turg's Journal: Health food

This JE inspired by Deamos.

There's a diner near our place called Dangerous Dan's (a.k.a. "The Double-D"). Sorta old-fashioned looking. A little run-down and dingy (genuine dinge, not carefully-engineered pseudo-dinge).

A while ago when we were walking by, we noticed that one of the items on the menu (which is entirely on chalkboards behind the counter) is "The Coronary." A burger with two 8 oz. patties, 4 slices of bacon, 2 slices of cheddar, and a fried egg on top -- served with fries and gravy, pop, and mayo on the side. $12.95 (Canadian)

We got a Dangerous Dan's flyer in our mailbox recently. Other items on the menu include
* The 24 oz. Bulls Balls Burger (with fries and pop for $12.95),
* The Colossal Colon Clogger Combo -- 24 oz burger, a quarter pound of bacon, a quarter pound of cheese, and 2 eggs -- served with poutine and a large shake ($20.99).

[Poutine is a delicacy from Quebec. Top some french fries with lots of cheese curd, while the fries are still hot so the curd melts. Then drench the whole thing with gravy]

No contest.

[Talinom]

I've got your cholesterol right here [foxnews.com] buddy.

Re:No contest.

[Abm0raz]

I see your piddly amounts of cholesterol and raise the home-town favorite [post-gazette.com]. (yes, it weighs more than my bowling ball, and I have a near 200 average)

-Ab

Re:No contest.

[Deamos]

I have friends who went to college down at Rutgers that speak of the Fat Darrel sandwich.

They say there's nothing better after a night of drinking to soak up the excess alcohol.

Re:No contest.

[turg]

Hm. Looks like it might beat the Coronary, but certainly not the CCCC.

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ze balls of ze bull

[tuxette]

One day, a tourist found himself in Spain. After his day's sightseeing, he stopped at a local restaurant. While sipping his wine, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful.

He asked the waiter, "What is that you just served?"

The waiter replied, " Ah senor, you have excellent taste! Those are ze balls of ze bull from ze bull fight zees morning. A delicacy!"

The tourist, though momentarily daunted when he learned the ori

Nice neighborhood...

[checkyoulater]

I ate at Dangerous Dan's in the early spring. I had trouble finishing the regular-sized burger. Which I still found insanely large, by the way. What sticks in my mind isn't the food, though. It is the calibre of people behind the counter. There was one huge fat guy - which I assume is Dan. The rest of them looked as though they'd been released from jail or rehab within the last several days. He yelled at them and basically kicked them around like dogs. Well worth the trip, in my opinion.

Now as far a

Re:Nice neighborhood...

[turg]

When we first moved to Toronto, one of the apartments we looked at was on the third floor above the Double-D. Pretty nice apartment -- big bay window with the most amazing skyline view you've ever seen. But between Jilly's being across the street and the streetcar turning on that corner (SCREEEEEEEECH! every two minutes, 24 hours a day), we didn't go for it. And Queen Street is a little skungy around there. So now (three homes later) we've ended up around Broadview and Gerrard. (DD is Broadview and Queen --