Weird place for Sushi and Sashimi

jmcquown said:

When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor told
folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the odd
hot dog and corn dog). It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

Jill

Similar story, I was working at a new location and asked for interesting
places to eat. They asked if I had ever been to the nearby bowling
alley. Turns out the family that ran the bowling alley also ran a
limited menu operation at the counter. That particular days menu was
homemade brats with German potato salad.

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There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station.

Ummm, city and state please?

Little holes in the wall like that are fun to find. We have one in town
that makes the BEST fried chicken gizzards. A guy who owns another hole in
the wall (awsome Tex/Mex food) told me about and now I go there regularly!
A little hot sauce makes 'em even better!

helen

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When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor

told

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folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the

odd

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hot dog and corn dog). It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

Jill

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When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor
told
folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the
odd
hot dog and corn dog). It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

Jill

My friend and I were driving back from Nottingham one night, when her petrol
light came on, and so with about 40 miles to travel home still we were
relieved to find a petrol station.
It also had a small Cantonese restaurant on the forecourt, so being totally
organised we went straight for the food. Our delicious banquet was about
halfway through when ... the lights to the petrol station turned off! It had
closed for the night. We leisurely finished our meal, and then drove home
through Sherwood forest, the only lights we saw were that of the petrol
gauge, warning us of impending breakdown!
We did get home somehow, on the fumes from our meal I think!
The restraunt was fabulous and we returned to it many times, always with a
full tank of petrol!!
Sarah

Abe said:

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There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. Ummm, city and state
please?

Memphis, Tennessee. Why? Are you planning to stop for gas and sushi?

jmcquown said:

When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor told
folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the odd
hot dog and corn dog). It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

Jill

I've seen that place when I've been in Memphis. Stayed at the Residence
Inn that's near it. Never had the nerve to try it. Had really good
catfish just across the Tenn/Miss line at O'Charley's at Hwy 78 and
Craft Goodman Frontage Rd.

Rusty

jmcquown said:

When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor told
folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the odd
hot dog and corn dog). It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

Jill

The strangest restaurant location that I've seen:

In Los Gatos, California, about 75-miles south of San Francisco, a
restaurant called the Chart House (a nationwide chain) opened about
20-years ago. It was opened in a large 2 or 3 story old Victorian
house. Nothing wrong with that, except, the previous occupant of that
Victorian house was a funeral home. I never ate there, for obvious
reasons. That location has closed, but was open for a number of years
and did good business.

Rusty

Rusty said:

jmcquown said:

When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the
instructor told folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at
the corner of Poplar Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station.

Jill

I've seen that place when I've been in Memphis. Stayed at the
Residence
Inn that's near it. Never had the nerve to try it.

Hey, the guys who tried it said it was great! I'm not a sushi/sashimi kinda
gal myself.

Next time you're at that Residence Inn (could it have been you I shared a
taxi with a couple of years ago when I had to share a taxi and they dropped
someone off at the Residence Inn?) go up the street to the Carrefour Center.

Go around behind the "mall"... yes, you'll have to force yourself to go past
Penzey's 🙂 Go behind the mall until you get to a restaurant called Mr.
B's. There you will find the biggest, thickest tenderest pork chop
smothered in brown gravy you ever saw. Lovely steamed or casseroled
vegetable sides.

Had really good

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catfish just across the Tenn/Miss line at O'Charley's at Hwy 78 and
Craft Goodman Frontage Rd.

Rusty

(laughing) I used to work at O'Charley's. Not that one! The one I worked
at closed; the manager was convicted of stealing from the company. I tried
to warn the VP over the region since I used to do their books and the newly
promoted manager changed the computer password and wouldn't give it to me.
Turned out he added his relatives to the payroll. Oh well. I tried to warn
them.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂

At my wedding, we served po-boys and mini muffalettas from Danny and
Clyde's gas station / po-boy shop.

Tara

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:19:00 -0500, "jmcquown"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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Next time you're at that Residence Inn (could it have been you I shared a
taxi with a couple of years ago when I had to share a taxi and they dropped
someone off at the Residence Inn?) go up the street to the Carrefour Center.

Go around behind the "mall"... yes, you'll have to force yourself to go past
Penzey's 🙂 Go behind the mall until you get to a restaurant called Mr.
B's. There you will find the biggest, thickest tenderest pork chop
smothered in brown gravy you ever saw. Lovely steamed or casseroled
vegetable sides.

Jill - Do you know the name of the restaurant in Memphis that was
"famous" for its "throwed rolls" <sic>? Guy would come out of the
kitchen with a big basket and gloved hands and holler, "Anybody want a
throwed roll?" He would then proceed to lob rolls to the customers who
indicated they wanted a roll. I mean *threw* them at the customers.
Everyone took it as great fun.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:19:00 -0500, "jmcquown"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

Jill - Do you know the name of the restaurant in Memphis that was
"famous" for its "throwed rolls" <sic>? Guy would come out of the
kitchen with a big basket and gloved hands and holler, "Anybody want a
throwed roll?" He would then proceed to lob rolls to the customers who
indicated they wanted a roll. I mean *threw* them at the customers.
Everyone took it as great fun.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I'm afraid I've never experienced "throwed rolls" in Memphis. Went to a
place like that in Jonesboro, Arkansas once; the food was awful but they did
throw rolls at us! They also handed out little bowls of white "soup beans"
(they needed salt) and fried okra. Good thing they did since it took almost
30 minutes for someone to bother to take our order. We weren't ready when
the first server came by (I guess she assumed we knew their menu by rote) so
she disappeared in a huff and didn't come back). The food wasn't worth the
wait, even though the "throwed rolls" were good (once we got someone to
bring us bread plates and butter). Live and learn! For general
edification, the name of the place is 'The Front Page'; skip it.

