First, the best. Yeah, that wonderful. Pauli district of Hamburg. This is where a wild night of partying turns into hard day drinking. This is where the Beatles played during their formative years in Hamburg, at clubs like the Kaiserkeller and Indra, both of which are still open. For a Beatles fan, this is where it really began, the group playing six hours a night, seven nights a week before they hit it big, real big, the biggest act in music history.
This is where a steak and burger restaurant called The Bird opened in Their steaks are American Black Angus, their burgers are made from premium German beef. A hamburger in Hamburg, I just had to. The burgers have peculiar, silly names, like the Fat Stingy Gonzales guacamole and salsa verde and the Filthy Harry bacon and Cheddar cheese.
This was my second visit to The Bird. I had the Dumb Texan back in Behold the Dumb Texan. Photo by Ken Hoffman. Burgers become art at The Bird. The Dumb Texan is alone at the top of the heap. I wanna go back. Paradise Street is a pedestrian zone a few blocks from Mathew Street, home of the Cavern Club where the Beatles played times in the early s. Don't believe the hype. The Idiot Sandwich has braised short rib, confit mushrooms, and spiced tomato chutney on grilled sourdough bread.
To be honest, I ordered this sandwich because of its name. That doesn't look like the advertisement. As the weather heats up, so do the many hotel and resort deals all around Texas. Why waste time hanging around the house when you could be exploring a new city or a small Hill Country town?
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