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Nick's Cafe ... best hash browns ever.
- ipsedixit Aug 16, 2010 09:56 AM
The title pretty much sums up my love of Nick's Cafe's hash browns.
It's shredded to a vermicelli-like size, then griddle fried to a crisp with no hint of grease, and then piled on your plate in a nice big round mound that reminds you of those old Chinese-American Cantonese chow mein dishes that came on a bed of crispy fried noodles.
Topped with some of their housemade salsa and I could eat this three times a day, everyday for the rest of my life. Heck, I'd be happy if you buried me in it as well.
While I didn't order it, my companion tried the corned beef hash raved about it. Said it was just like grandmama made it, which I took to be a compliment of the highest order. Had to try a bite and you could tell how it was made from fresh not canned corned beef because it was not mealy or mushy. I'm certainly not a corned beef has connoisseur, but this was definitely good stuff.
I've got to go during a Sunday when they offer specials like Eggs Benedict ...
Also brought home some of their housemade jalapeno ketchup.
No longer owned by Pepper, The LAPD Detective, she still owns the building, Rod has bought it and made the food better and consistent. The salsa is still great and when I buy some to take home it is always the same now. The biscuits and gravy is great, their skillet dishes a wonderful and I can not wait to try a hot dog, the grill them, yummy! There are some new additions to the menu and the are open on sunday, praise jesus!
re: Burger Boy
Interesting....was her life partner's name Salt?
(Get it?)
re: Burger Boy
Dunno. My first time ever going. They had it. Tried it. Loved it. Got some.
Apparently, they also do BBQ on the weekends. Ever been to those?
re: ipsedixit
They used to have BBQ for lunches on Tuesday and Thursdays. They pre-bbq'd stuff like ribs in the morning and served it for lunch starting at 10:30am. Wasn't bad for the price. It wasn't slow smoked bbq, but "grilled" over charcoal briquets. Who knows maybe it's changed.
They used to be only open until 11:30am on Saturdays and closed Sundays.
Interesting you thought the hash potatoes were the best ever because I don't ever remember them making any impression on me....only the ham, salsa and Denver omelette.
re: Burger Boy
When did the change of ownership take place?
Seems like only a couple months ago on a Sunday morning I drove by and looked like it always looks....like it was boarded up and condemned.
re: monku
It has been a few months, maybe 6. I saw Rod around Christmas time, I think, it was a slow transfer of bacon fat. Try the biscuits & gravy, everything is more consistent. New menu stuff, eggs benedict, their chorizo skillet is great. the ham is as good as ever. They are making muffins and all kind of little changes, it is very tasty! I am dying to try their hot dogs.
I used to go there a lot, but it's been about a year since my last visit. I need to go soon. It's very close to my work downtown.
re: hnsbmg
It is much much better than Pie N Burger (and I like their hash browns, alot).
Never been to Russell's.
re: ipsedixit
That, I have to try! Thanks for the recommendation.
Whoa, Nick's is open on Sundays now? Are they open on Saturdays too? I haven't been in ages due to the work-week issues in getting there.
re: pronek
Yup, they sure are. Open 7 days now.
I've got to get there on a weekend day myself ...
re: ipsedixit
Fantastic! Thanks...
re: ipsedixit
Any idea what their hours are?
Didn't see anything on the website.
re: monku
They have a facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicks-C...
re: Burger Boy
Surprised the website didn't have the hours.
re: monku
The guy is working hard, doing so many things, I am sure it just slipped by. The outside dining area is so inviting. He has made it such a more cozy place and you know they are open from a couple of blocks away. No more, gosh that place looks closed or maybe out of business. Keep it up Rod!
re: monku
I'm also surprised the site didn't have their hours but wouldn't be surprised if you merely had trouble finding them. That's one of my biggest Web site aggravations -- restaurants that hide their hours under "Contact Us" or "Location," etc. In this case, however, they're not anywhere -- not even on the "Nutrition" page. ;-) A Google site search for "hours" found nothing, so we have to look elsewhere. The Google Maps place page gives a slightly different report from Burger Boy's:
Mon 5:30am – 2pm
Tue 5:30am – 2pm
Wed 5:30am – 2pm
Thu 5:30am – 2pm
Fri 5:30am – 2pm
Sat 6:30am – 2pm
Sun 6:30am – 2pm
EDIT: Considering Servorg's warning below, take these with a double grain of salt, since they aren't even the sometimes-suspect hours posted on a restaurant Web site. They're from another source, as indicated.
re: hnsbmg
I've often found posted website hours about as useful as teats on a boar hog....so hide them or don't post them at all if you aren't going to live up to them (or bother to update them when they change).
re: Servorg
They live up to their hours. This new owner Rod is working hard and it is showing. I would not be surprised if he started some dinner service down the road.
re: Burger Boy
I'd be surprised if there was ever dinner served there. Who goes down in that area, not even the bums.
re: hnsbmg
I was close.
re: Burger Boy
Curious why all the breakfast pics on their facebook page show big chunky homefries, not the acclaimed vermicelli-like hash browns ipsedixit describes above? Safe to assume they offer a choice of both?
re: wutzizname
Ask them for hash and not home potatoes.
re: ipsedixit
Hash browns are standard...substitute cottage fries, cottage cheese, fruit or grits add 50 cents.
re: aching
I just wish it was more accessible by the DASH, although Route B gets you pretty close.
re: aching
You do realize that Yelp members, are the people who list the hours?
So there are always errors and/or outdated information.
re: reality check
Confirm the hours from hnsbmg post...Their menu lists the same.
