Welcome to TastyBurgher! Thanks for reading my personally-biased yammerings-on about eating food at restaurants. Somewhere around 2004-2006, co-workers and friends started taking to asking me for culinary itineraries for their visiting parents and friends. I delighted in providing such a thing, and gave uber-details about every place I suggested. This got to be a pretty regular service, and after a while some people were calling me “the Concierge”. However, I provided so many details in my reviews that after a couple years and increased demand I found that my rudimentary methods were inefficient and decided I should just write up all the places in a more permanent fashion and make them accessible to everyone. Want an itinerary for gma? I’ll make one and you can read about the places on my website! Or, better yet, you can use the mediocre Restaurant Finder on the side bar to narrow down the choices on your own. This begat TastyBurgher in all its glory, shared for anyone to read.
Just as a disclaimer: These reviews are written as my personal experiences with the food I am eating, and are in no way actually professional. Just one person’s reaction. You and I might have different tastes from each other, and I think that is OK. Also, I have kind of a stick up my ass for the intersection of food deliciousness with affordability, so that is a common theme. If a place isn’t as good as its price or its self-purported quality, that scores major minuses in my book. Additionally, I highly favor mom-n-pop places, so you won’t find no Cheesecake Factory review on this site, nosiree. And especially not a PF Chang’s review (ever notice that those big stone horses in front have giant heart shaped butt plugs??? Turn around and look next time – it is totally true! SO unappetizing…). Other than those two factors, just about anything goes.
And now for an exciting promo: I am in the midst of putting together a sister site, so get your event horizon ready for TravelBurgher, a site for reviews of restaurants in other parts of the country and abroad.
Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy it and definitely leave comments if you like!
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A. Silverman on December 18, 2011 at 7:21 pm.
Hi Erika:
I read your review of the Udipi Cafe in Monroeville….well, in the Cleveland area (Parma Heights to be exact) there is a Udipi Cafe. I have gone to 2 lunch buffets…one thing I will say, very little fat is used for their cooking, so the meal doesn’t stay with you all day and night as with the more traditional Indian cooking where the food is loaded with fat. Some of the food was good, some was OK….I really liked the Sambar spicy soup (very tangy and spicy…not too unlike Tom Yom soup of the Thai restaurants) but the rice pudding for dessert was tasty, but basically watery and I had to add white rice to make it a “rice pudding”. I like spicy food, but don’t need all the fat…it’s a toss-up which cooking is tastier (North vs South). Healthy…this is by far better for the innerds….the other cooking may taste better, but it is not really a healthy meal if it stays with you for a day after you ate last.
Now…while I am on your comment page….have you visited “Zenith”, a vegetarian restaurant near Carson Street? This restaurant is on a corner, parking is on the street (wherever you can find a spot), has the best vegetarian brunch buffet and costs $10.00. You can’t beat the value of this meal. You basically order a basic meal off the menu and then get your salads (quite a few to choose from), along with breads, pies, cakes….etc….
I recommend the Sunday brunch…although the place is open as a regular restaurant during the week. The front of the store is a junky antique shop which I have yet to figure out if anyone buys the stuff….it always looks the same & really needs to be cleaned up if the owner wants the merchandise to move….but then, it’s not my store….but I go for the food. If you want to check this place out, go to http://www.zenith.com I think….or type in “Zenith Restaurant”….eat there and you can put your critique on your website.
By the way, my husband is from Pgh…so we come to town periodically during the year….but going to Zenith on Sunday mornings is a must…it opens at 11:00AM and there is usually a line, esp. in the good weather.
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Larry Hendrickson on January 1, 2011 at 10:23 pm.
I think Pittsburgh needs a review of The Bubble Room. Nice meeting you and I am sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Erika on January 3, 2011 at 3:19 pm.
It certainly does, Larry. I think we might even need our very own Bubble Room!
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