This is it folks, the most holy day of the nacho year. Forget Last Day of Chanukah, New Year's Day, New Year's Day observed, Epiphany, Orthodox Christmas Day, Lee Jackson Day, Stephen Foster Memorial Day, Orthodox New Year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Robert E Lee's Birthday, State Holiday, Idaho Human Rights Day, Civil Rights Day, Robert E Lee's Birthday, State Holiday, Inauguration Day, Chinese New Year, Kansas Day, National Freedom Day, Groundhog Day, National Wear Red Day, Rosa Parks Day, Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat, Lincoln's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday observed, Valentine's Day, Statehood Day in Arizona, Susan B Anthony's Birthday, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, Presidents' Day, Daisy Gatson Bates Day, Maha Shivaratri, Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras, Linus Pauling Day, Ash Wednesday, St. David's Day, Texas Independence Day, Read Across America Day, Employee Appreciation Day, Casimir Pulaski Day, Town Meeting Day Vermont, Holi, Purim, Daylight Saving Time starts, St. Patrick's Day, Evacuation Day, March equinox, Maryland Day, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day observed, Seward's Day, César Chávez Day, Pascua Florida Day, Pascua Florida Day observed, National Tartan Day, Palm Sunday, Passover (first day), National Library Workers' Day, Maundy Thursday, Thomas Jefferson's Birthday, Orthodox Good Friday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Orthodox Holy Saturday, Father Damien Day, Orthodox Easter, Easter Sunday, Emancipation Day, Orthodox Easter Monday, Easter Monday, Emancipation Day observed, Patriot's Day, Last Day of Passover, Tax Day, San Jacinto Day, Oklahoma Day, Yom HaShoah, Isra and Mi'raj, Confederate Memorial Day, Administrative Professionals Day, Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Arbor Day, Law Day, Loyalty Day, Lei Day, Yom Ha'atzmaut, Kent State Shootings Remembrance, National Day of Prayer, Rhode Island Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo, National Nurses Day, National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day, Truman Day, Confederate Memorial Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, Lag BaOmer, Mother's Day, Peace Officers Memorial Day, National Defense Transportation Day, Armed Forces Day, National Maritime Day, Harvey Milk Day, Emergency Medical Services for Children Day, Ascension Day, National Missing Children's Day, Ramadan starts, Memorial Day, Jefferson Davis Birthday, Shavuot, Statehood Day, Pentecost, Whit Monday, Jefferson Davis Birthday, D-Day, Trinity Sunday, Kamehameha Day, Kamehameha Day observed, Army Birthday, Flag Day, Corpus Christi, Bunker Hill Day observed, Bunker Hill Day, Father's Day, Juneteenth, Emancipation Day, West Virginia Day, American Eagle Day, Lailat al-Qadr, June Solstice, Eid al-Fitr, Independence Day, Parents' Day, Pioneer Day, National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Tisha B'Av, Colorado Day, Coast Guard Birthday, Raksha Bandhan, Purple Heart Day, Janmashtami, Victory Day, Assumption of Mary, Bennington Battle Day, Statehood Day in Hawaii, National Aviation Day, Senior Citizens Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Women's Equality Day, Lyndon Baines Johnson Day, Eid al-Adha, Labor Day, Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, California Admission Day, National Grandparents Day, Patriot Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, National CleanUp Day, Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Air Force Birthday, Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observed, Navaratri, Rosh Hashana, Muharram, September equinox, Emancipation Day, Native Americans' Day, Gold Star Mother's Day, Yom Kippur, Dussehra, Child Health Day, Feast of St Francis of Assisi, First Day of Sukkot, Leif Erikson Day, Columbus Day, Native Americans' Day, Indigenous People's Day, Last Day of Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Navy Birthday, White Cane Safety Day, Boss's Day, Alaska Day, Diwali/Deepavali, Sweetest Day, Nevada Day, Halloween, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Daylight Saving Time ends, Election Day, Marine Corps Birthday, Veterans Day observed, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Presidents' Day, Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day, Black Friday, American Indian Heritage Day, Cyber Monday, The Prophet's Birthday, First Sunday of Advent, St Nicholas' Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day), National Guard Birthday, Pan American Aviation Day, Wright Brothers Day, Last Day of Chanukah, December Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve observed, Kwanzaa (until Jan 1), Day After Christmas Day, Washington's Birthday, and New Year's Eve, no, National Nacho Day is the one you need to mind. Enjoy yourself some nachos!
