesome! Not sure how I feel about them branding their name into the bun...but those fries look insaaaaane. 

This kid. Is Bonkers.

that was the first thing we did when we got to california, and i was hugely disappointed. blame it on every single person who talked it up as the greatest fast food option in the world. another example of shitty fries ruining a burger too.

i'd take jack in the box / carl's jr. over in-n-out 10/10 times.

I think in-n-out is just a novelty thing. When I went there I got a 4x4 and fries animal style. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. I just liked that I could order as many patties as I wanted.

Believe it or not, I've never been to a Carl's Junior...I've been to Hardee's when I was a kid, and I know they're pretty much the White Castle/Krystal thing where they're pretty

Much the same place.

Speaking of which, if I had to pick a fast food burger, surprisingly, I'm going White Castle. I can slam those little sliders hard.

Just finished first play through of Dishonored, about to start Dark Souls. I'm scurred! Also now going to pick up Thief! I love stealth games apparently. Didn't realize it until Dishonored.

like tasteless crinkle fries that probably came out of a grocery store freezer? 

Yes. The worst! Or overly soggy/limp fries, etc.

 

 

Thought this might be fitting.

Yyyyum! Carmelized onion is awesome! That photo RivannaJunction posted looks great! (Those fries look incredible too.)

If there's one thing that bugs me it's when you get a great burger, but subpar fries.

I'm sure I will at some point! My sister went to school at Limestone college and I think at some point she may try to get back down that way.

I've been hearing everyone rave about this place so I finally tried it out. Crazy long wait but it was worth it! I had the Chicken & Waffles and LAWD they baked jalapeños, roasted corn, and sausage into the waffle and then gave me two chicken breasts topped with a sweet honey butter glaze. Washed it down with a large mimosa.

Where are you located again!? Because...chicken and waffles is my JAM! I love that's stuff and yours sounded incredible.

If they go through and I can't get one, sell me one for 10.

For you, boo? Done deal. PPD even.

Never picked up anything besides N^o2; I do wish Kills had been pressed to vinyl though. I could see checking this out for sure.

Just order a couple more at $5.99...I'm going to and then give them away as gifts at some point!

 

Edit: and now....5 total ordered. Woo!

Very nice, always good to see an Amigara Fault reference

One dude on here has it already.

Oh yeah, I do remember seeing that photo now in the Mars Volta thread. Hm. The Amazon one at least says it doesn't ship until the 17th though.

Shit like this is the reason that I am no longer a barista.

Samesies.

That test was easy. Then the second half attacked.

I don't even know what that test looks like any more, apparently I took it right before it changed formats. I don't even really remember it, it was pretty much a blur, that whole week up to it all my friends were too busy studying to do anything, lame.

so, how does this new press sound?

Don't think it's out yet...

Can we get the two BB reunion threads merged?

You'll definitely be getting a PM from me when I get home tonight and can really look through.

But, I am the barista. I don't mess shit up on purpose. Peanut butter banana was easy, it's a banana smoothie with peanut butter syrup, that's all. If they want caffienated, use cold brew instead of milk. I don't work at a juice bar, we don't have an absurd amount of ingredients so most substitutions are easy to do.

 

I think only one time one lady was really surprised to find that we don't use real fresh fruit in our smoothies. We are a coffee shop in a tiny, tiny antiquated historic building, we barely have room for the shit we regularly use, let alone fresh ass fruit from the organic non-GMO grass fed blah blah blah. To be blunt, our prices are too low. So that lady threw a fit and we ended up opening non-related Tropicana orange juice and apple juice to use in her smoothie, as if that was so much better.

 

Ah, see that makes it simpler. Our people would want 4 fresh shots of espresso made, real banana, real PB, chocolate, smoothie mix... it was just a whole thing. We also served alcohol at this coffee shop, and we fresh squeezed all fresh fruit to make mixed drinks. It was a fun place for the most part, some people just ordered ridiculous stuff.

 

 

at this point I don't understand why people don't just get milkshakes. Thats really what they're asking for, it just makes no sense. My gf works at Starbucks and she loathes it, with this being a major reason. It is Starbucks though! People think they're hot shit too when they have a drink order thats not on the menu apparently. I don't mind being nice to people, but retail really turned me into quite the misanthrope.

Haha, truth. I'll go so far as to say I even LIKE being nice to people, some folks just want to take advantage though.

 

I don't really have a problem with off-the-menu orders, as long as it's easy to digest.

 

Me - "What would you like?"

Good Customer - "Can I have a blended drink with coffee, chocolate and banana? Maybe some whipped cream?"

Me - "Sure, no problem."

 

Me - "What would you like?"

Bad Customer - "I HAVE NO IDEA I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE LOL"

Me - "Okay, well, would you like some time to peruse, or do you have a usual order I could try to make?"

Bad Customer - 'WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT'S, LIKE, COLD, COFFEE THING"

Me - "Bitch there is an extensive menu right in front of your face there are five people behind you have you never ordered coffee before if you didn't have an idea of what you wanted in the first place why are you here goddamn I want to punch you so bad but I have to think about the tips"

 

Ugh. Been there, hate that.

This might sound a little bit mean, but we had this blind gent who would come in all the time for lunch (we also served fresh grilled panini and shit like that.) Dude ordered the same thing every damn time, and yet every time he came in...multiple times a week mind you, he would make whoever was waiting on him read him the entire menu, and I mean every ingredient that was in every sandwich. It got to the point where he'd come in, one person just would start his usual sandwich order and then the other would stand and recite the entire sandwich menu to him, item by item. That way at least we could get moving on the next customer a little quicker.