Jill

http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw those
rolls!!!

Uecho said:

http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw
those rolls!!!

I think I've heard of this place. It's not in Memphis, though, which is
what Terry was asking about.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Uecho said:

http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw
those rolls!!!

I think I've heard of this place. It's not in Memphis, though, which is
what Terry was asking about.

Jill

There is one 90 miles north of Memphis in Sikeston, Missouri. Not
only do they have a good gimmick with the throwed rolls...they have
pretty good food.

Sincerely,

Stuart Pedazzo....please, call me Stu!

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:48:09 -0500, "jmcquown"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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Uecho said:

http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw
those rolls!!!

I think I've heard of this place. It's not in Memphis, though, which is
what Terry was asking about.

Wish I could recall even what part of town it was in, but it had to be
on the Germantown side of town, 'cause I rarely got farther west
except to go to a "nice" restaurant, such as the Ducks at the Peabody.
<sigh> I swear, I could hide my own Easter eggs.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:48:09 -0500, "jmcquown"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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Uecho said:

http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw
those rolls!!!

I think I've heard of this place. It's not in Memphis, though, which is
what Terry was asking about.

Lambert's is about halfway between St. Louis and Memphis, and the food
does not justify the long waits, which at traditional meal times can be
outrageous. We'll probably go there exactly one more time, when my son
is 7 or 8, just because of the throwed rolls novelty (the rolls
themselves are not very good).

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Wish I could recall even what part of town it was in, but it had to be
on the Germantown side of town, 'cause I rarely got farther west
except to go to a "nice" restaurant, such as the Ducks at the Peabody.
<sigh> I swear, I could hide my own Easter eggs.

There is a nice French patisserie on Poplar, not too far east of the
Brooks Museum, that's really nice. The Brooks has a Bouguereau
painting 🙂
Another couple of places in Memphis, are
http://memphis.diningchannel.com/id100263-taqueria-guadalajara.htm
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/memphis/D50474.html
and http://www.dancingpigs.com/ but I caution you about the BBQ in
Memphis. BY DEFAULT, they put coleslaw on your sandwich, so if you
don't like coleslaw, thell them, "No coleslaw."

There's another good taqueria further west on Winchester, and another
on the west side of Getwell, a few blocks south of I-240. If you're
from Memphis, and haven't been to one of these, let me tell you. All
three have spectacular salsas that they serve with the food, each one a
bit different, but all excellent. May I recommend a steak taco, no
cilantro?

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Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--Bryan

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http://www.throwedrolls.com./

Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw those
rolls!!!

There's a restaurant in north Houston that throws rolls at patrons:
http://www.potatoepatch.com/.

Mary

jmcquown said:

When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor told
folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the odd
hot dog and corn dog).

It always surprises me to see sushi sold in grocery stores around here because
there are very few Japanese people around here, like maybe a handful of them.

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It was funny to hear people coming back saying
they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL

Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
station. 🙂 I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

There is a gas station on a secondary highway up in cottage country that has a
bakery inside, and they see the most incredible butter [censored]. That is about 20
miles from the highway that leads into the provincial park where we go for a
week at the end of August every year, and there is a bakery at the intersection
of those two highways that has the best variety of really good baked things I
have ever seen. It is always packed. They are famous for their sticky buns and
you have to get there early if you want any or they will be sold out. I have
been in line there and had someone in front of me bought the last two dozen.

Food Snob said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:48:09 -0500, "jmcquown"
<[email hidden]> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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Uecho wrote:
> http://www.throwedrolls.com./
>
> Nice family place. We go there when we go to Florida. They do throw
> those rolls!!!

I think I've heard of this place. It's not in Memphis, though,
which is what Terry was asking about.

Lambert's is about halfway between St. Louis and Memphis

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Wish I could recall even what part of town it was in, but it had to
be on the Germantown side of town, 'cause I rarely got farther west
except to go to a "nice" restaurant, such as the Ducks at the
Peabody. <sigh> I swear, I could hide my own Easter eggs.

LOL You could hide them, but could you *find* them again?

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There is a nice French patisserie on Poplar, not too far east of the
Brooks Museum, that's really nice. The Brooks has a Bouguereau
painting 🙂
Another couple of places in Memphis, are
http://memphis.diningchannel.com/id100263-taqueria-guadalajara.htm
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/memphis/D50474.html
and http://www.dancingpigs.com/ but I caution you about the BBQ in
Memphis. BY DEFAULT, they put coleslaw on your sandwich, so if you
don't like coleslaw, thell them, "No coleslaw."

There's another good taqueria further west on Winchester, and another
on the west side of Getwell, a few blocks south of I-240. If you're
from Memphis, and haven't been to one of these, let me tell you. All
three have spectacular salsas that they serve with the food, each one
a bit different, but all excellent. May I recommend a steak taco, no
cilantro?
--Bryan

I'll tell you what you *can't* recommend to me. Anything that requires me
to drive on Winchester or Getwell these days. The food might be good, and
if you like salsa (which I don't), that's great. But those areas are also
famous for their drive by shootings and car-jackings, which I'm not too
terribly fond of.

Jill