Good-bye Austin!

Posted by Maureen on Feb 22, 2012 in BBQ, Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments It’s 28 degrees and sunny on our last day in Austin and we head to Walton’s Fancy and Staple for breakfast. Sandra Bullock, who lives in Austin, owns this establishment among other spots. Arriving and lucking into a parking spot right out front (there is a curious lack of traffic and an abundance of parking in downtown Austin), we are greeted by a very old-timey building with gold...
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Austin Day 2: Kreuz Market

Posted by Maureen on Feb 18, 2012 in BBQ, Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments It’s raining in Austin again today so we plan to do a little driving and exploring. Sun is promised for tomorrow and so is the Texas Marathon. But today, brunch will be at 24 Diner. This hip eatery is busy on Saturday and parking is hard to obtain. Once inside the wait is 15 minutes. We are seated and order drinks and peruse the menu. The interior is not diner-like at all but more...
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Fatboy’s Roars into O-town

Posted by Maureen on Dec 15, 2011 in BBQ, Featured Slider, Local, Restaurants | 1 comment When it rains it pours. Ottawa, after having existed in a BBQ vacuum for so long, now has a third joint gracing the real BBQ landscape and we have heard unconfirmed rumours of yet another joint to open on Bank. Fatboy’s Southern Smokehouse opened this week on the Byward Market. Rob and I headed down there last Satuday to check it out. The entrance is warm and beckoning and we were...
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Dinner Party: Southern Classics

Posted by Rob and Maureen on Oct 30, 2011 in BBQ, Dinner Party, Featured Slider, HM Kitchen | 3 comments Rob and I wanted to share some of the great southern food we have experienced on our road trips and so we sent out an open invite to fans of Happy Mouth via our Facebook page. We have done this once before and it was a great success and this time was no different. Seems people who enjoy good food and travel just naturally fit together. Tonight’s menu did not come together until the very...
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RT11: Corn, Camels & Snoots

Posted by Maureen on Sep 5, 2011 in BBQ, Featured Slider, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel | 0 comments We pulled out of blustery, chilly Evansville, Indiana just after 10 am on our way to St. Louis, Missouri. The drive was an uneventful pleasant trip along a two-laner through small towns. We crossed the state line into Illinois, the Land of Lincoln where the skies turned azure blue and highlighted the golden green late cornfields. Incredible colour. We journeyed on through Amish country past...
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