While I was researching the Wakarusa Thor location, I fell down a weird town names rabbit hole — don’t ask, it’s just where my brain goes — and stumbled onto the Wakarusa Dime Store. Their claim: jumbo jelly beans. Jelly beans are Zach’s thing. Like, his THING. So the dime store went on the list…
Carib Shack may be tiny, but the food is not. We tried the Jerk Pork Bowl featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, a fried chicken sandwich, and one enormous jerk shrimp burrito.
After a disappointing visit to Penguin Drive-In, we followed chef Greg Auten to Pinky’s Westside Grill to see if the original Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives magic survived.
Came to see the Tanked aquarium at Salt Life Food Shack in St. Augustine. Here’s what the tank actually looked like and what we ordered.
We were not looking for Harold’s Restaurant in Gaffney SC. (this is a recurring theme) We were on our way to see a giant peach water tower, but it was overcast, so we decided to kill some time at antique malls, hoping for sunny skies later in the morning. We found a few in the…
We weren’t looking for a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives location. We were looking for a giant freestanding jukebox. That’s how it usually goes with us — we’re chasing something weird, and we stumble into something weirder. The Penguin Drive-In Charlotte NC had been on our radar because the internet told us there was a massive freestanding…
Why We Visited The Cowfish in Raleigh We went to The Cowfish in Raleigh, North Carolina—a sushi-burger restaurant, mostly because of the tank. The main tank was built by the crew from TANKED – that reality show where Wayde King and Brett Raymer made completely over-the-top custom fish tanks for people. This one is shaped…
Flashback Pizza & Milkshakes in Rogers, Arkansas delivers ’80s/’90s nostalgia with arcade games, retro decor, and a Blockbuster check. Bucket list #1!
I slow roll. Zach does not. So when we parked the bus outside St. Louis for “a few days off from driving,” Zach heard “a few days to see everything.” One day: Anheuser-Busch. The World’s Largest Chess Piece. Herbaria. Refab. And somewhere in the middle of that marathon, the stop I actually cared about. A…
Some stops are about the food, some are about the photo ops — and Gustafson’s Smoked Fish in Moran, Michigan manages to be both. Known since 1978 for smoking Michigan fish to perfection, they also stock jerky in every flavor imaginable, plus a mix of snacks, souvenirs, and “just passing through” essentials. On our visit,…
