Greek Food Coma Part 2 – Eye in The Sky
For part 1 go here.. My initial reaction to being awake is that of extreme disorientation. As I begin to scan my surroundings and piece together exactly where I am and how I may have arrived here, It...
View ArticlePocket Brunch!!
After a long, debauchery-laden weekend in New York City, which you will read all about in next Food Coma post, I find myself waking at 5:30 a.m. in order to get my hungover ass to JFK airport so I can...
View ArticleNew York Food Coma Part 3: The Time We Went to Tampa for Dinner…
It all began a few months back, when, in the midst of a particularly excessive and booze-soaked lunch at Miyake, my friend Jon becomes adamant that I am completely insane for never having visited...
View Article4th Annual Pumpkin Beer Tasting – PumCaCa Rides Again!
If you need a refresh, here are links to PumCaCa 2009, 2010, and 2011 There is nothing that is more confusing or upsetting to me than the hysteria over the release of pumpkin beer each year, now...
View ArticlePocket Brunch 3: Farm Hands!
To Catch Up, Here is Pocket Brunch One and Two “Well you couldn’t have ordered up a nicer day, I’ll tell you what!” Though this statement is true in regards to the third incarnation of Pocket Brunch,...
View ArticleThe Food Coma Show Pilot Episode: Bresca
Here it is, the newest project under the Food Coma umbrella… It will get it’s own section of the site soon enough but in the meantime there is this. Enjoy!
View ArticleBoston Food Coma
When I returned to Portland from Chicago nearly a decade ago, it was with the intentions of staying for a few short months before making my way to New York City. As it turned out, the massive amounts...
View ArticleMade-Rite Tattoo & Clothing Company is moving on up….
Each time I glance down at my right arm, what was once bare skin now occupied by a sprawling homage to World War II era Russian propaganda art, complete with tanks, bombers, and tractors, I find it...
View ArticlePocket Brunch V: Kings and Commoners
If you need to catch up, here are the stories behind the first, second, third, and fourth Pocket Brunch. Now that I have attended (and not attended) my fair share of Pocket Brunches, there seemed like...
View ArticlePocket Brunch VI: Baller Brunch
“Either you’re slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot” - Christopher Wallace A.K.A. “Biggie Smalls” Thus far, Pocket Brunch has afforded its patrons the opportunity to be a hipster, an...
View ArticlePocket Brunch VII: Party Gras
Read about Pocket Brunch Classic, Curiosities, Farm Hands, Bienvenue, Kings and Commonders, and Baller Edition… It is the benchmark of solid advertising practices that, after over 20 years, certain...
View ArticleThe Food Coma Show Episode 2: Nosh
With Special Guests: Chef/Restaurateur Barbara Lynch Comedian Ray Harrington Hip-Hop Artist Sonya Tomlinson A.K.A. Sontiago Food Coma Muse and Pocket Brunch Co-Creator Joel Beauchamp Directed by Dean...
View ArticleSomerville Food Coma Part 1: Vinny’s Ristorante
I am in no way ashamed to admit that, when searching for apartments in the Boston area, I was swayed by the very first place that we viewed based on its proximity to Vinny’s Ristorante on Broadway in...
View ArticleThe Road to Excess Part 1: The Formative Years
When one is about four bottles of red wine deep, there are certain questions that begin to formulate within the mind, shortly before passing out. Most commonly it begins with “Did I need that 4th...
View ArticlePocket Brunch IX: Cinco de Mayo
Read about Pocket Brunch Classic, Curiosities, Farm Hands, Bienvenue, Kings and Commonders,Baller Edition, Party Gras, and Oxtoberfest When the body and soul are wracked with the pain of a monumental...
View ArticlePop-Up Blocker
I believe that the pop-up restaurant craze may have run its course… This is the conclusion that I arrive at while trying to drown out the asinine conversation taking place across the table from me by...
View ArticleThe Diary of Chef Todd, Volume 4: I Found a Space!!
Go here to read volume 1, volume 2, and volume 3 Today is an extraordinary day, and for that I feel grateful. Earlier, while on foot at a brisk pace down Nob Hill, adrift in my thoughts per usual, I …...
View ArticleThe Diary of Chef Todd, Volume 5: The Importance of Feeling Important
Go here to read volume 1, volume 2,volume 3, and volume 4. Salutations friends! I am happy to inform you that we are going full speed ahead trying to get Bestiality ready for the grand opening....
View ArticleSan Francisco Food Coma, Chapter One – The Beginning of the End
I will admit that I have always been envious of those who go on vacation and, upon returning a week later, look relaxed and recharged. I, on the other hand, resemble a large jet plane with half of its...
View ArticleOff The Wagon with Joe Ricchio Episode 3: Oxbow Brewing
Here it is, episode 3 of Off The Wagon! We headed up to Newcastle, Maine to eat and drink our faces off at Oxbow’s “Goods from the Woods Fesitval” Directed by Chris Loughran Assistant Director: Sean...
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