M-F 5:30am-2:00pm
Sat/Sun 6:30am-2:00pm
I can't rave enough about their corned beef hash. It's definitely home-made, with a subtle extra kick from caraway seeds. Probably the best I've tried, with the possible exception of Harris Ranch's (which is also awesome, but in a completely different way)
Also, I don't know if it's home-made or just from a better supplier than your average SYSCO truck, but there's also something special going on with their cottage cheese (a substitute option for anyone opting out of the potatoes). It's not the usual white ball of tasteless squeakiness, but somehow softer and richer and much more satisfying.
re: Bradbury
Vienna beef, corned beef is only $6 a pound, so he could be using quality stuff. Maybe he is using R&C who supplies Langer's. The home fries are great but next time I will try the hash browns.
re: eugenengai
What e-mail??
re: ipsedixit
I think he's referring to the Chow Los Angeles Digest, which is e-mailed to subscribers every Tuesday or Wednesday. IIRC, Thi N. is the editor There's a copy of the headline story here:
re: munchette
I did my revisit and it's been quite a while since I stepped foot through that side door maybe ten years ?
The place looks the same after the Police bought it out and added their tchotchkes.
I was suddenly reminded why I stop going when I saw the plaque for Lois the waitress who passed away.
She was such a nice lady who knew your name and was great to chat with. It wasn't the same place to me after she was gone.
I ordered my usual of ham and eggs.
In a nut shell (pistachio) nothing has changed. The salsa which was the catalyst of their breakfast tastes the same. As for the hash browns mine were ok, not perfect but I was there late in the morning which could account for them not being up to par. More like two over par. Not to say they wouldn't or couldn't score a eagle / birdie on a different day.
The hash browns were a little soggy inside and a little burnt on the edges. The burnt edges was not bad enough to send them back but enough where that char taste would linger in a bite. Also my ham had a bit of char on it too so perhaps the griddle temp got a little hot. It was nothing unforgivable but I think if you want experience them at their best try getting there in the first part of the morning.
If I had the integrity of Exilekiss I would visit two more times.
Unfortunately now that I'm getting older my body doesn't metabolize that kind of breakfast like it use to (smile) so that's it from memory lane.
After a shopping trip to LAX-C decided a trip to Nick's Cafe was in order.
Ordered the Nick's Famous ham N eggs and it was as good as ever. I liked that you could get a toasted "everything" bagel which I'm pretty sure was from Brooklyn Bagel.
SO had the corned beef hash which was good but highly seasoned, probably from grinding the corned beef and all the seasonings it came with.
I ordered the hash browns well done so they'd be crispy, but they were far from the "best hash browns ever". After close inspection as the post said they looked like vermicelli because they were processed potatoes that were extruded from a machine and dehydrated, they were too perfect looking. They're probably reconstituted with water, they definitely weren't shredded after close inspection.
For $1.50 you can add their Signature Split Pea Soup to your meal. It had some cubes of ham and other vegetables in it. It had a some off taste to it which didn't taste good like it was beginning to spoil. I'll give it try another time to be fair.
Looks like some interesting things going on. Today tri-tip was the lunch special.
Free coffee with your meal on Saturday's and Sunday's. Hand-packed sirloin beef burgers. $5.95 breakfast burritos coming out looked huge. Looks like three kinds of eggs Benedict on Saturdays and Sundays.
Said hello to Rod the owner....he was busy working the counter, working in the ktichen and taking applications for new waitresses.
Law Enforcement Mondays
Firemen Tuesdays
DWP Wednesdays
re: ipsedixit
Didn't see anything about a BBQ this weekend. Remember what I said they do "grillin" not "smokin" the last time I had it years ago.
Give them a call.
re: ipsedixit
Went today and asked Rod about BBQ on weekends and he said not on weekends, only BBQ tri-tip on Wednesdays.
Went to try the roast beef but it wasn't ready. Had the hamburger, but it wasn't a hand formed patty, but tasted like the Costco sirloin burgers. Hand cut fries resembled the fries you get at In-N-Out, not crispy because they aren't blanched first. Friend had the waffle and they have a fresh strawberry syrup they make to go with it.
re: monku
Nick/s has always been about the PORK, the ham in particular. Get the denver or ham & eggs, use the salsa liberally. I enjoy the home fries but will try the hash browns next time. Recently they have been doing biscuits & gravy everyday of the week, very, very good! Not sure why you would get a burger there. The skillets are looking good and the eggs benedicts. Enjoy this gem of old L.A.
re: Burger Boy
What do you rec for someone that doesn't like eggs besides biscuits & gravy? Ham and............?
re: Burger Boy
Does Nick's even have pancakes?
re: Servorg
Pancakes and Belgian style waffles.
Think I also saw a strawberry shortcake dessert made with their biscuits.
re: Burger Boy
Went for the roast beef but wasn't ready... Menu said hand-packed sirloin burger... Was a sirloin buyer but not hand packed. Day before three cops out of six next to me ordered burgers, why not try it?
re: ipsedixit
I saw someone get a hand packed yesterday and it did not look like Costco to me. I have not had it but I did try the hash browns and they were good, did not seem like frozen to me but I am not hash brown boy! LOL
I love this place. Excellent hash browns, corned beef hash, ham and eggs, biscuits and gravy and that salsa! We went before a Dodger game and I cant think of a better combination than Nick's Corned Beef Hash, a day game at Chavez Ravine and beer.
CORRECTION... Noticed a shredder in the kitchen and Rod said they freshly shred the hash browns everyday and grind their own meat for burgers and the corned beef hash. For some reason everytime I ask for well done hash browns they come out kind of greasy and not crispy brown.
Today's lunch special was St. Louis ribs and potatoe salad $8.95.
re: ipsedixit
3 in 2.
Free coffee Saturday's.
re: ipsedixit
I was there early in the week and had my hash browns well done and they were great! Still like the home fries better but that is me. Had the ham & egg special with some biscuits and gravy! Yummy, might have to go again next monday.
re: Burger Boy
The three of us should meet up sometime at Nick's.
