For Wood fired pizza on a truck:
It’s Veebos Pizza *
*Pizza in Colorado sucks!
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Food Truck #10 – Veebos Pizza
Thursday, August 8th, 2013Food Truck #11 – The Waffle Lab
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Food truck 12 – Ba-nom-a-nom
Monday, August 5th, 2013This is it:
Fort Collins’ own fruity Ice Cream from a truck!
The Bulls Still Cry in Severance
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012In the town of Severance, Mr. Bruce Ruth posted a sigh that says: “The Town of Severance — Where the Geese Fly and the Bulls Cry”.
Why Severance is Famous
This town of maybe 650 population has this bar called “Bruce’s”. It was a biker bar that served bull testicles and it was famous for it (i.e. Rocky Mountain Oysters, or RMO). It was one of those famous dive bars that people out East would talk about. In 2006 Bruce Ruth died and the bar closed.
Part of the mural painted in 1972
It looked like the end of Bruce’s after he died. The town wouldn’t allow the new owners to get a liquor license unless building improvements were made.
The Flying goose and crying bulls are back again
Lucky for Severance a group of folks (one of them named Bruce) were interested enough to get the building into an approved state so that they reopened in October of 2009. Yes! The crying bulls are back!
Daddy Rab was there
We saw Daddy Rab at Engaging Loveland last July and when we saw that they were playing at Bruce’s, we just had to go. So we did. It was a bit like listening to the Blues Brothers performing at Bob’s County Bunker at times, but Daddy Rab knows a lot of cover songs so by the end of the first set they got ’em up and dancing. I hope they come back again soon.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 25th, 2010Time to make the SLYDER DRESSING !
It’s the turkey dressing made with White Castle burgers!
(The above link has the recipe) When we moved to Colorado, we knew that no White Castle restaurants were built west of the Mississippi River. And two years ago, the closest place to buy frozen White Castles were in selected grocery stores in Denver. It now appears that someone has determined that there is indeed a craving in Fort Collins!
The White Castle in Maywood, Illinois
I used to go to the above store at 3:30 am. There was an employee there who wore a 30-year pin! Wow, 30 years behind the counter of a White Castle! That’s got to mean something!
The RAGBRAI bike with frozen White Castle Cheeseburgers on the back
Now to ride back home and microwave a couple for a little snack. If you do this, maybe you could add a pickle slice (Vlasic Ovals are OK) and some mustard (like Gulden’s Spicy Brown) or maybe even some Lowensenf Extra from Mount Horeb — if you want to get closer to the Dusseldorf Mustard that W.C. uses. Otherwise you just have to grab a few handfulls of mustard packets at a White Castle the next time you are in the Midwest.
Santa @ the Fort
Saturday, November 20th, 2010In Old Town this afternoon:
It’s Santa Claus playing his concertina
His elf is smiling but it looks like Santa is concerned about some of those bad little children on the square. Hey, I know where you can dig up a lump of coal if you are interested.
OK, that’s better!
Santa’s elf is played by Matt (as in the College of Matt and Science) and it looks like he’s got a few things in that bag of his. Santa was followed up to his workshop near the skating rink by a large group of kids with their lists in hand. I had no problem pushing those kids out of the way to be first in line. I want the Mario® Red edition of the Wii please!
Insomnia 103
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010or Eat here, Get Gas…
This place is open 24 hours
And it’s #4 on the list 20 reasons to Visit in the official 2009 Colorado Vacation Guide.
You can buy high-octane “Dino Supreme” gasoline
or some Corgi Kitsch
Also “Best Truck Stop Restaurant in the US” in 2004 by the Food Network
When our friend Diedra was in town visiting we took her to Johnson’s Corner for breakfast. The place was really hopping with customers; however we didn’t see anyone wearing a cowboy hat. Like, where’s the fun in that? We could have been in Wisconsin!
bugman does denver, part third
Sunday, August 15th, 2010How?
Banjo Billy’s ?
Banjo BIlly’s sounds like they are the kind of tour that could be fun. The bus is tricked out like a hillbilly shack on wheels with couches and saddles to sit on inside the bus. The tour is OK, but the tales told were not as bizarre as I would think; could it be me?
Walk the neighborhoods! See the houses!
