Everything posted by We’reTexas
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Oh yeah I’ve been several times since the new ownership (and quasi-seriously entertained the idea of buying it at the time). I wouldn’t say that anything has changed much, they just modernized the kitchen and got rid of the gambling corner for another table. They also stuck with the patio tables they began during COVID, which we’ve enjoyed.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
I should note that there are two Liuzza’s: one on Bienville and the one “by the Track”. They have absolutely no relation to each other. The former is more of an Italian spot and the latter gumbo-and-po boys, but they tend to be compared not just because of the name thing but because they are two of the best casual spots in Mid-City. One of my favorite scenes in Tremé is when John Goodman has his final meal at By the Track (BBQ shrimp and two Ambers). The guy next to him remarks, “You know, some say the one on Bienville is better”, to which he responds, “The Pope in Avignon!”.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
I haven’t been in years and need to go back. The new-ish chef was at Sylvain for a long time and earned several James Beard noms (and is a great person), so I’ve got to imagine the program is as good as ever.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Was back in town for the holidays and did a solid po boy tour. Parasol’s remains tops for roast beef. Mahony’s, which used to suck, was recently purchased by the group that owns Sylvain and the Chloe. They claimed to improve quality - even using Duong Phong bread for a minute - but my shrimp was dry. Guy’s is the best for shrimp anyway (uses a cornmeal matter). Casamentos serves an oyster loaf, which is technically not a po boy but IMO the buttery toast is a better vessel. Oh, and if you are staying off Jackson, you should check out Stein’s, the sandwich king of New Orleans.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
Nice attempt on the dunk, but I live in San Francisco and simply made the mistake of assuming New York’s law aligned with California’s. In my observation, the social etiquette around lighting up in public has eroded over time but YMMV I suppose.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
It’s not legal in public, it’s just that assholes don’t give a fuck and police don’t enforce anything. I, too, am extremely tired of it in parks and sidewalks.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Jewel of…the South? That’s a skill issue. Chris Hannah is, no exaggeration, one of the best bartenders in the world and a great all-around dude.
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Annual reports, quarterly reports and earnings calls
Well, Apple’s most recent 10-K was 60 pages, and most 8-Ks are about half a page, so it’s not quite that bad.
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Cash App founder stabbed to death in San Francisco
Got off because he is connected and the city is corrupt. The dude who beat him (as in, walked away, found a crow bar, practiced swinging, and then attacked him from behind a while later) was acquitted because the average SF juror is a moron, although he was charged a month later for attacking another guy with a screwdriver and a guitar and I guess finally went back to Louisiana. So all in all this really did have everything.
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The Texpatriates Thread
Having a young kid, if we moved to Sonoma it would be to Sebastopol.
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The Texpatriates Thread
Let’s not be bashful, Lamorinda.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Yeah I don’t think it’s fair to call Saffron simply Indian. It’s in the genre of “New Orleans restaurant”, not just in the Creole influence in its cooking but in that it’s the kind of restaurant that only kind of makes sense in New Orleans. Sort of like how Clancy’s would just feel out of place in Houston.
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California Shaking again.
How else do you think we move the homeless around? They usually slow trains after earthquakes and that’s already a shitshow, gonna be a mess with them closed.
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California Shaking again.
Tsunami warning in SF canceled as expected, good thing too because traffic was about to be a shitshow.
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The Texpatriates Thread
One of my favorite bumper stickers is “Mill Valley: Where Democrats live like Republicans.”
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The New Democratic Platform
Didn’t he become a democrat like a decade ago?
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The New Democratic Platform
The immediate post-election reaction among many moderate liberal talking heads like Josh Barro, Noah Smith, and Ezra Klein has been to take the gloves off and blame Democratic dysfunction in blue cities as indicative of the party’s broader governance problems. I’m already seeing some local politicians running with the new “abundance economy” buzzphrase, as well as literally and figuratively dropping the pronouns.
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Who's next? #TeamOctopus
- General San Francisco Thread
Mama’s in North Beach is the famous spot. Otherwise Texas Exes meets at S.F. Brewing for the game.- Texas Getting Michelin Star Ratings in 2025
But why? Michelin has tried to expand and adapt, but at the end of the day it’s a French company that reviews restaurants through the lens of French haute cuisine and, especially at the 2+ star level, is beholden to those standards for the sake of consistency across markets. Ambitious Texas restaurants will now gun using the Michelin formula and get there soon enough.- Fitlump fucking won a Austin City Council seat, Now on to Congress 2026!
No, they are called Left NIMBYs. It’s a nonpartisan dynamic that creates some strange bedfellows, like Compton progressives and Beverly Hills’ MAGA mayor uniting in LA to block upzoning.- Bay Area
- New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Shaya was canceled years ago and Revolution is irrelevant. Get a rez for Saint Germain, the most ambitious restaurant in the city, or Saffron or Mamou at the bar. Or if you want to go old school, Clancy’s at the bar. Make friends with Garth. Peche at the bar remains fantastic. Nowadays that is my rotation when I go home. Have only been to Dakar in his earlier, much more casual iterations but really enjoyed it.- Fentanyl laced Oxy, Valium, and Xanax
Hand it out in downtown San Francisco and other open air drug markets throughout the country. The overdose problem has been insane.- All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
Can confirm (and it was well more than 50). - General San Francisco Thread
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