We could have our own throwdown.
Monku and I can sort out our debate about "pre-cooked" and "pre-made" dim sum face-to-face and Burger Boy and I can settle the issue of home fries versus hash browns ...
re: ipsedixit
I get hash browns confused with home fries too. At one time The Pantry was known for the best bash browns (30 years ago).
re: ipsedixit
What are American fries? As far as I know home fries and cottage fries are the same. They do hash browns at The Pantry, I am so used to the skillet potatoes they make, sort of chunks smashed potatoes. Oh dear lord what can of worms has Ipse opened now! Just go to 26 Beach and try their corned beef sandwich on a burgers, just had it yesterday, corned beef, coleslaw, swiss & Russian dressing on a burgers. Forget about these salty street pastrami burgers, this is a sophisticated thing! How do you like my hijacking?
26 Beach
3100 Washington Blvd., Venice, CA 90292
re: Burger Boy
Cottage fries are more like very thick potato chips. And they're not usually served with breakfast, more of an alternative to regular french fries. As far as I know, anyway.
re: wutzizname
My bad, thank you. So the thick cubed potatoes with onions and peppers are home fries? or breakfast potatoes? Thanks
re: Burger Boy
Home fries are the breakfast potatoes. It's the dish that looks like potatoes au gratin, minus the au gratin.
Thick cubed potatoes with onions and peppers are usually labeled as potatoes o'brien.
Hit up Nick's Cafe today to check out their "Slow-Cooked Roast Beef" Friday Special. ($9.95)
Was going to order it a couple weeks ago, but it wasn't ready...the owner Rod bragged about it. Today I asked Melanie the waitress and she said it's fantastic and points to a guy on the far counter who was eating it.
Huge disappointment when the plate arrived....it was two pieces of pot roast on toast. I hate pot roast.with a passion. Melanie asked me what I thought and I told her it wasn't roast beef, that it was pot roast. She didn't know what to say and I'm sure Rod heard me tell her.
On the chalkboard menu it said "slow cooked beef" on the counter placard it says "Slow-Cooked Roast Beef".
I don't know how good business is there. Went last Thursday at 11am and there were only 3 of us eating. Today went at 1:00 and there were only 7 of us eating. Every other time I've been it doesn't seem as busy as the days prior to Rod owning it. Today I got bits of a conversation Rod was having with a customer about not having the business there used to be.
re: monku
I hate to disagree with you Monku but I have been there many times on Saturday & Sunday and it is very busy. I have even gone on a Monday & Tuesday and they seem to be doing just great. I can not comment on the specials or the roast beef and I understand what you say. The food has been better and more consistent since Rod has taken over! The portions are very generous, there are more items, the biscuits and gravy is every day and not just wednesday. The salsa tastes the same all the time, I think the salsa used to be a hair hotter but it is still great! You should see how busy the weekends are, Rod has added that great outdoor seating and made the place more visable. Used to be, even on saturdays, you were not sure if they were open when you drove by. Back of Monku, or it is you and me at Alameda & Vignes at High Noon, just joking. Not a lot of places I will go to bat for with a passion but I have been going there since about 1988 or so and I love what it has become today! Have a great weekend Chowdawg!
re: Burger Boy
I'm calling it as I see it when it comes to the amount of business I've observed there.
I was there on a Saturday a few weeks ago at 10am and there were only 6 of us at the counter. Ive been there in the pre-Rod days and you couldn't find a seat. I've been there half a dozen times since this post originated and you know I haven't seen one uniform LAPD or Sheriffs Dept. officer eating there.
Other day I went to The Pantry for ham and eggs and it was a thicker and tender piece of ham for only a dollar more than at Nick's. No one does grilled sourdough toast like The Pantry. The house made salsa is just as good.
re: Burger Boy
I'm still pissed --trying to pass off pot roast as "roast beef". Huge disappointment.
Talk to your pal Rod about that one.
re: monku
I am sure they were not trying to put one over on you! They are not that type of people. I would guess the intent was slow cook roasted beef, not what you or i might consider roast beef from a clod sliced thin and piled high on a sandwich. I have also seen what I see as far as people. I think the reason there are less police, dwp etc is now there are specific days they get a discount, it used to be everyday, remember Pepper the previous owner was a LAPD Homicide Detective! I do like Nick's ham better than The Pantry, The Pantry ham seems a little watery, Nick's makes their own ham, the have for over 50 years.
re: Burger Boy
Maybe I'm at fault, the day it wasn't ready and I wanted to order it I asked Rod if I could get it medium rare and I didn't get a direct answer and now I know why. Sure guess you can call pot roast "slow cooked beef", but don't call it "roast beef".
I've had the ham and eggs three times since this post started and agree it's the same as "pre-Rod". Go and have it at The Pantry. I had to take home 1/3 of the ham and a huge slice of sourdough toast(they gave me 3 slices), because I couldn't finish it. Thats the half ham steak and eggs. There is no "grease" factor there as some will lead you to believe.
re: monku
RE: The Pantry.
I have to disagree with you on the ham. It is quite greasy, sometimes overly so. It is a generous cut of meat, however, but sometimes the oil makes it too much to eat at one sitting and as you say you end up taking it home (which is not necessarily a good thing because cold, leftover greasy ham is not very appetizing).
re: ipsedixit
I find the ham at The Pantry a little watery, like it is ham you buy that has injected water & juices, not that that is bad but for me when I get ham, I like it real, does that make sense. Yes on occasion I have had ham & eggs at Nicks and sometimes it is dry. I usually get an omelette or skillet at Nick's. Then I BURY it with SALSA..............LOL
re: Burger Boy
Pantry ham is not watery. Unfortunately it comes in a box pre-sliced.
re: Burger Boy
Nope not watery. Like a ham steak should be.
