Does that picture mean you're going to eat giant bees next??

Sadly, I have not found Poutine avaiable in Washington State.

Bon Appetit, Everyone!!

---Jensen

At 5- Thanks for providing me with another way to punish my Stranger office mates' arteries. I'm soooo making that soon.

Jonah, a standard requirement of a proper dish of Poutine is that it is tongue-burning hot. Make sure to assemble your ingredients and have
them at the ready just prior to assembling the dish.

FWIW, I have found that a well prepared and consumed bowl of Poutine will generally require a nap after consumption....or two or four more beers.

---Jensen

Second: Shouldn't Frito Pie be served in a bag of Frito's?

Third: I believe "d" @11 is referring to the freakishly and deliciously inauthentic poutine at Feenie's in Kitsilano. To which I will only add: yum.

too funny. Poutine sounds right-on esp. with the recommendations of the side. Uncle Ben's half rack? man, i'd like a trip up to B.C. this summer. i hear it's more difficult to find the "smoke" shops these days, unlike a '99 festival. then again, how are the quirky trusties to be indulged. what i'd really like to do is take a raft or something into Burrard Inlet FWIW- Buffalo Springfield and The Cardigans Unite!

Smarty Pants.

ps: matts chili dogs has a the best frito pie in the city so far. They call it "chili chips"

Mmmm, now I know where I'm going for lunch today.

And, per a little research on the W.W.W., Cocina Esperanza in "Sunset Hill" (clearly a made-up name, apparently in Ballard) has it as well. As a writer at one of the dailies who shall remain anonymous puts it, it's "chip[s] 'n' dip with chorizo, mushrooms or spinach putting the 'fun' in the fundido."

Slog provides! Wad of cash, wad of cash, wad of cash.....

And yes, Z-Tejas' queso is pretty darn good (not quite Rotel good, but close), but it's always a little sad to me to see the funky 6th street restaurant of my Austin life appear in the Bell Square version. They are so completely different. Where are those wonderful muffins they'd have fresh for breakfast after running around Town Lake? The funky wall colors? Sigh.

Does anyone know of other places that have good queso?

That could be a new category in Restaraunt section! Souless Food! hmmmm, i know there's a joke on what those food stops could be called, anyone to help out a FOODie CONasseur? ideas can be found googlyling.

When I lived there, the Whole Foods (since closed and reopened nearby) was pretty much exactly the same as the ones here. That said, it wasn't the original--I think the Sixth Street one was the second incarnation.

And Fnarf: Ro-Tel is fine, but not necessary--what is necessary is the guac, although traditionalists may disagree.

Queso with quac and no Ro-Tel is almost as bad as beans in the chili.

It's a bit highbrow but the Santa Fe Cafe on Phinney has a pretty decent queso on the menu. We had some this week!

The first friend I met in Seattle went to school in Austin and his name was Austin! He told some stories about parties with his college bud, Chris Ware, who later went to Chicago and virtually to Fantagraphics, in the link below. Austin is in Brussels now; I should write him a postcard asking about Poutine.

Btw, I went to a few Nicotine Anonymous meetings at SCCC when I was in school there, then they stopped abruptly. They did have a preachy (biblical music link) vibe that may have unhinged it. Anyone know of a similar group with some good results?

To the dismay of my friends who worked there at the time, they went public around 1992. Soon after that opened up the first big store further down Lamar - and then another in Austin - then expanded through Texas, and then through the country. Most look the same, but they try to incorporate local details in the decor.

I know they are huge now - but when I go I remember them as they started - and appreciate the role they've had in promoting organic food and agriculture.