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Following twenty years of farmer's markets selling locally grown vegetables, native fruits, and local honey Linda created Marianne's Kitchen in Shoreview, MN, an oasis of good food, conversation and laughter in a suburban food desert. Operating from 2011-2017 the cafe offered home made soups, fresh bread baked daily, great sandwiches and treats and a complete line of gluten-free soups, pickled products, jams, jellies, salsas and locally sourced soups, honey and grains.

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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Hamburguesas El Gordo

Hamburguesas El Gordo




 "Hey, have you tried the new restaurant with the very limited food selection?






Front: Chicken Rear: Fat Man Burger
No, not that chicken place, but Hamburguesas El Gordo.

Step out of your suburban blahs, and take a chance.

Located in Plaza del Sol at 990 Payne Avenue in St. Paul (across the street from Tongue in Cheek), this newly established family-run place serves 2 things (hey, twice as much as the new local limited selection place)--a hamburger or a grilled chicken sandwich.

That's where any resemblance to a typical burger or chicken breast sandwich ends.   These sandwiches come with everything (ask for extra, extra napkins)....bacon, cheese, serrano peppers, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, the list goes on.  Gigantic would be an understatement (hence the name....fat burger or fat man burger).

We tried to figure out how to tackle these gigantawiches, each wrapped in a deli paper and served in a basket with grilled onions and a serrano pepper on the side.  I did better (no, really).  We shared, but by the time John handed me the chicken one, there was only a little bit of bun left....nowhere to get a grip.  I'll give him a break because there were 2 big pieces of grilled chicken on his sandwich, so they were sliding around a little when he took a bite.  I did better in keeping mine together, but juicy burger doesn't really capture the whole range of what juicy can mean.

This was really fun.  A cross-section of people, with lots of cute kids
 running around & playing with balloons (and
saying a sincere, 'I'm sorry' when their balloon floated on to our table), in a little mall with food stands.  The next stand (Frutilandia, I think) sold lots of interesting looking drinks with lists and lists of options.  And, it was nice to see parents buying their kids bananas to eat instead of french fries.

We love to support small local places, and this is certainly on the list of places we'll visit again.  The young woman who called our order was very sweet and so proud of her establishment.  Drop some dollars in the tip jar so that this family can earn a living and have a chance for this business to become established.  I'm not too worried, because they already have a pretty big following.  I'm glad we had a chance to get there before the lines are too long !
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  1. UnknownNovember 19, 2015 at 6:34 PM

    Thank you very much for taking the time to blog about Hamburguesas El Gordo, we are glad you liked it and we hope to see you and John again. Your description of our stablishment and food is very nice, we also added afew other options

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