Comes pre-sliced in a box not soaking in water.
re: ipsedixit
You're way off on The Pantry ham being greasy. Never !!!
Brought it home and ate it cold and not a speck of coagulated grease or watery texture.
Lately when going to The Pantry I'm always looking out for the "greasy" factor that so many CH's criticize them about and there is nothing.
re: Burger Boy
I was a regular before Rod, I know the place. I don't think Rod's your friend...he always seems distant and very low key and not excited about anything. I'm sure he's got pressure to perform because of the lease. I'm sure Pepper didn't have that added expense.
It was so crowded in those days the gal(name escapes me) used to take my order over the phone so it would be ready when I got there. I can probably say it now because it won't matter, but that waitress told me the help(3 of them) worked Saturday's for no salary, just tips. They were only open 5am-11am on Saturday's.
re: Burger Boy
I know what the law is and I was surprised because the owner was a cop.
re: Burger Boy
Went to Nick's Cafe this morning and the waitress Melanie jokingly asks if I want the roast beef. I looked up and the special today was "slow cooked roast beef". She remembered my disappointment very well.
Sunday morning about 9:15am and the place is half full. Free coffee Saturdays & Sundays. I ordered the dependable ham and eggs.
When I finished Melanie was talking to me about the roast beef and how they make it with tri-tip. I told her in my opnion tri-tip has no fat and it's a shame to make it into basically pot roast. I told her when I hear slow cooked roast beef I'm thinking Lawry's prime rib kind of roast beef. Rod came over and confirmed they used tri-tip and he was trying to come up with a better description than "slow cooked roast beef", and he knew what I was talking about when I see "roast beef" on a menu.
I give him credit, he's doing things that show he cares about serving good food. We talked about his hamburger which is mostly sirloin and making things like the strawberry jam and the guy in the back was peeling apples for some kind of apple spread....I was hoping he was going to be making apple pies.
re: aching
Good question.
Why not just use a chuck roast because that's what that tri-tip seemed like when it was cooked to death. .
re: Mr Taster
Correct....why use sightly more expensive tri-tip with very little fat to make "pot roast" when you can start out with chuck roast, brisket, rump roast..... to get the same result.
A medium rare a tri tip can be a tender piece of meat without being "slow cooked" to a pot roast.
re: monku
I have friends that do a crock pot tri tip machaca and it is wonderful. Let Chef Rod do what he wants, if you like it eat it if not then do not get it. Check this out from wikipedia....... Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash. Does not say which cut of beef. This is sure a lot of time wasted on nothing. Enjoy life, roast a chicken!
re: Burger Boy
I know the difference between roast beef and pot roast....I don't like pot roast.
re: monku
monku, I think a dead give away about what is being offered by the restaurant is when you aren't asked what level of "doneness" you want in your roast beef. If that question is missing from the equation you can almost be totally assured that you are getting "pot roast" and not "roast beef"...
re: Servorg
Not necessarily.
You go to a place and hot "roast beef" sandwich is on the menu, they don't ask how you want it cooked and I don't get a pot roast or brisket sandwich. You go to a buffet and they got a hunk of beef....most people just point and ask for a piece, some will request a certain doneness.
Many times on these board have I read about "slow cooking" roast beef (prime rib).
I reposted the counter top sign that had me salivating many times to try their "slow- cooked roast beef".....what would you expect ?
re: monku
Outside of a sandwich I would expect any plate of roast beef to be cooked to different levels of doneness. If you are in a buffet line you can see the person carving the beef and no one carves a pot roast that I've ever seen. Perhaps they might forget to ask you, but you could always ask them. That would give you a heads up when they said "It's all the same level of doneness" and from there you could avoid the pot roast beef you have with Nick's.... ;-D>
re: Servorg
Thinking back and being the roast beef hound that I am when I ordered that day I must have said "medium rare". Maybe Melanie wasn't paying attention to what I said and just saw me pointing at the special and didn't hear.
I've been to places like the Pantry and they have a roast beef special for lunch and if you ask for a particular doneness and they don't have it they'll come back and tell you.
Again.... if you saw "slow- cooked roast beef".....what would you expect ?
re: monku
If it was a sandwich I would not expect them to ask me about desired level of doneness. If I was expecting/ordering a non sandwich entree, and they didn't ask me about doneness, I would be certain to tell them medium rare to rare as I don't like well done roast beef. So, if they didn't chat with me about that aspect of the beef I would "steer" clear... (g)
re: Servorg
I would advocate taking the bull by the horns (heh) and asking up front exactly how and what it is.
re: Burger Boy
Forgot that I was there last Monday just before 11am and it was only me and my SO eating there.
Had the meat loaf and eggs special $8.85
The meat loaf wasn't anything to write home about...too much tomato paste in it. (Monday the special is meat loaf).
Well, if he disappoints me much more there will be continued chat.
Next up is the BBQ tri-tip I guess. Skillet chorizo is good.
re: Burger Boy
Although Nick's Cafe has been on my radar for years, only went after ipsedixit started this thread to try the hash browns and more. Steak and eggs, ham and eggs, gazpacho, hash browns, the other potatoes, a muffin to take home, French toast and a side of biscuits for 'Bread Boy.' Everything, hash browns included was pretty good but not great. The biggest dissapointment were the biscuits. 'Bread Boy' is still looking for a Pines Cafe biscuit replacement and this was not the place. His bro said that the French toast was "ok" but not as good as what he gets at Cisco Burger in Long Beach!
Cisco Burger
620 W Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA 90813
re: Burger Boy
Did Burger Boy ever have a Pines Burger with 'The Works?' If not, ya missed a real winner!
Never heard of Blue Star/Moon but will give it a try. How are the burgers?
re: sel
Never had a Pines Burger with the works. Never had a burger at Blue Star,/ Blue Moon. Always had breakfast. Get the mac & cheese.
