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The food that we ordered from Whistle Binkies (https://www.whistlebinkiespub.com/) was a Smoked Half Chicken, 6oz Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Sesame Mahi Jasmine Rice, and Fish and Chips. The half chicken was delicious and was big enough for 2 people. The chicken had an exquisite texture and it was truly a delight. It melted in your mouthContinue reading “Whistle Binkies”

Did you know that more Irish people live outside of Ireland than in it.* The atmosphere at Olde Brick House (https://oldebrickhousemn.com/) was welcoming and relaxing. The atmosphere felt very congenial in large part due to the wood paneling and book cases imported from Ireland. Another part that made it feel homely was the comfortable seatingContinue reading “Olde Brick House”

*The average American eats 3 burgers a week, which means that the national total of burgers consumed in one year is 50 billion.The atmosphere at Hot Chip was splendid. The atmosphere was splendid because the outdoor seating that Hot Chip had was vast and spacious which left room for social distancing and gave each personContinue reading “Hot Chip”

Did you know that during WWII, compasses were smuggled into prisoner of war camps, sometimes in the form of buttons and razor blades.* The atmosphere as you know I am doing off of ease of ordering and the accessibility of their website. Their website was very simple to use, and it was even easy toContinue reading “5 West”

*350 slices of pizza are eaten each second in the U.S. and that means that 21,000 slices of pizza are eaten each minute  The website for Pi (https://live4pi.com/) was user friendly and easy to use, because of the obvious menu item visibility, and descriptions of the menu items. The actual acquisition of the food wasContinue reading “Pi”

*Did you know that chocolate chip cookies were made by accident, they were made by Ruth Wakefield when she added a broken up bar of  Nestlé semi sweet chocolate chips, intending them to make a chocolate cookie. I know this isn’t my typical type of post, but we are practicing #StayHomeMN.  We made three typesContinue reading “Cookie taste test”

Did you know that an average 1,000 pound cow produces 430 pounds of meat, and and 175 pound human has 15-20 pounds of meat on them, which means that the cow meat to human meat is 28 ⅔ pounds of cow meat to 1 pound of human meat. Although humans eat 222.2 pounds of meatContinue reading “Newt’s”

Jamaica sold the first bananas into the Western world.* The atmosphere at Jerk King (https://www.downtownrochestermn.com/go/jerk-king) was excellent to say the least, with the whole experience feeling custom and individualised, although the restaurant was mostly vacant, as they do most of their business at lunch. The owner was our server and probably the friendliest person I haveContinue reading “Jerk King”

Did you know that the Greeks often ate dinner while lying on their sides, which means that, if anybody tells you you are eating messy, tell them this*.  The atmosphere at Nupa was good. Nupa is a “fast-casual” restaurant – you order at the counter and food is delivered to your table.  When we firstContinue reading “Nupa”

Ice Cream was first eaten in 97AD in China by King Tang of Shang who had 94 ice men help make the dish which consisted of buffalo milk, flour and camphor*. The atmosphere of Flapdoodles (https://www.flapdoodlesicecream.com/) was funny and chill to say the least. The word Flapdoodles literally translates to “nonsense.” Every table has funnyContinue reading “Flapdoodles”