Author: Rubes Creek Rube

  • Restaurant Review: LaBella’s Pizza

    This place is a hole in the wall with a New York accent. Literally, nearly all the workers and the people who buy their slices here have what people where I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, would snootily call “a Yankified accent.” Our first foray to this small pizza place came after a shopping trip…

  • Food truck review: Taqueria Molina

    3190 Canton Rd, Marietta I was so pleased when I first spotted a welcoming little food truck on my way home from work. The lit-up “Open” sign beckoned. The food truck mural included Mexican and American flags, announcing that within holds the possibilities of yummy, hearty Mexican fare. My heart leapt. Eventually, after another disheartening…

  • Restaurant review: Smitty’s Lockdown BBQ

    I’ve eaten food from Smitty’s Lockdown BBQ throughout the years, but have never actually stopped at the restaurant before.

  • Restaurant Review: Ricky Cancun Mexican Grill

    The beans and rice also came out hot and fresh. And the price was right.

  • In a dismal, cramped corner of a BP gas station, tucked between the video gambling machines and a row of unused coffee machines that have blocked by blankets for packing, is a taqueria, El Serranito. When you consider how little of the gas station footprint they actually occupy, it’s amazing they’re able to produce food.…