Blue Star
2200 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
re: Burger Boy
I'm not a mac & cheese fan so I'll have to let that rec go to other hounds. I did check your yelp link for Blue Star Diner and their menu looks promising but I don't see biscuits listed anywhere?! Perhaps they are offered on a 'specials' menu?
Blue Star
2200 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
re: Burger Boy
Is this the same Mille's I think on 190th and Western in Torrance? Or another Millie's I've seen?
So how is their CFS?
re: Burger Boy
Right, that Millie's.
This afternoon I drove by the place in Torrance and it's Mill's.
Think I'll check out that Blue Star CFS this week.
Blue Star
2200 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
re: Burger Boy
Not to send this thread into further tangent, but AMAZING biscuits & gravy at the Nickel Diner, downtown, but only available Saturday & Sunday.
Nickel Diner
524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
re: wutzizname
It's relevant here...always good to know.
My default b&g is at The Gaffey Street Diner.
I say default because I always get the chicken fried steak and eggs and they give you a biscuit the size of your fist and plenty of country gravy to make it an order in itself.
Gaffey Street Diner
247 N Gaffey St, San Pedro, CA 90731
re: wutzizname
Like The Nickel Diner but the gravy is just a little thin, where as Nick's Cafe is just a little thick, sometimes. If I could get a quart of each I could blend them and have a Cuvee Gravy that would be loved by all! I could be the King of Biscuits & Gravy! The would call me Gravy Boy! Has anyone noticed how my handle has been copied by some of the bloggers, there are other Burger Boys in different cities or variations, can I sue?
Nickel Diner
524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
re: Burger Boy
If someone could sue I should sue you....I gave the moniker of "Burger Boy" to a friend in high school back in the 70's. Then there's a "Chicken Boy" I gave to another guy in the 80's.
re: wutzizname
wutziz, can you give a few details on why you find the biscuits and gravy at the Nickel Diner so "AMAZING"? I'm eager to identify versions that are even "decent." Thanks.
Nickel Diner
524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
re: Harry Niletti
re: Nickel Diner's biscuits & gravy...
Well, I have to admit I'm not from the south and thus don't have any first hand experience with the original article. But I have dated a couple southern girls who were always completely disappointed with local L.A. versions they would have me try. But Nickel Diner's is the only one I've ever tasted here that made me think, oh, now I get it.
In theory, they look the same as most I've seen...thick sausage gravy over two split biscuits...and I believe they add two eggs on top. But there's some pretty significant sausage action in the gravy, and the rich deep flavor is just stick-to-your-ribs good. As for the biscuits, they're not the really flaky kind I'd want as a side dish with butter and honey, but rather a bit cakey, or even roll like, which sounds bad, but in fact seems to be a surprisingly perfect compliment to the dense gravy they're holding.
Sorry I can't offer a better analysis. I just know it's the only really good one I've ever tried here. Though, per today's LA Weekly blog, Jenn Garbee recommends Snug Harbor in Santa Monica, and a commenter suggests Rae's on Pico: http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/be...
re: wutzizname
Thanks for the followup, wutzizname -- and for the link.
re: Harry Niletti
Check this out, 2 places to try.
re: Burger Boy
That's the link wutziz gave.
I plan to try the biscuits and gravy at Snug Harbor and Rae's, but I almost hate to start down that path again in Southern California, because it seems doomed to disappointment.
re: Burger Boy
Burger Boy you're letting me down.
Went to Blue Star this morning for the chicken fried steak. First of all I can't believe the neighborhood and I never saw barbed wire like that on a restaurant...it was like a prison compound. The whole area was like that.. 9am and there's only five of us in the whole place (2 were LAPD). The chicken fried steakt was the worst I've ever had. The steak was about 1/3 the size of the plate(picture I'd seen on CH it covered the whole plate) and seemed like it was dipped in egg then fried on the grill, there was no "chicken fried" texture.
Right, you didn't send us there for the CFS, but the gravy could have been warmed wall paper paste....no flavor or anything...not even black pepper seasoning.
Huge disappointment....as bad as getting pot roast instead of roast beef at Nick's.
Blue Star
2200 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
re: Burger Boy
What I got today was a far cry from the pic in this post.
My steak was half the size of one of those and looked nothing like that. What are they thinking there?
re: Burger Boy
Try this.
I didn't say ou posted anything. This is was the CFS I was expecting to get at Blue Star.
re: monku
Monku, this is a tough part of town, no doubt. So the security precautions they take to keep from getting ripped off are understandable. But the diner itself is quite nice inside. And my last foray there for corned beef hash http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6625... was quite good. So it's good to know that the CFS is NOT the way to go (I myself had a disaster of a CFS recently at Pepy's Galley http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7184... in Mar Vista - and Pepy's is a place that I generally like quite a lot).
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12125 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066
re: Servorg
Wouldn't surprise me if those LAPD officers were the same ones sitting next to us. They were there when we arrived and still there when we left.
You would think the CFS is the way to go....i'ts the first item prominently listed on the menu.
I'm wondering if they had the fryer heated for the CFS. I mentioned to my SO that we were the only ones waiting for our food and after looking at my watch it was over 20 minutes before we got our orders. One customer already eating, the two cops and us. My SO ordered bacon(2 slices) & eggs with a pancake for $9.95, she almost ordered the CBH.
I would have been better off having breakfast at Mike's Sandwich Shop: Home of the famous 'HOCKEY BURGER'!
Pepy's Galley....haven't been there for about 25 years.
Mike's Sandwich Shop
1717 S Soto St, Los Angeles, CA 90023
re: Burger Boy
Burger Boy, no comment on Mike's Hockey burger?
It's pretty pedestrian.
re: Burger Boy
I like the ham & eggs....I'm trying to like the rest.
re: Burger Boy
You seem to know all the owners at these places. Is Kash the owner a man or woman?
