Shot In The Dark: Cravings

July 28, 2004

Cravings

Malkin talks about her various late-night cravings.

Her list:

Things I miss about...

Seattle: Dick's Drive-In fries and homemade vanilla milkshakes. Copper River salmon. Ivar's clam chowder.

Los Angeles: In-n-Out burgers.

South Jersey: Funnel cakes and lemonade on the Boardwalk. Fralinger's Original Saltwater Taffy. Joe and John's pizza. Hoagies from anywhere.

The problem with the Twin Cities is that most of the best late-night craving food is long gone.

The old Szechuan Express on 26th and Hennepin, where you could get eggolls at 2AM? Long gone. Doyle's, on 38th and Bloomington, with the best onion rings ever made? Long, long gone. And most of the Embers' seem to have gone to the big bus tub in the sky, and most Perkinses seem to be closing at midnight, and Denny's - let's not get ridiculous here.

As to late night pizza delivery - oh, the humanity.

Mickey's Diner lives on, of course, and there is no better late-night carb bomb than their O'Brien potatoes. But that's a thin thread to base a whole city's late night cravings on.

Something needs to be done.

Posted by Mitch at July 28, 2004 04:04 AM | TrackBack

Comments

Hey, is Little Tijuana still open on 26th Street, next to the Black Forest? I spent too many 3 A.M.s there. Also, there was a diner chain, with a name I can't remember, with one location in St. Paul, and one on Central Ave., just south of 694, up in Columbia Heights. Man, did they ever have great hash browns, after a busy night of, well, whatever.

Posted by: Will Allen at July 28, 2004 09:35 AM

Oh, maaaan -I used to practically live at 26th and Nicollet, back when I was brownnosing people from TwinTone Records. I haven't been there in ten years. Dunno about Little Tijuana.

Flameburger! The one in St Paul (half a mile from my house) closed ten years ago. I dont' know if the one in Columbia Heights is still there. There also used to be one up on Rice and 96. YOu're right - best hashbrowns ever, except for Mickey's, and sometimes you just don't wanna mess with Mickey's.

Posted by: mitch at July 28, 2004 09:49 AM

mitch, I get the feeeling that you and I crossed paths unknowingly on more than a few occasions. I was in Mickeys about 2 A.M. one morning when a guy at the counter asked me if I wanted to see his stab wound. I think I passed on ketchup with my hash browns that time.

Posted by: Will Allen at July 28, 2004 11:28 AM

Flameburger in Columbia Heights is still in business. Interesting clientel.

Posted by: Bobby Ray at July 28, 2004 11:37 AM

This thread is dredging up way too many buried memories. For several years, I think 85% of my caloric intake took place between midnight and 5 A.M.. There was also a great joint on West Seventh street, not too far from Mancini's, where I would stop on my way to the airport, for an early flight after no sleep. Damned if I can remember the name of it.....

Posted by: Will Allen at July 28, 2004 12:27 PM