Tucker’s Farm Family Diner News

From Tucker’s Farm Family Diner-

We Are Selling Discount Topsfield Fair Tickets

TICKETS

ENTRY $8.00         11 Rides for $19.00

Going On Vacation

Closed Oct 2-Oct 14

Come visit our booth at The Topsfield Fair near The Fruit and Vegetable Building

Cooking With Chef Erik Lorden At Passports

Great Gloucester Burger Wars- Dean Salah Weighs In- George’s Coffee Shop Anadama Burger

The Great Gloucester Burger Wars-

Hey Joe, Dean Salah from George’s Coffee Shop, I’d like to throw my Anadama Burger into the mix of your requests for great burgers. I believe you posted a picture a while back. Your site is just exploding in popularity, quite impressive. I look forward to it daily in my e-mail inbox. Keep up the good work!!! Dean

$6.25 w/chips and pickle. Add fries for $1.

Leftover Clips From The Three Stooge’s Challenge

After I left to get back down the dock FOB Frank Ciolino took extra footage at Tucker’s Farm Family Diner Of The Three Stooge’s Challengers

The Great Gloucester Burger Wars- Cathy Tarr From The Manor Weighs In

I’m on a mission to discover the best burgers in town.  We’ve brought you Passports yesterday.  Today we have The Manor on Essex Ave.  If you would like to send in your picture of a local burger, try to include the receipt.   Leave a comment here  and we will get it posted.

Today this comes from Cathy Tarr-

Here you go! I may be a little biased, but The Manor does a darn good burger – cheese (choice of 3), bacon, lettuce, tomato and cooked just right – medium rare. The bun is just right – not overwhelming, but sturdy enough to support the juicy burger. The price is for the plate, including the seasoned fries.

Here’s a Burger From The Manor, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Five Guys Gloucester Burgers $9.23 Double Cheeseburger and Cajun Fries

I’d been to Five Guys in Naples a couple of times but never paid attention to the price as we were on vacation and when we’re on vacation I tend not to obsess over saving money.

Here is the burger I got yesterday morning at 11:00AM  I was the 21st ticket of the day.  The first video will be posted at 8:00AM

The total for a two patty bacon cheeseburger with bbq sauce and sauteed onions along with an order of cajun fries came to $9.23- note that I didn’t get a drink.
Now here’s the thing, the burger was very good.  Way better than McDonalds or Wendy’s or Burger King, but it was also considerably more money.  It took about 7-8 minutes to get the complete order.
I think there are better burger options in town- be it Passports, Alchemy, Dog Bar, Elliots, Topside Grille,  and some people would throw Halibut Point in there.  You can get a better burger with fries at any of these other joints for about the same if not slightly less money.   That’s not a slight to the Five Guys Burger because they are tasty and prepared well.  It’s just when you factor in the pricing there are better burger values for the quality you get.  That’s  a testament to the strong restaurant offerings in Gloucester.  I’m sure there are other restaurants in Gloucester that have burgers equally as good.  If any Gloucester restaurateur that I didn’t mention would like to send in a picture of one of their burgers, I’d be happy to post it for comparison’s sake.

Five Guys Cajun Fries
Five Guys Cajun Fries

The bottom line is that you should try it for yourself though because it is a different kind of experience and the burgers are very very good.  I rate them better than Fudruckers by a mile actually but I’ve never been a Fudruckers Fan.  If the pricing was just a bit less I’d probably make it a regular stop but I have a hard time justifying over $10 for a fast food lunch.  I’d prefer to get any number of specials around town for under $10 for a restaurant style meal.
For comparisons sake here is a Passports Bacon Blue Burger with sauteed onions and BBQ Sauce and Hand Cut Fries for $8.95

Passports Bacon Cheeseburger With Blue Cheese and Sauteed Onions
Passports Bacon Cheeseburger With Blue Cheese and Sauteed Onions


GMG’s Laurie Lufkin and Chef Mary Hickey’s Seafood Throwdown Winning Dish Panko Crusted Haddock With Sauteed Chard and Grilled Vegetables

Would you just look at that presentation?

Church Street Panini From West End Grille

$7.25  and very tasty at The West End Grille.  I got one early in the evening of the Block Party.  No line- zipped in and zipped out

Cliff Rideout- Stands Alone As The Only Competitor To Ever Take Down The Three Stooge Challenge

Cliff Rideout- the only man, woman or child to finish the Three Stooge Challenge.  For his outstanding achievement in competitive eating Cliff gets his name emblazoned on a plaque and the $8.50 meal was on the house.

The one thing I noticed about Cliff was that when he was in eating mode he zoned out everything around him and he went into an almost zen like eating mode.  It was like a machine- fork to mouth- fork to mouth- fork to mouth.  Steady stroke and even pace brought him the title.

Congrats champ!

Theodore Fanion Fails To Finish The Three Stooge Challenge Video

Ed Struggles At The Mid Way Mark -Filmed By Fank Ciolino

I had to get back to the dock and Frank Ciolino picks up the Filming-

Ten Minutes Into The Three Stooges Challenge At Tucker’s Farm Family Diner

Three Stooge Challenge At Tucker’s Farm Family Diner

It took two spachelas (sp?) to turn one pancake but master chef David performed the flip perfectly every time.  I think it was all in the wrist action.


David Tucker Jr Breaks Down The Contestants Video

Donny Jacobs- Man Vs Food- The Food Won

One Down- Five To Go

Thanks to FOB Frank Ciolino for taping when I had to leave to get back to teh dock.

More Seafood Throwdown Videos From The Cape Ann Farmer’s Market

Cliff Rideout- A Mean (not so lean) Eating Machine Part IV Video