I sent an e-mail to the Blue Star and Kash apologized and said what I got was not right and apologized and offered me a free breakfast next time.
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2200 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
re: Servorg
Thank you.
I appreciated his quick response.
I will respond back but I probably wouldn't go back and take him up on his offer if I did return. I just didn't think what I got looked right since I've never been there. I didn't want to bring up the issue with employees and two LAPD cops there.
My thinking is the deep fryer wasn't ready and they tried to make a chicken cried steak on the grill. I also commented the country gravy was tasteless.
re: ipsedixit
Ipse, come on, you gonna make me work for this one. Where is Mug Up?
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re: Servorg
Thanks Serv, I just mapped it and actually know exactly where it is, I drive by it when I get off the 10 frwy west at Sante Fe. I never am there early enough but will give it a try.
re: Servorg
Thanks Servorg.
re: ipsedixit
I forgot who was looking for biscuits & gravy but here you go!
re: Burger Boy
From the photo I would opine that it needs bigger pieces (not flecks but damn chunks is what I look for) of sausage.
re: Servorg
What I like about Nick's is, I believe, they put some of their ham in theirs.
re: Burger Boy
Not a biscuits and gravy fan.
I never saw anyone eating a hot dog there. You let me know.
Now that I think about it the guy next to me had a burger and it looked like a hand made job, not like the pre-formed machine made burger I had on a previous visit.
re: monku
"Not a biscuits and gravy fan."
I wouldn't be, either, if my primary source for this delicious dish was Southern California. You can get very good biscuits at Pann's, but their gravy isn't stupendous, as required. In the South and Southern Midwest, even a chain like Bob Evans produces a fine version, with chunks of their name-brand sausage swimming in cream gravy of just the right consistency. Too bad Mimi's Cafe (owned by Bob Evans) doesn't follow suit.
I went to this place shortly after reading ipse's review in August and wasn't too impressed. The hash browns I was given the first time were greasy and not well done as ordered. The manager even came by and before I could say anything, said that they didn't look well done enough. So, he takes them away, I wait, and then a waitress brings another plate full. This redo was even less done than the first batch and equally greasy. Oh well. For truly tasty, beautifully golden and crispy hash browns I go to Sugar Shack on Main Street in Huntington Beach.
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As a life-long potato-in-any-form fanatic, this post made me seize the day and head to Nicks.
First off, thank you Chowhound, because I'm pretty sure I could live in LA the rest of my life and never accidentally stumble upon this place.
It's a diner, very friendly staff. They are open on Sunday and seemed absolutely packed! Service was a little slow, but the happy attitudes made up for it.
So, the hash browns: on the plus side, they weren't greasy, which is a common pitfall. On the negative side, they weren't anything special, imho. They were undercooked, only the edges were actually browned.
Oh well.
Who cares.
Because, HOW DID NO ONE MENTION THE WAFFLES?? I wasn't planning to get waffles, in fact I'm not usually a waffles fan (though my dining companion is), but a girl near us was eating them and it just looked so good, we had to order one. It was the best waffle of my life. So fluffy and light, with thick butter and syrup. And then the raspberry preserves? wow. Just WOW.
Not to mention the corned beef hash- superb. And the salsa- delicious.
I'm going to put this on my all time breakfast top 10.
Can not wait to be back downtown!
re: hyacinthgirl
Did you try the Apple Jam? Stuff is pretty addicting.
Also, I hear that they now have country fried steak.
re: ipsedixit
Really! I might need to go soon. The biscuits and gravy are pretty good when the gravy is not to thick.
re: Burger Boy
Have not tried the Chicken Fried Steak, so curious what the afficianados here think about their rendition.
re: ipsedixit
Nick's does not have chicken fried steak.
re: ipsedixit
Guess I haven't been there since the "slow roasted beef" disappointment I had there. (seems like pot roast, but tri-tip that's been slow roasted, but still resembles pot roast).
Someone else can give me a report on the chicken fried steak....I'm tired of being a guinea pig there.
re: ipsedixit
I missed apple jam?? All the more reason to start haunting downtown...


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Chess with niina-rules, meaning; both have to get all piecies to the other side of the board without eating otherones piecies. The one who makes less dammage wins. Its a brainstorm.Answered by niina, 20 Dec '07 12:57 am
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'Nightmare' Askam speed bumps could be in wrong place
Last updated at 14:43, Thursday, 11 November 2010
AN investigation is under way into claims speed humps were installed in a village against government legislation.
Traffic calming measures were last year introduced in Duddon Road, Askam, in conjunction with a 20mph zone.
But government legislation states that in a 20mph zone, speed bumps can be no more than 50m from the entrance to the zone and then at intervals not exceeding 100m.
Duddon Road resident Ken Hardy believes the speed bumps were sited in the wrong place.
The first set of speed bumps on Duddon Road sit approximately 170m from the entrance and the second set – outside Mr Hardy's house – sit approximately 291m from the entrance, a gap of 121m.
Now Mr Hardy, 27, is calling on Cumbria County Council's highways department to remove or relocate the speed bumps, which he has branded a 'nightmare'.
He said: "When I'm lying in bed my house shakes when a car goes past. My bed shakes, even the coathangers shake. I'm losing sleep because of it waking me up. It vibrates through my house into my next door neighbour's.
"The first weekend I was there when the speed bumps had been installed I could hear this thudding noise from outside, and I thought one of the drain covers must be loose, but I realised it was the speed bumps and the noise was constant.
"It drives me mad. No place in my house is free from the noise, even if I sit in the lounge, I can hear the radiator vibrating.
"I can't stay in bed of a weekend because that is all I can hear."
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "A 20mph zone sign may only be placed on a road if no point on that road is situated more than 50m from a traffic-calming feature.
