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always crowded too. mostly hankuk eating in and meekuk taking out.
also i love the yellow radish side dish. keep bringing more!
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 597-0400
Homeroom
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American (New)
Neighborhoods: Temescal, North Oakland
got the exchange student mac, which was pecorino and cracked peppercorns. really good. wasn't sure if i would like it, couldn't make up my mind, so i just thew a dart and decided on that one. but i really did like it a lot. i tried the gilroy too, and, while good, i liked the exchange student better.
oreo was nom-licious, too.
crowded, but that's a good sign, right?
can't wait to come back and try something else.
the garlic fries were great. really garlicky.
service was a little inattentive.
the place is an old house and most of the seating is on the porch or outside on a patio. i really love sitting on the porch, especially when the weather is nice, which is pretty much most of the time.
will definitely return.
tour is self guided. you go out on an enclosed balcony over the factory floor and walk along and see the whole process, from unloading the potato trucks, to stacking the boxes in the warehouse. if you like those discovery channel shows about how to make stuff, you'll love this!
small exhibit about utz history too and two helpful employees to answer questions.
one tidbit of info... utz recently bought a california chip company and might expand with new production facilities on the west coast.
second tidbit - grandma utz chips are manufactured in a completely separate building since they use lard. that way the other chips can maintain a kosher status!
1 Previous Review:
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7/20/2007
Oh yeah, I'm with Mila. South central PA is like the Napa Valley of potato chips. You got so many good chip companies here - much to my wife's chagrin. I'm always jonesing for crab chips and you can't get crab chips or any other decent chips in CA. The best I have found is at the commissary where they have started carrying Snyder's of Hanover multi grain cheese curls and sunflower chips. Not quite Utz, but better than nothing! Just like I make a bee line for In and Out when I get back west (grilled cheese all the way, baby!), I similarly head straight for my friendly neighborhood Weis Markets in PA where they stock a veritable treasure trove, no, dare I say a cornucopia of local potato chip perfection. Of which Utz stands preeminent. So here is my question - if those chowder heads at Lays can distribute chips nationally, hell, even internationally, why can't Utz develop some sort of nationwide distribution chain? I've never been able to figure that one out. I guess that's why I never did finish up my PhD in the economics of potato chip manufacturing. But I definitely have my Ph.D. (not to mention my LLM and Ed.D.) in the eating of potato chips!
1 Previous Review:
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9/18/2011 First to Review
a great little Mennonite farm stand. not too big. lots of good produce. not much baked goods - just a few whoopie pies. they carry their own brand of apple butter and jelly and other local stands also carry it. yum! they had especially delicious lettuce the day i was in there.
the street address, from the chamber of commerce website (http://www.explor...), appears to give the address of the actual farm. the farm stand is actually on PA 316, Wayne Road, between Stitely Road and Poe Road, on the west side. will update with better address if i can find it.
remarkably, omelets (and even home fries!) were not greasy at all. don't think that I have ever encountered this lack of greasiness at any diner before. and pancake was huge! one is enough, unless you are a starving lumberjack!
York, PA 17404
(717) 699-5523
Lyndon Diner
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American (Traditional)
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awesome fish taco! i went back and got another. really enjoyed and want it again, but also want to try something else too!
I wish that they had some non-meat options.