Yum Yum Eat Em Up

As you know, we like to tell you about great local restaurants, owned by local people.

It's one of "our things."

And in real life, we try to eat at very few chain type establishments.

Not cause we don't like them.

We just prefer to support local businesses.

And we really try not to eat at fast food places.

Sure, there's the late night JBC from Wendy's, or even a burrito from Taco Bell if we've really tied one on.

But all in all, we try to steer clear.

There's one place that holds a spot in our bellies, that needs satisfied every so often...

and that place is Burger King.

Damn, they do it right.

Yesterday we treated ourselves to some of there delicious morsels.

It was amazing.

Chicken sandwiches and Jr. Whoppers flew down our gullets with great haste.

It was food heaven.

Too bad the closest one is in Harmarville.



It's probably a good thing its kinda far away.

As the buttons on our shorts are already stressed enough.





Have a great weekend.

(You know you are getting some BK this weekend.)

Big-Timers

Tonight is a big night around here.

Not for all of us.

But, it's a big night for local softball players.

Tonight is the second annual All-Star Game down at
Wolfpak Park in the LB.

It may not sound like a big deal to most of our readers.

But to these guys that play ball down there, play with all
the passion you see in any big game.

And these men playing tonight are the supposed cream of the crop.

Now, we aren't totally sure on the times things are getting started.

But we assume we'll have someone involved tweet us the deets.
(Because obviously...everyone, including softball players, reads this site daily. Duh.)

So round up the kids (they do have a great park down there), and
head on down this evening, likely around 6:30 or so, and check
out some free sporting action.

With the buccos getting screwed nightly, it's worth a shot.

Ugh.

Would meals just apologize already for jobbing us?

Our Evening

So we spent last evening in LA.
(Lower Arnold)

It was an interesting night to say the least.

We frequented a new establishment to grab a bite and a
pitcher, while we watched the Bucco game.

The food/service/draft beer was pretty good.

What was better, was the people watching.

It wasn't so good in the early innings, but as the 7th inning
stretch rolled around, it was quite the scene.

All walks of life surrounded us, and we felt good about it.

See, as we pulled up, we almost had a change of heart.

There was a sign on the door about not wearing certain color
t-shirts, which luckily was a rule none of us broke.

And we didn't see any of the off-limit tees as we enjoyed our
evening.

So the clientele was quite honorable.
(Which is always a good thing.)


A woman, drenched head to jelly shoes, came in
with a story of how her friends threw her in the pool.

This must have made her hungry, as she immediately requested
a menu.

We understood, as a wet tookus always makes us crave bar food.




All in all, it was a nice evening out.

We'll surely be back again.

Random Picture Help

Every Monday for over the last 2 years, we've posted a
random picture featuring something local.

Many of our readers from around the country always tell
us how happy seeing different things from "home" makes
living far away a little easier.

We like doing it because it gives us a day off, for the
most part.

Now, we like randomly snapping pictures as we drive around this
great town of ours.

But we would also like to see the town through your eyes.

So we would like to ask you a favor.

Take some pictures of things around here.

Maybe you've already taken a good picture?

And send them to us, so we can post them for everyone to enjoy.


It's easy!

Our email address is

thenewkblog@gmail.com


Please know, that by sending us a picture, you are allowing us
to post it here on our site.

We don't own it.
We won't make money off of it.
Hell, we may not even look at it.
(That's a total lie)




We expect our inbox to be full by tomorrow...

Random Picture Monday (07-25-11)

This might be the most confusing sign ever.


It looks more of a "3 Stages of Phallus" sign than anything.

Goodbye, Friend

Godspeed, Seth.


We can only hope you have found peace.

Some Choices Are Impossible

Food.

We are passionate about it.
We love to talk about it.
We love to prepare it.
We love to eat it.

Many people/places get downright competitive over it.

Here are some of the more famous food rivals we can
think of...

-
Pat's King of Steaks
vs.
Geno's Steaks


Two delicious cheese steak shops that are right across
the street from one another.
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-
Chicago Style Pizza
vs.
New York City Pizza
(aka: Deep Dish vs. Fold-a-Slice)

Two totally different styles that battle for pizza pie supremacy.
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-
Kansas City Style BBQ
vs.
Texas Style BBQ

There is no loser in this race.
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But a new rivalry is giving these others a run for their wieners.

We first noticed these food foes a few years back.

While we shopped for others people's junk, we kept catching
a whiff of grilled deliciousness.

We were on the corner of Vernon and Pleasant in the Mt. Vernon
section of the Newk, on a sunny Saturday morning of the yearly
event of yard sales.

We couldn't tell which direction it was coming from.

Turns out...

It was both directions.

And after a few more years of the big yard sale events, we
have come to know both dog makers well.

If you don't know them... you should.

And will, after today.

Separated by a soft 7-iron (about 155 yards), are the dog masters
known to locals as...

The Original Char-Dog
(on Vernon)

and

Frank's Franks
(on Pleasant)

Two distinct styles, and both delicious.

Some of the main features are...

The Original Char-Dog:
- Grilled heavy on a Weber style charcoal grill
- Offered w/w bacon or kraut
- The now infamous cardboard sign
- Underground/Cult type following


Frank's Franks:
- The signature Frank cut down the center of the dog
-Grilled tenderly on a gas grill
- Wide variety of fixins including Frank's Own Chili Sauce
- Claims to be the first to vend dogs at the MVYS



Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure...


First off... Frank's Franks:





Here is The Original Char-Dog:



(Even the Mennonites love a good Char-Dog)


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So, have you had either?

If so, which do you prefer?

This Sucks

We can't take the heat.

Seriously.

We're aren't the sveltest of humans.

And this heat is just brutal.

And it's expected to get worse???

Ugh.

Where's our Gold Bond?


Now turn off your computer, cause it's making it hotter
out there.

See ya tomorrow.

That is, if we don't sweat to death.





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On another note...

Some people have been having trouble posting comments here
on the site.

We set it to a minimum security to where you have to
at least have a google account to post.

Let us know how that works.

Something Fishy About This Truck

Last week, just across the river, a local man went diving
in the Allegheny River, to retrieve his buddy's
submerged fishing gear.

Instead of finding some lures and poles, he found a 1998
dark blue GMC Sonoma.

The truck was registered to State Farm, and was reported
stolen back in 2003.

There are some strange things about this.

(As if a truck being in the river isn't strange enough?)

It doesn't appear on the national crime computer list, as
it should be.

The headlights and taillights were painted black.
(Which makes it very suspicious to say the least.)

The registration was renewed on the same day it was
reported stolen.



Hmmm...

One man comes to mind...







Franco will crack this case.



Police believe the pickup was in the river for 8 years.

We believe we've snagged this damn truck many a times
while catfishing.



We also believe this truck will be in the front row of Advantage
Auto Sales, right under the Doc Agostino billboard within a week.

Random Picture Monday (07-18-11)

The Mt. Vernon yard sales were bumping.

Did you find any great deals?