"In practice, this means there must be a traffic calming feature no further than 50m from the entrance to the 20mph zone and then at intervals not exceeding 100m thereafter.
"The Department can grant special authorisation for traffic calming features to be placed in excess of these prescribed distances. However, no such authorisation has been granted in this area."
A Cumbria Highways spokesman said: "Duddon Road is part of a 20mph zone with traffic-calming features.
"The idea of having a 20mph zone is to ensure that traffic is kept to this speed or below and traffic calming features such as speed humps help achieve this aim.
"Recent speed surveys show this is being achieved.
"We will investigate these concerns regarding the traffic measures in place to establish the situation and determine if any remedial work may be required."
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Thereafter, the group said he (Ebi) was whisked away through the Kiagbodo river (which connects the Ramos and Forcados) in Delta and Bayelsa states.
According to the statement, the youth's body has asked all the clan heads in the coastal communities of Ingbelebiri, Oporomor and Seimbiri, to trace and fish out the abductors.
The IYC said the group would use all resources at its disposal to fight kidnapping and other forms of criminality in Ijaw land.
The group's statement reads in part, "Information at the IYC disposal is that the son of the Ijaw national leader Ebi Clark was taken to the kidnappers' hideout through the Kiagbodo river which connects with the Ramos and Forcados rivers in Delta and Bayelsa states.
"Therefore, all IYC clan officials in the coastal areas of Ingbelebiri, Oporomor and Seimbiri clans of Bayelsa and Delta states have been directed to fish out the kidnappers."
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Long time lurker here, and sorry I havent really got involved before but always enjoy the different views on a sport I really love to watch so am going to make more of an effort to join in.
Really enjoyed tonights fights so far, Thatch really impressed & the Akhmedov finish was quality.
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Where a defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated rape, his appeal must fail, as (1) the lower court did not err in admitting DVA evidence, (2) no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice resulted from the erroneous admission of expert testimony by one expert on the results of a test performed by another, (3) it was not error to exclude certain evidence related to the victims' landlord that the defendant contends would have assisted him in presenting both an inadequate investigation defense and a third-party culprit defense and (4) improprieties in the prosecutor's closing argument do not require a new trial.
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Delicious Ciao Bella gelato!
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- chicken kabob Sep 4, 2008 05:29 PM
The CIAO BELLA keylime graham cracker is terrific!
Just tried it for the first time tonight.
The perfect creamy tartness of keylime pie with the bonus of
sweet & crunchy graham cracker mixed in.
I had to stop myself from polishing off the whole container...
re: startsev
I think I've seen it at Harris Teeter.
re: startsev
My safeway has some flavors, but not key lime or mint chocolate chip. I'm fond of hazelnut, though.
re: theyawns
Startsev- I bought mine at Balduccis. They just started selling it at Safeway, too. I would imagine that many gourmet or specialty markets sell it. Perhaps Trader Joe's?? Whole Foods?? Enjoy!
re: chicken kabob
You can get the basic flavors in ther stores, but some of the more esoteric or unusual flavors tend to only be avaliable at Ciao Bellas actual sotores and stands (I tend to use the one in the dining concorse of Grand Central) but I know there are bigger ones sprinkled around NYC. My flavors of choice are the fresh mint (basically the aformention mint chip sans the chips) and the rose petal (if like me, you like the taste of rosewater). The Lebense yougurt while not to my taste, may also be worth trying especially if you are a fan of cheesecake (the taste is eerily similar) finally they occacionally have a caramom saffron gelato (its color is a sort of pumpkin orange) which I had tried and which I can describe beast as "interesting". hope something here helps someone.
re: jumpingmonk
The fresh mint flavor I found a bit strong -- I felt like I was eating a cold mint plant! (which is not to say that's bad, but not what I wanted in gelato, yk?)
re: Chew on That
thanks for the recommendation. I got the Ciao Bella key lime graham cracker at Whole Foods and it was delicious!
re: bflocat
It looks like from their website, it was a limited, seasonal flavor ... summer 2008
Maybe maple gignersnap is on the way
The only Ciao Bella flavor I really like is the blood orange sorbetto. It is one of the few, if not only, flavor that just uses sugar and not corn syrup. Checking today to see if that was still true (it is) I think they started adding guar gum to it. I don't remember that before.
This flavor sounds good, I will need to look for it. I have tried the pistachio flavor of Ciao Bella, pretty good. I got mine at Shaws market up here in New England.
I just picked up a pint of this at a new local takeout, Pecks To Go. While I love the key lime flavor, there doesn't seem to be any crunchy bits of graham cracker! I haven't dug down deep yet to see if there's some there, but all I'm seeing are graham cracker crumbs strewn throughout the gelato.
Someone please tell me I'll eventually find good-sized pieces of graham crackers?
re: LindaWhit
Can't help with that one, but I just bought a couple of their sorbets last night (there is a Ciao Bella on my block) and the blood orange and Sardinian lemon flavors were great. I've also had an excellent ginger gelato or sorbet (can't remember which).
re: MMRuth
I saw the Blood Orange one, but I didn't feel like that at the time of purchase. But thanks Ruth.
I'm just waiting for Trader Joe's to get their Pumpkin ice cream/gelato back for the fall season. OMG, that is beyond heavenly!
I bought this last night. I stopped in to the local, dumpy Key Food in Sunnyside, Queens, for two yogurts and a head of broccoli. Remembering this post, and the fact that the Key Food surprisingly sells Ciao Bella, on a lark I decided to go to the freezer where they keep the Ciao Bella. And there it was. I practically yelped! And oh my god, it was soooooooo good. I had to stope myself from taking a spoonful on the go when I popped into the freezer before work this morning. I dare say, I thought it was perfect. My "ex"-boyfriend who LOVES Key Lime Pie, is out of town, returning tomorrow, and I am so mad that I told him I would save him some. (Yes, I was so excited about findng it that I texted him immediately).