Review: Breakside Brewery
Cheddar and Jack Cheeses, Pico de Gallo, Black Beans, Pickled Jalapenos, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Pulled Pork
As a tourist in Portland, Oregon, there are many ways that you can spend your afternoon. You can go the Portlandia way and hit up every funky little place on there. You can go the sightseeing way and go to Powell’s Bookstore, Voodoo Donuts, the Japanese Gardens or Shanghai Tunnels. Or you can just get down with the locals at some little outdoor brewery and eatery. I don’t know how UNIQUELY Portland that last one is, but in my dream of Portland it fits right in. If you want to fit in some little outdoor brewery and eatery where you can sit outdoors AND have some of the best nachos in Portland though, you go to Breakside Brewery. At least at their Northeast location that is. I can’t speak to whether their two other places let you eat outside or if they brew their beer on site at those ones, but the Dekum Street definitely has you covered on those.
Read MoreNachonomics LIVE, AGAIN, BUT FOR THE LAST TIME IN 2017!
This is it folks, today, 10/15 from 12-5 at the historic Ralph's Diner in Worcester, is the last NACHONOMICS LIVE EVENT of the year! Not only will there be the last few remaining Nacho shirts in existence, but also live punk rock from Mongorellis, The Pathetics, and The Crimson Ghosts. Do nachos and punk go together? I honestly have no clue, but only time will tell! What I CAN tell you is that based on the last NACHONOMICS LIVE EVENT there will be:
- A complete lack of nacho related jokes where the punchline features some version of "nacho" being substituted for "not your".
- People inquiring whether Nachonomics is a religion. It's not, but loving nachos and living your life the nacho way is just a good way to live in general.
- Free post cards with the purchase of every book, because we are secretly trying to keep the postal service going based entirely on post card stamp sales.
- Lively debates of which of the three books is which of the Three Musketeers. But really, we ALL know which one is Porthos, AMIRITE?
- Me saying over and over again how we don't actually sell nachos.
Can you resist all that, AND MORE? Logically, yes, you could, but should you? No. HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON!
Essay: The Human Nachos Spa Treatment
Earlier this year a video made the rounds of the internet purporting to be a new spa treatment wherein you get turned into an order of human nachos. It was very cute. In some worlds this would be enough, but no, apparently some people took it seriously. So seriously that a Snopes page needed to be created to debunk that it was a real thing "trending across southern California". What's wrong with the world? We don't have nearly enough time to examine that, but we can certainly check out this "trend".
Read MoreReview: Rod's Bar and Grill
Chicken, Nacho Cheese, Jalapenos, Olives, Tomatoes, Salsa, Sour Cream
I don’t remember what movie it was, but you’re going to know what I’m talking about when I sum it up here. A group of out of towners are looking for something to eat at a place they’ve never been to before and pick a restaurant at random, or perhaps because they looked online and saw that they had a few kinds of nachos to try there. They pull into the parking lot, wade through the crowd of locals on the front steps smoking and giving the side eye, and enter the restaurant. As they step into the dining room and a hush goes over the room as silence descends and everyone inside turns to stare at them. If there was a record player going it would have scratched as well. If this restaurant was down South someone would have asked, “You lost boy?” You know the kind of place I’m talking about. But imagine that this was not a movie and that this restaurant was a real place I went to, and that it wasn’t down South, relatively in the United States that is. No, this restaurant was in Warrenton, Oregon, just outside of Astoria. This restaurant was Rod’s Bar and Grill.
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