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By: A Trio of Recommendations! – SaltShaker

A Trio of Recommendations! – SaltShaker — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:59:38 +0000

[…] in town, Tierra de Nadie (No man’s land – see, there’s that dark side again), and La Birra. I order up their “Duxelle Burger” – 180gm (6oz) patty topped with sauteed […]

By: Top Burger Redux – SaltShaker

Top Burger Redux – SaltShaker — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:19:46 +0000

[…] I started off with Fat Broder, Kyopo BA, La Birra Bar, The Pony Line Bar, and Tierra de Nadie. Each of them stood out for different reasons. So first […]

By: Bite Marks #83 – SaltShaker

Bite Marks #83 – SaltShaker — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:10:17 +0000

[…] during the day when the only lunch that it’s open is Friday. Now, I refer you back to my review of the original La Birra, which swiftly moved into my top five favorite burgers in the city. This, unfortunately, is not […]

By: Bite Marks #18 – SaltShaker

Bite Marks #18 – SaltShaker — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:22:19 +0000

[…] Pure serendipity stumbling on the very new La Mil y Un Noches, Tucumán 938, in Centro. Spotting the rotating spit of shawarma (beef) in the window as I was passing by, I veered in. A young woman spending her time texting on her phone and chatting with a visiting friend was the waitress – she was friendly and quick to take the order. The cook, the only word that comes to mind is schlub (“unkempt in appearance, either due to lack of effort or lack of awareness”), trudged out of the kitchen to prepare the shawarma – the complete lack of hygiene ought to have been an inkling. The shawarma arrived, generously packed with lightly charred meat, plus bits of onion, lettuce, tomato (which, interestingly, he grilled before sticking them in the sandwich, I’ve not seen that before, and just drowned in a somewhat watery, though tasty, yogurt sauce. I bit in, and drew back a long, long, long hair. I flagged over the waitress, who apologized and whisked it away. The question was – try again or no? I mean, it happens. It shouldn’t, but it does. I’ve been around the restaurant world enough to know that. So give it another try. He trudged out, made another one, and it was duly delivered. It was good, but still just sloppily made, as unkempt as the cook, and despite whatever logic versus emotion was telling me, I couldn’t get the hair out of my mind. I ate about half of it, left the rest, paid (35 pesos), and headed out. I’ll give it an “average”. [Closed in 2016, space taken over by Al Basha.] […]

By: Bite Marks #71 – SaltShaker

Bite Marks #71 – SaltShaker — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:03:12 +0000

[…] this makes for the second burger and craft beer spot in the same stretch, the other being Saint Burger, a block away. Given the name, and the names of the different burgers, the song connection […]

By: Put a Bun On It

Put a Bun On It — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:25:09 +0000

[…] Still, the “regular” burger at Pony Line only got knocked out of the top five when La Birra moved in, so it was still hovering on the edge at 6th place – I’d happily eat either of […]