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After my breakfast of corned beef hash at Hot Suppa!, I headed to the opposite side of town and strolled to Two Fat Cats Bakery for their famed pumpkin whoopie pie. 
Two Fat Cats Bakery 
Outside Two Fat Cats Bakery This was a really charming little bakery, staffed by super-friendly people who more than welcomed me and my photo-snapping ways. If I wasn’t so full from breakfast, I would have been tempted to try one of their golden . . . → Read More: Eating Portland, Maine – Two Fat Cats Bakery I started my second day in Portland with a late breakfast of corned beef hash at Hot Suppa!, which was crowned by Bon Appetit as Portland’s best breakfast dish. With kudos like that, how could I pass it up? 
Hot Suppa! in Portland Maine I arrived at the cute little breakfast/brunch spot at the perfect time – the breakfast crowd was starting to dwindle and the lunch crowd had yet to arrive. Apparently I also picked a good day, because I overheard the waitress talking about how a few days earlier some guy had driven a stolen truck right into a parked car outside . . . → Read More: Eating Portland, Maine – Hot Suppa! In each city I visited I tried to go to at least one ice cream/gelato/popsicle shop, and the one that intrigued me the most in Portland, Maine, was Maple’s Organic Desserts. Located about 15-20 minutes outside of the city, Maple’s is dedicated to producing high quality artisanal hand-crafted gelato and sorbetto using organic ingredients and local sources. 
Maple’s Organic Desserts Getting there was a bit of a challenge. Even though it was only 8pm, it was pitch black outside and the road signs were impossible to read. I had one eye on the road and one eye on my phone with a tiny map, which . . . → Read More: Eating Portland, Maine – Maple’s Organic Desserts Nearly a week has now passed since my return from jetting and eating, yet all my eating adventures remain vivid in my mind. I still feel like I’m digesting food from Austin. Alas, I’m fairly certain that none of the fine fare I consumed in Portland, Maine remains in my body. But I still have pictures! After a brief 24 hours in Pittsburgh, I continued on to Portland, Maine. Considering it had been named the 2009 Foodiest Small Town in America by Bon Appetit and was the location of a restaurant intriguingly-named Duck Fat, I was pretty giddy with excitement about my brief upcoming stay. I arrived in the late afternoon, and to take advantage of the remaining daylight and the proximity . . . → Read More: Eating Portland, Maine – Lobster Shack So, as everyone probably knows, JetBlue’s AYCJ pass expired today, and I only managed to put up posts about ONE city I visited, more than 3 weeks ago! I had actually started this Pittsburgh post 2 weeks ago but never managed to finish it. I definitely underestimated the amount of time trip-planning, photo-editing, photo-uploading, blogging, and travel in general would take. In any case, I am still determined to put up all the remaining posts, and hope that you still find them useful/interesting/yummy-looking/entertaining. My second AYCJ destination was Pittsburgh, a city that in my mind was a permanent gray color and didn’t have much going for it other than the signature Primanti’s sandwiches. Many apologies to Pittsburgh and its residents! First of all, I didn’t . . . → Read More: 24 Hours in Pittsburgh  One comment  Pittsburgh  biscotti, bridges, Cathedral of Learning, Dave & Andy's Homemade Ice Cream, Enrico Biscotti Co, fish sandwich, Heinz, ice cream, Monongahela Incline, Nationality Rooms, Original Oyster House, oysters, Pittsburgh, Primanti Bros., Robert Wholey Fish Co., University of Pittsburgh I’m now putting together a list of things to eat in Portland, Oregon, the final destination in my All-You-Can-Jet itinerary. There are just way too many things to be eaten here, so I’m putting up a partial list along with several links that have more useful information. I’m really glad that I’ll have a few friends and my sister joining me for this leg of the trip – more people = more mouths = more eating possibilities! If you think I’m missing a “MUST EAT”, please let me know! Doughnuts at Voodoo Doughnut. Hours: Open Daily 24 Hours. Schnitzelwich at Tabor Czech Truck. Hours: Mon-Fri 10 am – 3 pm. Pastrami cheese fries at Kenny and Zuke’s. Hours: Open Mon-Thu . . . → Read More: What to Eat in Portland, OR I landed in Austin a few hours ago (at the time of completion of this post – SEVERAL hours ago… And here it is, the very daunting list of too many things to eat! Chocolate-dipped bananas at Bananarchy, a stand inspired by . . . → Read More: What to Eat in Austin Our last food stop in New Orleans was Parkway Bakery and Tavern, for a po’boy. We would have been ashamed to finish our trip without trying one! I have to admit, after hearing the staff at Serious Eats rave about the po’boys from Domilise, I was pretty sad when I found out it was closed on Sundays and that we’d have to get our fix at Parkway Bakery and Tavern. But I regret feeling that regret, because the surf and turf po’boy MORE than satisfied my craving. In fact, as we ate our sandwich, and watched the people around us eating THEIR sandwiches, we decided we needed to order another for the plane ride home. The roast . . . → Read More: Eating New Orleans – Parkway Bakery and Tavern After the buckboard bacon melt at Cochon Butcher, my sister and I headed to The Creole Creamery for some ice cream. We were really excited about this place after seeing their menu of unique flavors online. The best thing about the shop? Their six mini-scoop ice cream sampler for $5.50. That’s six golf ball-sized scoops for the same price as that little cup we got at La Divina Gelateria! I think every ice cream shop should have this on their menu – and I’m not talking about some concoction called Mount Vesuvius or something with 12 full scoops of ice cream and 12 toppings. Just six simple little scoops. Perfect. The women staffing the shop were also incredibly nice . . . → Read More: Eating New Orleans – The Creole Creamery For our final day in New Orleans, we wanted to hit up a bunch of sandwich places, but unfortunately most of them are closed on Sunday. So, be forewarned – do your eating before Sunday! No Domilise po’ boys for us. (sad face) We were still able to find plenty of things to consume before we had to head back to the airport at 3pm. First up, a buckboard bacon sandwich at Cochon Butcher. 
Cochon Butcher 
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) and have been busily compiling an eating plan of attack to begin tomorrow. I’ve heard many great things about this city and I’m excited to have a few days to eat great barbecue, wander along the hiking/biking trails, see the largest urban bat colony under Congress Bridge, and explore the downtown scene. I thank many people for their assistance in the creation of this plan, as well as the usual suspects – blogs, websites, etc. etc.
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