2009 Aug 23 - Las at Market Club

2009 Aug 23 - Las at Market Club (Sacramento, CA)

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Las was getting bored in Carson City. She had sold her motorcycle. So she set up this breakfast at the Market Club. She had somehow missed all of our previous trips to the Market Club.


Stan, Yvonne (Mrs Pdub) and Phil

Phil, Pdub and Yvonne with Pdub's wee-strom and my Moto Guzzi Nevada

Las walks over from her pick um up truck

It has been a while since Las has shown up on this side of the mountains


We wander in to the restaurant and get seated. As the others are deciding what to order, I take a few food photos of other tables. :-)

The Hamburger Royale over rice

Homemade corn beef hash and eggs over rice

Now this is the Market Club, but Las, Pdub, Yvonne and Stan do not order Market Club fare.
Las has the link sausage and eggs. Pdub has bacon and eggs. Yvonne has steak and eggs. And Stan has a short stack and scrambled eggs. At least Phil has an omelet with fried rice (a dollar extra). You can only get fried rice on Sundays.
Las holding her links

Yvonne sent her steak back since it was over cooked. The second steak was medium-rare, as ordered, and very tasty.

Now I have one of the Sunday Specials, the fried rice with one egg over easy. I have already smashed the egg into the rice. :-)

So anyway I have to go to a neighboring table to get photos.
Now this is the Market Club. Fried wienies and eggs over rice.

And the wife has the fried baloney and eggs over rice. Both with raisin bread toast (extra charge)

We split up after breakfast and head our separate ways.

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2009 Aug 15 - Shorter's BBQ (Tracy, CA)

2009 Aug 15 - Shorter's BBQ (Tracy, CA)

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Mom wanted to go to the Tracy Farmer's Market. Her first stop is always Kandi's Pies and Pastries. My sister had given mom a list of baked goods to buy. And mom buys cookies for half the neighborhood. The owners of Kandi's have bought a ranch up on Apple Hill in El Dorado County, so have only one more Saturday at the Tracy Farmer's Market. They will open their Apple Hill ranch on Sep 4th. Apple Ridge Farms Web Site The Apple Hill location is in ADDITION to their bakery in Tracy. So they will be open in Tracy for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter as usual.

But mom also bought some fresh berries and vegetables. I bought an egg plant and two boxes of blueberries.

Anyway, we had been going to Perko's Coffee Shop or the Golden Corral Buffet after the Farmer's Market. But today I decide to try the BBQ joint only a block and a half away. Miles childhood buddy, Bobby had told him about this place. So even though it was only 10:30 AM it was so close that I chose to drive by it. There normal opening time is 11:00 AM, but since the start of the Farmer's Market he has been opening a lot earlier. He seems to do a lot of take-out business.

Anyway Dave Shorter co-owner with his wife Doñelle was there and said that almost everything was ready to go. So mom and I took a seat. The ordering system is that you go to the counter and order and pay. When your order is ready it is brought out to your table. Beside BBQ they serve other Southern stuff, today's Special was smothered short ribs with mac and cheese and black eyed peas. I almost ordered that, but I wanted to try their ribs. The chief cook is Dave's mother Frances Shorter. She kept on the move and I never did get a picture of her.

The front of the store

The menu on the wall

The catering and party menu

Coca Cola knick knacks and trophies

The printed menu


Mom decides on the Kid's BBQ Rib Meal with coleslaw for the side. I order the Rib dinner with coleslaw and black eyed peas for my two sides.
Here's Dave

Dave brings out the food and has added an extra rib to mom's Kid's meal.
Mom's lunch

My dinner

The ribs are very tender and tasty. We both got the regular sauce and I think that I will try the hot sauce next time. The regular is tasty but I can stand a little bit of heat. I liked the sides and the reason that I could have black eyed peas is because a batch was made as a side for today's Daily Special.
Kid's meals come with the Capri Sun drink

Mom went through a ton of napkins eating her ribs. Next time she needs to get the sauce on the side

Dave took this photo of me eating my dinner

I will go back on one of my motorcycles and try other dishes for lunch during the week. They are closed on Sundays and Mondays and open at 11:00 AM and close at 8:00 PM except on Friday when they close at 9:00 PM.

Shorter's Rib Pit and Catering web site

Reviews of Shorter's on Yelp

The following map will be my motorcycle route from home to Shorter's:


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No room for dessert. Besides I had bought a little 4 inch diameter pie for later at the Farmer's Market. So here is a photo of my dessert.


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2009 May 2 - Tracy Farmers Market

2009 May 2 - Tracy Farmers Market

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Today is opening day for the 2009 Tracy Farmers Market in downtown Tracy. It is a rainy but moderately warm late morning. Mom, sister, Lulu {the dog} and I head the 20 miles to Tracy. The Lincoln Highway old US Hwy 50 used to run down Eleventh Street right through the heart of Tracy. The Farmers Market is just a block south on Tenth Street.

Actually, the reason for going to the Tracy FM is to get some pastries from Kandi's Pies and Pastries. See the Blog of the Lunch Bunch trip to Kandi's Shop
Mom is wearing her red jacket and purple Crocks

Kandi's strudel and breads

Other pastries

The cookies

The pies and dumplings

That's part of mom's order that Steve (Kandi's husband) has in the bag

A longer shot of the tent

Some gai-lan and other vegetables

Dried fruit
Not a heavy rain but it has been a long, steady drizzle

Mom buying some gai-lan

Note: from Wikipedia

Kai-lan, also known as Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale, is a slightly bitter leaf vegetable featuring thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems and a small number of tiny, almost vestigial flower heads similar to those of broccoli. Its flavor is very similar to that of broccoli, though not identical, being a bit sweeter.

Kai-lan is eaten widely in Chinese cuisine, and especially in Cantonese cuisine. It is also common in Vietnamese cuisine, where it is called cải làn or cải rổ.

The name kai-lan and its American version, gai-lan, come from Cantonese. Although the character 芥 is usually read jiè, the name of the vegetable can be read either gàilán or jièlán in Mandarin.

Apples not really in season the price is too high

Amazing that there is still farming in Brentwood. Most of Brentwood is now subdivisions.

The rain has kept some people home. But it is opening day so it was fairly busy.

Since it is almost Noon we are going to eat in Tracy. Gerard's Deli is just up the street, but the Hof Brau line is only open weekdays from 11 to 2. We don't feel like cold sandwiches. Mom and sis did not want to eat bbq as we went past Shorter's Rib Pit {click for web page} which I have yet to try.

So it was either Perko's for breakfast or over to the Golden Corral for lunch.

Lunch at the Golden Corral (one of my friend Sherm's favorite chains)

Lulu needs to get out for a potty break. Lulu belongs to my sister-in-law (my brother's widow) whose second husband has just had knee surgery so Mom is doggy sitting.

After lunch we head back home taking the back roads through the Delta.

~end May 2, 2009

May 23, 2009 - Another trip to the Tracy Farmers Market:

Cherrys have started




Kettle Korn





Last day for asparagus







~end May 23, 2009

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