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Burgerbanism No. 10 – The Angry Jerk in Silver Spring, Maryland

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments angry jerk, burgerbanism, caribbean, caribbean food, coworking silver spring, customer service, DC, downtown silver spring, eastern ave, i/o spaces, i/o spaces silver spring, maryland, silver spring, silver spring maryland, tucker carlson, washington, Washington DC, white replacement theory, yelp, yelp elite

After a somewhat less than illustrious gastronomic experience at Underground Pizza, I felt it was time to give another spot

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Burgerbanism – Underground Pizza in Downtown Silver Spring

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments abject cuisine, billion dollar hot and ready, buddys pizza, burgerbanism, cheesy bread, dc suburbs, detroit style, detroit style pizza, dmv, downtown silver spring, dtss, eastern avenue dc, enriched bleached wheat flour, hot and ready, jets pizza, little caesars, Little Caesars Arena, Mike Ilitch, mikes pizza, new restaurants in silver spring, silver spring, terrible pizza, what is detroit style pizza, wheaton, white bread

Nat and friends check out the newest spot in downtown Silver Spring, which serves Detroit Style Pizza, a Midwestern varietal of cheesy bread slathered in marinara sauce.

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Burgerbanism No. 3: Take Indy’s BRT to Delectable Southern Cuisine at Root & Bone

September 7, 2021September 5, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ajvar, BRT, burgerbanism, chicken & waffles, circle city, fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, Indiana, indianapolis, indygo, ketchup, midwest, outdoor dining, red states, sidewalk dining, southern food, sweet tea, transit infrastructure, walkable

In town for a long weekend that involved a multi-part wedding extravaganza, I headed down south, as it were, to

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Burgerbanism: Telway Hamburgers, the Final Frontier of Southwest Detroit

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments burgerbanism, burgurbanism, Detroit, DTW, earl owens, martin rd, martin st detroit, southwest detroit, telway, telway hamburgers

Burgerbanism is an ongoing, however infrequent, series on restaurants and their architectural, economic, and social context in cities. A sticky

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Outdoor Dining? This Is A Building With Four Walls And A Roof!

December 14, 2020January 4, 2021 Luo Yang 0 Comments accessory commercial unit, accessory structures, cafe gulistan, covid, COVID and outdoor dining, COVID and restaurants, COVID in restaurants, COVID outdoor dining, COVID safety, detroit shipping company, dining, eastern market, eastern market brewing company, eastern market detroit, harbert michigan, IAQ, IAQ and covid, indoor air quality, james hamblin, new york, new york city, outdoor dining, pizzaplex, restaurants, riopelle, solo stove, temporary structures

Restauranteurs are finding it hard to figure out how to adapt to the winter months.

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Yum Village Will Bring The Fire In Detroit’s Takeout Dining Scene This Winter

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments afro-caribbean, APX interactive, art deco, black-owned business, COVID19, crowdfunding, Detroit, economic development, entrepreneurship, food, godwin ihentuge, joe robinson, milwaukee junction, new center, nigeria, north end, restaurants, storefronts, we run 313, yum village

Experience all three dimensions of Yum Village– and then get you some jerk chicken.

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On This Day in History: John and Nat Enjoy an Oakland County Moms Saturday

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments apples, autumn, cider, fall, fall foliage, john good, macomb county, michigan, michigan agriculture, michigan tourism, Nat Zorach, oakland county, rochester hills, southeast michigan, tourism

Two city planners stuff their faces with donuts, think about the future of the region, and enjoy some fall color.

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Somali Hospitality at Afro Deli in St. Paul

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments abirahman kahin, africa, afro deli, amin omar, food, ilhan omar, minneapolis, msp, palace theater, pedestrianization, snacks, somali, somali-american, somalia, st. paul, twin cities

Healing a fractured economy and a fractured culture with community conversation– and game-changing sambusas.

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A Night Out in Jessica Cabot’s Los Angeles

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments congestion, fast food, hollywood, jessica cabot, los angeles, Sprawl, sunset boulevard, sunset strip, traffic, walk of fame

Nat tours Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Sunset Boulevard, and Griffith Observatory with a native Angeleno, and even manages to eat an obscene amount of chili cheese fries.

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Burgerbanism: The Twelve Dishes Of Detroit Christmas

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments bangladeshi, black-owned business, dearborn, Detroit, dime store, downtown detroit, food, hamtramck, ima detroit, livernois corridor, livernois streetscaping, michigan avenue, ottava via, peso bar, rock city eatery, sheeba, som tam, southwest detroit, yemeni

At the risk of seeming like all I do is think about parking lots and protected bike lanes (which, admittedly,