Top 10 Colleges Rated By Drunk Food

Amusing

http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/03/20 ... ege-foods/

Note that the Luther Burger makes the list, as well as the Beef & Latkes. The stuffed flingwould be a no-brainer, but apparently isn't accessible enough to drunk Big-10 University students.

At first read, I thought "disgusting." However, after having consumed, and enjoyed, a Luther Burger this weekend (with no alcohol involved!!!) - I decided I should not so readily dismiss these creations. Actually, The “Something Different” with two oversize potato latkes encasing a pile of beef brisket, served with both au jus and apple sauce sounded pretty good - I would substitute sour cream for the applesauce.

Oh my - it is indeed a slippery slope!

Jyoti

If I can recall my drunk days at Indiana University (and not I specifically recall any such occasion), I would rank my list as follows: 1) breadsticks and cheese sauce from Pizza Express (a/k/a Pizza Distress), 2) buffalo wings from BuffaLouie's and BW3, and 3) sliders (the Castle), with biscuits and gravy from Waffle House just barely missing the top 3.

BR wrote:If I can recall my drunk days at Indiana University (and not I specifically recall any such occasion), I would rank my list as follows: 1) breadsticks and cheese sauce from Pizza Express (a/k/a Pizza Distress), 2) buffalo wings from BuffaLouie's and BW3, and 3) sliders (the Castle), with biscuits and gravy from Waffle House just barely missing the top 3.

Another hoosier! We're actually going back to Bloomington this coming weekend.

I think you're forgetting the cheese bread at Mad Mushroom or the bread sticks at Rockit's or the infamous Taco Hell across the street from the Video Saloon

jpschust wrote:

BR wrote:If I can recall my drunk days at Indiana University (and not I specifically recall any such occasion), I would rank my list as follows: 1) breadsticks and cheese sauce from Pizza Express (a/k/a Pizza Distress), 2) buffalo wings from BuffaLouie's and BW3, and 3) sliders (the Castle), with biscuits and gravy from Waffle House just barely missing the top 3.

Another hoosier! We're actually going back to Bloomington this coming weekend.

I think you're forgetting the cheese bread at Mad Mushroom or the bread sticks at Rockit's or the infamous Taco Hell across the street from the Video Saloon

You're just making me feel old. None of those places sound very familiar (I graduated in '89). For taco hell-like cuisine, it was always Taco John's for me . . . which perhaps would be in my top 5 of drunken binge foods.

When I read the original post before even taking a look at the list I knew it would have somewhere in Madison which is always included on any top college drinking, party etc.. list and either the mac & cheese or the steak and potato slice from Ian's. I wasnt a big fan and would put one of the monster sandwich's from Jin's or the meat dumplings with vinegar, curry powder, hot sauce and cilantro from pel-meni ahead of Ian's any day.

It also reminded me of a burger we used to make for breakfast before football games...the triple BBQ, bacon, cheddar, ranch. Made with a fresh grilled ground beef patty, fresh pork patty and a fresh veal patty and loaded with Nueske's bacon, Merkt's cheddar and spotted cow battered onions.


Bad pic but you get the picture.

Da Beef wrote:When I read the original post before even taking a look at the list I knew it would have somewhere in Madison which is always included on any top college drinking, party etc.. list and either the mac & cheese or the steak and potato slice from Ian's. I wasnt a big fan and would put one of the monster sandwich's from Jin's or the meat dumplings with vinegar, curry powder, hot sauce and cilantro from pel-meni ahead of Ian's any day.

Ian's is setting up shop in Wrigleyville sometime this year. The one time I tried it in Madison, I thought it to be a decent slice--but I just had a piece of cheese, hold the macaroni.

any U of I alum out there remember the place to get "haystacks?"

They were (as I recall) a stack of hash browns topped with an egg, a hamburger patty, cheese, and gravy. It was at some diner like 20 min off campus. I'll web it up, and see if I can find anything. Asking me to remember much about going there produces confusion. Can't tell what makes it more confusing: My age, or the drunken state I was in if I ever wound up there. they were basically the americanized version of "poutin" (sp) or whatever Bourdain was eating with the canadians at that diner.

BR wrote:

jpschust wrote:

BR wrote:If I can recall my drunk days at Indiana University (and not I specifically recall any such occasion), I would rank my list as follows: 1) breadsticks and cheese sauce from Pizza Express (a/k/a Pizza Distress), 2) buffalo wings from BuffaLouie's and BW3, and 3) sliders (the Castle), with biscuits and gravy from Waffle House just barely missing the top 3.

Another hoosier! We're actually going back to Bloomington this coming weekend.

I think you're forgetting the cheese bread at Mad Mushroom or the bread sticks at Rockit's or the infamous Taco Hell across the street from the Video Saloon

You're just making me feel old. None of those places sound very familiar (I graduated in '89). For taco hell-like cuisine, it was always Taco John's for me . . . which perhaps would be in my top 5 of drunken binge foods.

I'm with you there, I found myself knuckle deep in a Taco John's Potato Ole's more than once.

Anyone remember Grog's Pizza? They used to sell a large 1-topping pizza for $3.99, and this was the mid-90's. All you need to know...

Buffalouie's did it right - 100 wing buckets delivered to your door... we ordered one after every intramural hoops game.

seebee wrote:any U of I alum out there remember the place to get "haystacks?"

They were (as I recall) a stack of hash browns topped with an egg, a hamburger patty, cheese, and gravy. It was at some diner like 20 min off campus. I'll web it up, and see if I can find anything. Asking me to remember much about going there produces confusion. Can't tell what makes it more confusing: My age, or the drunken state I was in if I ever wound up there. they were basically the americanized version of "poutin" (sp) or whatever Bourdain was eating with the canadians at that diner.

Hey Seebee,

Merry Ann's Diner on Neil Street. It's been called both the Haystack and the Diner Stack.

The Stack consists of hash browns, cheese, sausage or hamburger patties, two eggs, a biscuit and gravy to top it off.

Here's a recent article that mentions it:
http://the217.com/articles/view/best_food_to_cure_a_hangover

I hold it personally responsible for my hubby needing to go on cholesterol medication in his 20s.

Kim

Kim3 wrote:
Hey Seebee,

Merry Ann's Diner on Neil Street. It's been called both the Haystack and the Diner Stack.

Kim3:
WOW. The name doesn't even BEGIN to ring a bell. I may have never known the name of the place. We just used to call it "Haystacks" as in
"Let's go to Haystacks!" As general rule, those words were never spoken before 2am. Thanks for the name though!

Well Seebee, I must digress. Apparently this dish was so popular with the students that a couple of places duplicated it.

I can also trace this dish to another defunct restaurant called "Homestretch", which was out on Bloomington Rd, near the highway.

When I attended U of I in the mid 90's most students went to Merry Ann's for the dish. I'm not sure if the Homestretch was still around then.

Either way, I'm sure the dish is one of those culinary delights that is better left to memory than to try out on older taste buds. Since my late 20s, foods I once ate in college not longer seem as delicious as my memory made them out to be (Pokey Sticks, Garcia Bros. Pizza).


Kim