Lots of mansions stuck between high rise condos. Here’s one looking from the top floor of our temporary condo.
State Capitol Building
I mean it’s right there in the center of town. Who could miss it?
Looking up at the dome from the inside
House of Reps! The door was open, but nobody was there.
An Italian Beef to some degree
We being the spoiled type, you just have to go into the BIG CITY if you really want something good to eat. Sorry Fort Collins, we love you for many things, but the following places put your restraunt listings to shame:
Tommy’s Thai – Super Thai favorites at a great price. I’d eat there 3 times a week if I could!
Fontano’s Subs – Man, if you go 200 miles outside a’ Chicago you won’t find an “Italian Beef Samich” anywhere. However, you can get mighty close to one at this place.
Bistro Vendome – It’s French! “Tres bien” all the way!
Brothers BBQ – WTF? The O’Sullivan brothers came from England and started a BBQ restaurant in Denver back in 1998. Only in America! Check out their “License to Grill” video on their website.
cross taxidermy
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010at Vern’s
coon-skinned top face hat.
Seems a bit weird, but that’s what you get when you stop in at Vern’s. The Post-Ragbrai depression is setting in, so I rode with my banjo out to Laporte to Vern’s Place to enjoy one of their world famous cinnamon rolls.
Outside of Vern’s Place
As good a redneck style of breakfast location can git, this is probably the closest outback place from the Fort; And if you show up toting a homemade banjar, well the similarities to the movie “Deliverance” become all too evident.
Note: I think they “healthy upped” the cinnamon rolls as they were not as gooey and full of sugar like they are at Johnson’s Corner. Sure, I nearly threw up after eating one, but I didn’t have the near death experience I had eating the “J.C.” roll.
loveland loves bar-b-que
Friday, July 9th, 2010Well, the feast of the RAGBRAI is coming soon! Gotta bike out to the nearest porkfest to train…
Wow! Loveland LOVES BBQ! Who would’a thunk?
… It’s a rib-fest sponsored by the local medical facility!
and you buy food using these “Pork’er Chips”; OK, the pork puns are a RAGBRAI tradition! I’m used to that.
Oops? Who are these guys? They won 3rd place last year.
Hey! Morrison is where Red Rocks is located. Bob’s logo features a nice happy pig ready to be eaten!
… this is Biggins; He’s a big dude with a big black beard. High heat is the concept in his logo.
Rat BBQ? You gotta be kidding!
Brother Mel was out there tellin’ it like it is: “Come and git yer Fat and Cholesterol RIGHT HERE!”
Not just pork for dinner
I don’t understand this pig eating frog. Actually it’s kind of scary.
Finally a classy looking sign. These guys started in business making BBQ sauce.
These folks feature hot sauce on their ribs.
Never been there. Maybe I’ll try them someday.
Oh! I sampled some of their jerk chicken; It’s NOT!
Bumpa’s offers free delivery to Milliken! MILLIKEN! Someday I’ll do a blog post on Milliken. Not now.
Can you smell CHAIN?
The Peace Pit of Greeley? Why? Grease Pit?
Funny thing; All of these BBQ places are “Voted #1” someplace at sometime. Nordy’s is a personal favorite and it’s coming to downtown FoCo soon!
Yes, the shrimp bombs were great. Next time I’m at Highlands Ranch I’ll have to stop in!
Funny story: There’s a ChiBi-Q of sorts in Chicago. It’s a support group for crossdressers who have a big BBQ in July. I don’t think this is the same.
Finally a drug reference.
Ha ha, I get it!
There’s a Smokin’ Oh Kies from California, but this team claims to be from Loveland, Co.
From Littleton: “How can you have any Kettle Corn if you don’t eat your pig?”
Hey, these guys sell BBQ implements! WHo let them in?
FYI: I joined the FLYGIRL and TAGALONGS club for this 2010 RAGBRAI. No connection here, just saying.
It’s Q-Pig of Pueblo, Co.
From Florida? I think they won 1st place last year. Still I prefer Nordy’s but to each his own.
This was good training for RAGBRAI. I guess the weather could have been 20 degrees hotter and the humidity maybe 30 times what it is around here. I do feel a Di-gel moment coming on however…