Always Hungry

Seattle, WA The Moore Theatre

natemusic — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:47 +0000

Having not been on tour for a while, or for that matter in Seattle with time on my hands, it was exciting to have two shows in Seattle. We stayed near the Moore Theatre, and the morning after the first show, I went on quite the food walk. First to Top Pot, for a donut and coffee. Then a fantastic meal at Le Pichet, a great little French place (though they get points off for playing the Decemberists throughout my meal- not even just a record, but a shuffle of all our records- a good problem to have, I guess, but distracting).

The rest of the morning, I walked around Pike Place and made a plan of action for the next morning. Before we left town on Friday, I bought cheese at Beechers, bread and coco bites at Dahlia Bakery, tortillas and masa at the imaginatively named Mexican Grocery, where I couldn’t resist a breakfast taco also, and then we had to get some coffee at Victrola. Shopping this way made me miss my old neighborhood in San Francisco. I love shopping store by store. Anyway, I love Seattle.

The Brown Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky

natemusic — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:59:16 +0000

I have good information that are much cooler parts of town than the area near the Brown, but I wasn’t motivated to go very far. Nonetheless, I had a fantastic day-off fancy meal at the Brown Hotel, and found a pretty good Mediterranean place around the corner.

The Alabama Theatre in Birmingham

natemusic — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:35:23 +0000

I’ve never actually been there, but my tour manager always orders BBQ from Dreamland. It’s fantastic. I also like this cute little cafe, Lucy’s, which is closer to the Workplay, but still just a short bike ride or long walk away from the Alabama Theatre.

The Moon in Tallahassee, Florida

natemusic — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:24:47 +0000

I’m a sucker for Greek and Lebanes food on tour, so I was lucky to find the Sahara right next door, or right next parking lot. The New Leaf Market is a hippy co-op nearby. They have a deli and my favorite cereal.

The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia

natemusic — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:07:11 +0000

Right next door and pretty good, Ted’s Montana Grill. Bison burgers, fried chicken, lots of vegetable sides, and they give you Jefferson $2 bills as change. My favorite is the Green and Hot Burger.

If you don’t want to deal with the lines at Ted’s, or ate there for lunch, there’s also a McCormick and Schmick’s nearby. A little taste of Portland. Not cheap, but great seafood. I always get the oysters.

Not too far away if you have transportation is my favorite breakfast place in the whole country. I kid you not. Ria’s Bluebird. Last time I rode my bike there, but today I’m too lazy.

Knoxville, TN at the Tennessee Theatre

natemusic — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:25:14 +0000

Eat at Tomato Head. Honestly, the pizza had sort of a soft hippie dough, but the salads were great and there are lots of good, healthy options.

Cooper’s Barbecue in Raleigh, North Carolina near the Meymandi Concert Hall

natemusic — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:20:34 +0000

This place has been around for 60 years or so, and it’s great. Great sweet tea, great eastern North Carolina style barbecue (vinegar sauce), great greens, and great fried chicken. I ate lunch there AND dinner. Nice people, too. Cooper’s

University of Buffalo

natemusic — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:33:58 +0000

Buffalo was good to us. A musician friend gave us the tip on Amy’s Place on Main St. It’s a very unique, vegetarian friendly diner. It’s also very omnivore-friendly. Highly recommended. While not particularly close to the UB campus we played at, it was only a 20 minute bike ride. It happens to be quite close to a music store and a record shop.And for dinner, who could resist getting some hot wings. The runner went to Duff’s, and the wings were great. The super hot wings were great, as were mild and barbecue.

The Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA (Philadelphia)

natemusic — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:16:28 +0000

Vindigo in hand, I found a Korean supermarket with a food court upstairs. Had some pretty good spicy vegetable and beef soup. It was really spicy. Didn’t find much else, I think we had food delivered for dinner.

the Avalon in Boston, MA

natemusic — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:58:46 +0000

My big discovery on this trip to Boston was the Lower Depths Tap Room on Commonwealth. A bunch of us went there after the show. John and I had the fantastic house burger. The fries were described by our LD as possibly “the perfect fry.” I disagreed only because they were seasoned, and in my opinion, the perfect fry would wear only salt. Anyway, great place for a pint and a burger. Not necessarily the place to have a quiet dinner. In that case, I’d opt for the Eastern Standard. They are slightly upscale, but have good Boston fare. Jenny had an amazing salad with sweet breads last time. She didn’t know what sweet breads were when she ordered it, though, and was very grossed out.