Somehow in my many trips to the North Market over the years, I never stopped to have a sandwich at Heil’s Family Deli. Consider that error rectified.
Here’s the scorecard:
Cornbeef – thin cut and lots of it
Sauerkraut – decent amount
Swiss Cheese – fine
Thousand Island – generous slathering
Rye Bread – my only complaint. Fine bread, but as it was not toasted, the bread got moist quickly and turned to mush.
Heil’s Family Deli scores 4 out of 5. The bread is probably healthier not lathered with butter and slapped on a stovetop, but I’m not concerned about healthiness.
This Week In Music (3/19-3/25)
This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
For Love Not Lisa: The Lost Elephant – interesting afterthoughts
Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu – spikey hardcore
Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne – smart powerpop
Funkadelic: Funkadelic – missing songs
House of Heroes: House of Heroes – original emo
Mudhoney: Mudhoney – proto grunge
Peter Gabriel: Untitled 2 (Scratch) – less engaging
Ace Frehley: Ace Frehley – special spaceman
For Love Not Lisa: The Lost Elephant – interesting afterthoughts
Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu – spikey hardcore
Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne – smart powerpop
Funkadelic: Funkadelic – missing songs
House of Heroes: House of Heroes – original emo
Mudhoney: Mudhoney – proto grunge
Peter Gabriel: Untitled 2 (Scratch) – less engaging
Ace Frehley: Ace Frehley – special spaceman
Concert Review: Sunny Day Real Estate & No Knife at Clutch Cargos, Pontiac, MI (7/2/00)
This was a part of a two-day trip made up to Detroit with Keith, Jason, Cortney, Mark and Mark’s girlfriend at the time whose name I cannot remember to see back to back shows over the Fourth of July weekend. However, we found that a hotel across the border in Windsor, Ontario was cheaper and decided to stay there instead. Big mistake.
Upon crossing the border, we were detained by the Canadian border patrol. The band van, at the time the Pontiac Trans Sport, was searched while we were taken into the offices and questioned. Why were we entering Canada? Did we have any illegal drugs? I guess, considering we were in a band, we looked like the sort of people who would try to smuggle weed across the border or something. The whole ordeal lasted about a half-hour and we were released.
The show was originally schedule for St. Andrew’s in Detroit, but we found out the show had been moved out to Pontiac to Clutch Cargos. Here’s where my brain and the internet clash: I clearly remember standing in line for the Catherine Wheel show and hearing about the moving of the Sunny Day Real Estate show that was supposed to happen THE NEXT DAY. However, upon researching this, the internet keeps telling me the SDRE show happened the THE DAY BEFORE the Catherine Wheel show. So confused.
Anyway, we drove out to Pontiac to Clutch Cargos, which I remember being a fairly cool venue with a second floor and lounges, apparently an old church that had been converted to a music venue.
No Knife, who I was unfamiliar with prior to the show, opened and they were pretty damn good. Good enough that I ended up getting and really liking two of their three albums. Sunny Day Real Estate was good as well, but there was bit of an edge to their set that seemed angry. Maybe they weren’t getting label support (the label would fold soon after), or maybe they weren’t getting along personally (they never made another record together), but towards the end of the set frontman Jeremy Engik went into a rage, knocked over some mic stands and trashed a really nice hollowbody guitar. It was shocking, this wasn’t a smash your instrument sort of band or show, so it didn’t really make sense.
Upon crossing the border, we were detained by the Canadian border patrol. The band van, at the time the Pontiac Trans Sport, was searched while we were taken into the offices and questioned. Why were we entering Canada? Did we have any illegal drugs? I guess, considering we were in a band, we looked like the sort of people who would try to smuggle weed across the border or something. The whole ordeal lasted about a half-hour and we were released.
The show was originally schedule for St. Andrew’s in Detroit, but we found out the show had been moved out to Pontiac to Clutch Cargos. Here’s where my brain and the internet clash: I clearly remember standing in line for the Catherine Wheel show and hearing about the moving of the Sunny Day Real Estate show that was supposed to happen THE NEXT DAY. However, upon researching this, the internet keeps telling me the SDRE show happened the THE DAY BEFORE the Catherine Wheel show. So confused.
Anyway, we drove out to Pontiac to Clutch Cargos, which I remember being a fairly cool venue with a second floor and lounges, apparently an old church that had been converted to a music venue.
No Knife, who I was unfamiliar with prior to the show, opened and they were pretty damn good. Good enough that I ended up getting and really liking two of their three albums. Sunny Day Real Estate was good as well, but there was bit of an edge to their set that seemed angry. Maybe they weren’t getting label support (the label would fold soon after), or maybe they weren’t getting along personally (they never made another record together), but towards the end of the set frontman Jeremy Engik went into a rage, knocked over some mic stands and trashed a really nice hollowbody guitar. It was shocking, this wasn’t a smash your instrument sort of band or show, so it didn’t really make sense.
Reuben Tour of Columbus – Katalina’s Cafe Corner
After a long layoff, the search for the best reuben in Columbus continues. As mentioned in the last post, I had to head closer to downtown to find a more traditional reuben.
Thanks to some positive Yelp reviews, I decided to head to Victorian Village to check out Katalina’s Cafe Corner. Here’s the scorecard:
Corned beef – warm, but only three or four slices, kinda skimpy
Sauerkraut – generous amount
Swiss Cheese – plenty of cheese, gooey
Thousand Island – on the sandwich, good amount
Rye Bread – marbled, nice big pieces, fresh
Katalina’s Cafe Corner scores 4 out of 5. A few more slices of corned beef, and this would go from really good to great. Katalina’s has a really diverse and interesting menu, looking forward to going back to try out more of their offerings.
Thanks to some positive Yelp reviews, I decided to head to Victorian Village to check out Katalina’s Cafe Corner. Here’s the scorecard:
Corned beef – warm, but only three or four slices, kinda skimpy
Sauerkraut – generous amount
Swiss Cheese – plenty of cheese, gooey
Thousand Island – on the sandwich, good amount
Rye Bread – marbled, nice big pieces, fresh
Katalina’s Cafe Corner scores 4 out of 5. A few more slices of corned beef, and this would go from really good to great. Katalina’s has a really diverse and interesting menu, looking forward to going back to try out more of their offerings.
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