Ain't nothing better than a grilled ham and swiss on rye.
Biscuits and gravy
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You had me at catfish. Now I need to give it a try.
Syd's was always a great dive bar. I'd hate to see it be urbanized.
There are Facebook sites dedicated to breaded tenderloins. The Edinburgh Diner is famous, as is the Sunoco station on I74 at the 231 exit.
Are you a One Eyed Jack's fan? Never eaten one there, but it gets great reviews.
I've discovered Total Wine here has a good German beer selection. I'm in trouble.
Somehow I was added to a Facebook group on BPT, and I really do not eat them very often at all. The Edinburgh Diner appears often but is usually panned for being pounded too thin.
There is a site also devoted to Italian Beef. Between the two it is interesting how much hatred could be stirred up by food. On the Italian Beef it is Portillo's that drives the open warfare. It is common to have liked them before they sold out and became a chain. Flame wars over Portillo's are common. Oh, and whether one can put cheese on it. Many believe that is a death penalty crime.
Probably get roasted but I think tenderloins like Edinburghs are just ridiculous. I like mine a bit thicker and only twice the diameter of the bun.
I'm in that BPT group and Edignburgh used to be everyone's favorite. Then, as more and more people made pilgrimages to it, I think their expectations were too great and then the negative reviews started.
That group is also very split between the thin pounded and larger size and the meatier, smaller ones. Condiments can also start a war. lol
I've seen that discussion about Portillo's. It is funny the amount of emotion food preference can bring out.
The old style ones from when I was a kid was always the thin, bigger ones. Ray's Drive In in Kokomo has a King Tenderloin that is that size and I used to get it every once in a while for nostalgia.
But yeah, I like the meatier ones. Grindstone Charley's has the best one, imo, that is meatier, but very tender. Melt in your mouth. But I have noticed a disturbing trend of them getting smaller. Double the size of the bun, OK. Anything smaller and it's sacriligious.
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Growing up in Columbus, everyone i knew loved the Columbus Bar PBT. I probably never had it, I am a hamburger fanatic and pretty much order a burger no matter what other options (except Italian Beef and that has me thinking of doing a burger with the au jus and giardiniera). I never see Columbus Bar mentioned in that group.
So it’s Aloha’s favorite?
I worked for Cummins '82-'85. I used to get the BPT at the CB ALL the time. It was excellent. I wonder if it's still there?
4th Street used to be the after work hangout when I was there. I don't remember the food being anyting special.
There used to be a restaurant kind of across from 4th Street called the Left Bank. Used to be a very cool place. They took me to lunch there on my interview.
If I would have smart, I'd have stayed at Cummins and bought stock and put my 30 years in and retired very wealthy. I liked Columbus and Cummins was an excellent company to work for. But I wasn't too sure about the future of diesel engines at the time. Cummins adapted well and, for the most part, kept Japanese companies from taking market share. CAT was the big domestic competitor.
Tomato, onion, and mayo.
Never cared for pickles, but I know the majority probably have them on their sandwich.
What say you all concerning the Indy Star Tenderloin Tournament winner Jonesy's Junction along with the other winners mentioned in this article ?
I get ketchup, mustard, pickle, lettuce, onion.
I'm not sure I've ever had it any other way. May be the only food I've never put hot sauce on.
It was close, Miller had to buy back a lot of the company to keep it on Columbus.
82-85 was an interesting time, the recession hit Columbus hard. About 81 that downtown Mall was a ghost town. My factory friends, mostly Hamilton Cosco, either lost their jobs or were darn close.
Columbus Bar is still there. We eat in Columbus 3-4 times per year, I should go there again. They, like The Garage next door do not open on Saturday until late afternoon and we are almost always there at lunch.
Hard for me to say. Edinburghs is the only one I'd heard of. Seems very central/northern indiana heavy.
I've got a real thing about lettuce now. I always ask for it taken off. I think it depends on what kind of lettuce, but if I order a sandwich, the lettuce just ruins it for me.
I think most like mustard and pickles.
I remember when we moved from the GOB - General Office Building - to the COB - Central Office Building. In '82 I think. Downtown was kind of a ghost town. Cosco had a huge layoff and Cummins was always laying off. I remember they moved some people to IT and we had to help teach them to code. lol
My wife had a chance to transfer to the new GM truck plant in Ft. Wayne, so I resigned and moved up there. Moved back to Central Indiana a couple years later and stayed there until I retired. But I always remember Columbus and Cummins fondly. Cummins treated me very well.
You have my dream job, though - working for IU. I never sent them a resume, but I always wanted to move to Bloomington and work there. I could never convince my wife to relocate, even though she's an IU grad.
Yeah, I like iceberg or romaine on sandwiches but only if eating it fresh. Gets soggy otherwise.
I like bibb too, I also like butter lettuce. Put out a garden this year. Wasn't able to the last couple. Ended up with romaine. I try to grow stuff I can't get at a produce stand or the store.
Couldn't find any habanero plants near me though, so planted some random peppers I found. Also substituted in Serrano and Poblano.
A guy from my church was in the Fort and got me some skyline. It was very touching because he heard me mention liking it a lot.
Guess what? My 77 year old mom made me b&g this morning. Eat it suckasssss’!!! When it comes to tenderloins I like mine about twice the size of the bun. Lettuce, pickle, onion and mayo. That’s how buds sandwich shop made them. Rip Bud.
My son wanted pizza last night so we stopped at pizza x on the way in town…man tons of shady MF’ers around town. This place is getting unrecognizable. Drug deals in broad daylight. Storm about to hit and they all packed 12 -15 deep into the bus stop. People laid out in closed/for sale commercial spaces.
My son wanted pizza last night so we stopped at pizza x on the way in town…man tons of shady MF’ers around town. This place is getting unrecognizable. Drug deals in broad daylight. Storm about to hit and they all packed 12 -15 deep into the bus stop. People laid out in closed/for sale commercial spaces.
Jacks is good, but I haven't been there even a handful of times.
Mustard, pickle, onion is the way. I'll allow mayo and a slice of tomato if the tomato is actually fresh and ripe.
Is that the one that had breadsticks that were better than the pizza ?
Bud's sandwich shop, I would stop in for breakfast once a week. That would be way up on my list of Bloomington restaurants i miss with Pizzaria, Ponchos, Pagliais
Yes. My kids always want it when we come to town. I’m not a big fan but I’m a pizza snob.
Yes Pizza X, was Pizza Express, has great bread sticks and totally average pizza.
I remember. Crazy how you remember strange things like that. But not anniversaries
Great breadsticks. Better than the pizza. And I trust I’ll get lambasted for this but their pizza was fine AND AND AND better than mother bears
Shut your whore mouth!
Your feet smell like Swiss cheese? Keep those shoes on!
