Great Food Search

Dec 2022 31

Great Food Search-2022: That Was the Meal That Was

2022 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

2022—The Great Food Search family (“Dad,” “Mom,” forty-two-year-old “Child”) went through urgent care visits (D, M), dentists (D, M, C), ankle replacement surgery (M), physical therapy (M), five 5K (3.1 mile) walk/run races (D—I walked), and year-ending Covid (D, M, C). Somehow, the three of us are still alive and talking to each other. Still, 2022 was a pretty good year for food in The Great Food Search—twenty-seven different restaurants and eateries.

Oct 2022 29

Great Food Search: Brickhouse Bar and Grill

2022 Articles, Food Fun, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

A striking logo welcomes you to Brickhouse Bar and Grill in Sanger. It's Hot Hot Hot![/caption]In the two-block stretch of 7th Street west of Academy Avenue, it could be a bar, a jewelry store, quinceañera dresses, a martial arts studio, a barber shop...or food. The Great Food Search told you about Mi Linda Tierra, but there’s a new kid on the block—Brickhouse Bar and Grill.

Jul 2022 30

Great Food Search—Here There and Somewhere Else

2022 Articles, Food Fun, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

The typical Great Food Search of the month features a theme (Salads, Hot Dogs, The Tower District, et cetera) or a single restaurant (Mi Linda Tierra, Sunnyside Delicatessen). This month, it’s a little different: places I went to about the time I was reviewing something else, or it didn’t fit the theme for the month, or—"Hey! I haven’t been there in a Covid’s age!” Some of the pictures have been sitting in my photo file for a long time, so...it’s about time!

Jun 2022 25

Great Food Search: A Taste of the Tower—A Second Helping

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by Terrance McArthur

In April, the Great Food Search took a look at restaurants in Fresno’s Tower District while I rehearsed for a production of I Remember Mama at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre. The run of the play has ended, but those weeks of performances gave me time to continue my quest of eating my way through the Tower District.

May 2022 28

Great Food Search: Mi Linda Tierra

2022 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

The Great Food Search seeks out good food wherever it may be found, and sometimes it’s closer than we expect. Less than one mile from my home in Sanger, I found Mi Linda Tierra. It started out in the southeast of the town, but it recently moved to 1330 7th Street in the heart of the little city’s downtown blocks.

Mar 2022 26

Great Food Search: Appetizers

2022 Articles, Food Fun, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

Sometimes, you want a little something before your whole meal arrives, and that’s why the Great Food Search orders…APPETIZERS! Welcome to a collection of the mini-dishes the Valley has to offer: ethnic specialties, crunchy treats of the deep-fried variety, and culinary surprises.

Nov 2021 13

Great Food Search: Sunnyside Delicatessen

2021 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

A food magnet of the area for thirty-eight years, the Sunnyside Delicatessen owners retired and closed shop during the Pandemic Panic. Take heart, dear friends! It has returned, under new ownership, and southeast Fresno once more rejoices in the taste of Reuben sandwiches.

Sep 2021 25

Great Food Search: How Cheesy Can You Get?

2021 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

Coagulated milk protein. Sound delicious?
Hold on! That’s cheese we’re talking about, and there are over a thousand types, each with a different combination of the animal source, its diet, added enzymes to speed coagulation, pasteurization, butterfat, and aging. The Great Food Search presents the ooiest, gooiest, cheesiest dishes we could find—How Cheesy Can You Get?

Aug 2021 28

Great Food Search: Hot Dog!

2021 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

When it’s summer in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s hot…so, why not have a hot dog? The Great Food Search has gathered a tasty pack of the frankfurter kind. Let’s take a bite.

Jul 2021 31

Great Food Search: A Summer’s Worth of Salads

2021 Articles, Food Fun, Reedley News, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

It’s summer, and you want to eat something light, so…Let there be SALADS! And there WERE salads…and they were GOOD!
The Great Food Search has featured salads before (in 2014 and 2019), and some of the restaurants I’ll talk about this year are ones I’ve mentioned in earlier articles, but they aren’t the same salads, so…Let’s Eat!