Everything posted by billfromlaketravis
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Bye bye Luby's
I worked a summer at Luby’s. To-go “waiter”. Fried fish was far and away the most popular item. Especially on Sundays. It’s always been frozen. They’d take big blocks of haddock and cut them with a band saw into planks. I believe they’d thaw them in the fridge, bread it, fry it, and put it on the mine as needed. I can never remember us running out of fish, so they had a shit ton of it.
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Bye bye Luby's
OST location? Yes, indeed.
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New Houston Restaurant Recommendations
V&A. By a wide margin.
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Highest 2 Lowest - Denzel and Spike do Kurosawa
Holy shit. It’s here.
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Bourbon
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All things SNL
Dana Carvey stirred the pot some on the most recent Fly on the Wall episode. He said it wasn’t Heidi’s decision to leave the show.
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Shane Gillis
Yep. I agree. Shane complains about hot it is in Austin at least once on every single social media post.
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Landman
I always assumed it was inevitable.
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How Is That Chain Still Open?
My parents and grandparents usually bribed me with JCI to go to church. I think the Sunday special was like $1.50 per chili-cheese dog. When I met my wife they still had the Sunday special. We’d go there after church. Good times.
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We need to talk about David Portnoy
His pizza reviews are entertaining, but after hearing some of the inside baseball details they’re not very authentic. The pizzerias almost always are notified beforehand that Dave is coming by. So the fifth generation pizza maker/owner is making Dave’s pizza instead of the usual line cook from Central America.
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One Battle After Another, the next Paul Thomas Anderson film
The marketing has been odd. The uniformed probably think this another remake of Man on Fire.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Listening to The Athletic’s NBA Daily show right now. Torre appears to have them dead to rights. 7 sources at Aspiration, thousands of pages of evidence.
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All things SNL
Well always have PDD’s Original Princes or Comedy. The HBCU sweatshirts killed me. Rest in Power Smoke Dog.
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HBO Max streaming service
Oh yes. Stick with it.
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Sonic has fucking smashburgers now?
The Jack in the Box smashburger is better than Sonic’s.*
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Drake is big mad.
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The movie you just watched
This. Ringwald was smart enough to decline Some Kind of Wonderful, but decided the Ohio indie version of Pretty in Pink. Was a good idea. I guess, we all have a mortgage and bills to pay.
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How Is That Chain Still Open?
A XOM really suggested Pancho’s?! That’s some wild stuff.
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The movie you just watched
Fresh Horses. Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Viggo Mortensen, and Ben Stiller. Available on PlutoTv. Wow. What a bleak piece of shit for a coming of age movie. They shot the whole thing in Cincinnati in the winter so it just looks gray, brown, and shitty throughout the film. Ringwald starts the movie with a bad Kentucky accent, and later drops it. McCarthy plays exactly the same character as Pretty in Pink. Stiller is supposed to be the comic relief, but he’s just brutally unfunny throughout. It’s very early in his career and it’s apparent he has no idea what he’s doing. There’s really no story. McCarthy meets Ringwald, class and social conflict ensue, roll credits.
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Brunch
Bad recent lunch experience: Black Walnut. The location by the park is getting remodeled, so Rice Village has been insanely slammed on the weekends. I love the place, but they might be too busy for their own good. I’ll try again during off hours. Great bloody mary’s and breakfast menu. Lots of good memories of Entourage style brunches with the boys after tearing up Midtown the night before. Pro tip: You can skip the counter lines and order at the table with a QR code. Good recent brunch experience: The Red Lion. They have to be only place in town that serves an authentic English breakfast. Blood pudding, bangers, bacon, fried eggs, grilled tomatoes, Heinz beans, and toast. They also have London Pride on tap. Amazing place and probably the last English pub in town. If you want something lighter, I’ve parked at Red Lion and walked across the street to Hot Bagel. Their lot is a war zone on the weekends, but you can get in and out on foot. Eat your bagel and go have a beer after.
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How Is That Chain Still Open?
Certainly a Houston only thing, but I nominate James Coney Island (JCI). I can happily report the Meyerland location is not only open; they’re thriving. Chili and cheese coney with a little hot sauce. Tastes just like how it did growing up.
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Sonic has fucking smashburgers now?
The Jack in the Box smashburger than Sonic. Sonic has wisely read the room and created a dollar menu. Corn dog, 2 mozzarella sticks, and soft pretzel. Pretty good snacks with your cherry limeade.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
He can shoot. That’s all I care about.
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Bourbon
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon will only be 92 proof. https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/old-forester-2025-birthday-bourbon Mandatory.