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15 quirky, freaky & fun food finds I
’m definitely not a restaurant critic, and I’ve found it is dangerous to be a food critic. (The things that can be done with a turkey baster when you tell the chef the bird is a bit dry ...) But writing about restaurants is one of my favorite tasks. One of the reasons why is because I almost always peruse the menu and find something that sounds delicious, unique or just plain weird. So, for the JournalWorld’s first attempt at a special section highlighting the area’s restaurant industry, I thought it would be fun to look back at some of those 2019 finds. But, before I do that, a word about this section.
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Lawrence seems to love restaurants. They’ve become a part of our identity, in some ways, and certainly a major part of our entertainment scene. With that in mind, we wanted to do something that gave readers a bit more of an extended look at Lawrence restaurant industry. In this section, you can see interviews with four restaurant owners or chefs. Hopefully, you’ll also take time to look at the ads and learn something about
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a handful of restaurants too. This is our first effort at creating a special section for area restaurants. As such, I would enjoy hearing from you about what you hope future sections may include. Reach out to me at clawhorn@ljworld.com Enough with the appetizers, though. Let’s get to the main dish. Here are 15 restaurant items that caught my eye in 2019:
The Big Pig and pork belly jam Lucia Beer Garden & Grill, 1016 Massachusetts St. As the parent of kids who raise 4-H hogs, I’ve had a pork belly put me in a jam before. (I still don’t know
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how that hog ended up behind the wheel of a demo derby car.) But I like the sound of Cheesy Street’s pork belly jam much better. The new grilled cheese restaurant inside Lucia Beer Garden & Grill serves pork belly jam as part of its Big Pig grilled cheese sandwich. In addition to the jam — which has some coffee, brown sugar, pork belly and other ingredients — the sandwich comes with ham, hickory smoked bacon, melted cheese and artisan sourdough.
S’mores doughnut Humble Donut Co., 4801 Bauer Farm Drive
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to my high school would have been more dangerous than even the Bunsen burner in the chemistry lab. But doughnuts have arrived virtually next door to Free State High School. Humble Donut Co. has opened inside Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, 4801 Bauer Farm Drive. The shop has a unique system that makes mini-doughnuts to order. A unique one on the menu is the s’mores doughnut. It has chocolate icing topped with graham cracker, chocolate chips and marshmallow drizzle. No campfire is used, but maybe a Bunsen burner?
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