Saturday our family went to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. One of my friends from the improv community Stacey, is in the show. We performed together in a troupe at Magnet Theater, and after our shows we’d grab a cheeseburger at the Triple Crown Ale House, an improv hangout. It was always a blast to [...]
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Haunted Cheeseburger @ The Stanley Hotel
There was a time when I didn’t believe in ghosts. My tour of the Stanley Hotel’s room 217 provided more eerie confirmation in changing my opinion. While I was filming a comedy documentary short about the inspiration behind Stephen King’s The Shining, we had a few paranormal encounters, yet I found the courage to stick [...]
Chicago Cheeseburger Classics
What must have happened is when I entered Chicago airspace, my Lose It! iPhone calorie counter was scrambled. Oh, well. I gained a few pounds during my week in the windy city as I managed to visit three cheeseburger joints. My buddy Kurt told me about the Billy Goat Tavern, which inspired the classic SNL [...]
Mr. Bartley’s @ Harvard Square
When you’re at Harvard, you have to make smart decisions, and mine was to never again order a cheeseburger with barbecue sauce. I arrived at that decision after eating at Mr. Bartley’s, a venue the Boston Herald describes as “Boston’s best burger, in cheerfully, post-hippie dorm surroundings.” I got into the barbecue sauce-on-cheeseburger habit back [...]
Conan O’Brien and Burger Joint
Behind a velvet curtain that reaches from the lobby floor up to the ceiling of the swankyLe Parker Meridien Hotel hides one of the best burger joints in Manhattan. And it’s completely unmarked, except for a neon sign of a burger. So I had to save this spot for a special night — when Ian [...]