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The Anonymous Check Payer at D’Arcy’s Pint

Primanti’s May Be Coming to Ohio

Fort Worth: Barbecue, Beer, Bourbon

99 Jersey Dogs

The Anonymous Check Payer at D’Arcy’s Pint

Someone has been picking up checks at D’Arcy’s Pint in Springfield, IL. He wants to remain anonymous. “It might make people think that all’s not so bad out there, what with all the turmoil and cynicism going on. Maybe people will be a little less cynical when they leave.” Read Dave Bakke’s story in The State Journal-Register.

Primanti’s May Be Coming to Ohio

21 News Now, More Local News for Youngstown, Ohio –
Primanti Bros. is looking to locate their first Ohio store in the town of Boardman, about halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. They first have to get approval from the local zoning board.

Fort Worth: Barbecue, Beer, Bourbon

The counter at Ft. Worth's historic Paris Coffee Shop

The counter at Ft. Worth’s historic Paris Coffee Shop

Jaunted presents five Ft. Worth suggestions for beer, bourbon, and barbecue, including Angelo’s brisket and whiskey from the FR Distillery. Have a look.

99 Jersey Dogs

A Jimmy Buff's Italian hot dog

A Jimmy Buff’s Italian hot dog

Two NJ men have decided to visit all 99 of the hot dog joints from Peter Genovese’s “Ultimate Jersey Hot Dog Directory.” They hit one a week, on Tuesday night, and they have a Facebook page where each week’s destination is announced (this Tuesday, it’s Jimmy Buff’s in Kenilworth). We gotta appreciate their hot dog grazing philosophy: “[D]o we rate ’em? No. Do we care? No.” Read their story in the Hunterdon County Democrat.