Mmmm...thinking about it now, it was so good. As far as the ground up graham crackers. I liked it. Did not distract much from the creamy, refreshing-ness of it. And, I am usually an ice cream spelunker. Generally, chunks are my favorite part. But I liked this chunkless just fine. More so!
re: Justpaula
So you got ground up graham crackers as well instead of pieces of graham cracker. Shoot.
re: LindaWhit
Nope, I just got ground up pieces, which oddly, I liked. But, I have to say I re-visited this post today b/c I asked the "ex" last night if he finally tried the portion I saved for him and he said did not because he was very dissappointed that it had no chunks of graham cracker.
re: Justpaula
That's what I was hoping for as well. :-( And not having it makes it less tasty for me. The key lime is a good flavor; but I can only take so much of it at one time.
re: Justpaula
I am glad you tried it-- and LOVED it--that is why this website is so great...


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Oil Is At Obama's $80-Per-Barrel Threshold -- Will He Now Fulfill His Windfall Profits Tax Promise?
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Lloyd Chapman of the American Small Business League asks a very simple question: With oil at or near $80 a barrel, will the Obama administration now deliver on its promise to enact a windfall profits tax on big oil companies?
Some history: Obama promised to enact such a tax during the campaign, and this promise was one of the very first that he broke. As you can see from this piece I wrote back in early December of 2008, he broke the pledge as president-elect, before even assuming office.
To their (minimal) credit, Obama's spokespeople didn't use the Big Lie tactic they've been using of late - that is, they didn't simply deny that Obama ever made the campaign promise. Way back in those less cynical days of 2008, they at least offered up a post-facto benchmark of $80-per-barrel as a threshold:
"President-elect Obama announced the policy during the campaign because oil prices were above $80 per barrel," an aide on Obama's transition team said. "They are currently below that now and expected to stay below that."
OK, fine. So now oil is at that $80-per-barrel threshold. Will the administration act? Chapman says it must - and says such a policy will help the kinds of small businesses his organizations represent.
"Implementing a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry is a reasonable, efficient and effective means of keeping energy costs down and helping American businesses and families," he writes over at Huffington Post. "Now that oil has topped $80 per barrel, it will be interesting to see what President Obama's new excuse is going to be for not honoring his campaign promise."
Interesting, indeed. Stay tuned.
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Where's the poll?
Love it, he will thrive in Rex's scheme!
Low risk, high reward, dont mind loosing the pick.
Not worth the pick, not worth the trouble.
Bad move, SD got rid of him for a reason!
So far I have seen and heard ALOT of mixed feelings on the trade for Cromartie, so what do you think?
Where's the poll?
How about love it on field, worried about off the field...
He's a considerable upgrade over Sheppard and/or Lowery... he's only 25... and we gave up a 3rd rounder in next years draft... Never mind the off field problems, and unwillingness to tackle sometimes... Rex will straighten him out... fact is he's a good cover corner and a ball hawk. I say great move, especially since it unhancuffs us from taking a CB in the 1st round of such a stacked draft this year!
[QUOTE=JetStream;3515279]How about love it on field, worried about off the field...[/QUOTE]
Good point, will edit if possible
It's a low risk, extremely high reward move.
Sure, Cromartie has his struggles in the running game, but the guy is a dynamite cover corner. Excellent in man coverage and a physical specimen to say the least. 6'2 210 with legit 4.3 speed and outstanding leaping ability.
Not to mention that it frees us up to take the BAP at #29 and beyond.
Very good move, hats off to Tanny.
I love it and when he starts picking off QBs left and right in the early part of the season you're not gonna hear anything about this off field stuff. People are gonna be praising the Jets and it's gonna be a lovefest.
The only thing I hate about this move is the eventual bandwagoners when we're destroying the league on defense. I just hope Sanchez's development as a QB improves and that the offense can manage to really put something together on a consistent basis. That's up to Brian and Mark to work harder than last year to improve. And it's up to the WR's to get more time with Mark. None of this, "I'm going to the U to work out this offseason." Nah, their asses better be at the facilities working out a chemistry with Mark all summer long.
Some pretty good poll options, I went with #2
"Low risk, high reward, dont mind losing the pick"
[QUOTE=Buzzsaw;3515339]Some pretty good poll options, I went with #2
"Low risk, high reward, dont mind losing the pick"[/QUOTE]
What about loosing the pick?
[QUOTE=JStokes;3515344]What about loosing the pick?
I fixed that in my reply as you can see ;)
Edit: I forgot the apostrophe though, d'oh
[QUOTE=JStokes;3515344]What about loosing the pick?
[QUOTE=JStokes;3515344]What about loosing the pick?
LOL didnt catch that one
Lol @ the lone loser/debbie downer who chose the 4th and final option.
it's a number 2 or 3 next draft and how many players will be coming out in the 2nd round of any draft that has the talent. i'm worried about the whole san diego scene an attitude but rex should be able to get this guy to play hard and well. the other point is his contract. does he have any years left? if not then the jets will have to be prepared to not only deal with him but revis next season. it's going to cost a bit to keep both of these guys. let's enjoy it while it lasts.
[QUOTE=JetsFanInSec230;3515419]Lol @ the lone loser/debbie downer who chose the 4th and final option.[/QUOTE]
LOL, I was wondering who that was....
No comment from them.
I bet it's CW McGraw or a Pasts fan.
[QUOTE=Hitman Harris;3515436]LOL, I was wondering who that was....
No comment from them.
I bet it's CW McGraw or a Pasts fan.[/QUOTE]
Lol :D
Like anything else it remains to be seen.
This trade is going to need some time to fester before an accurate judgement can be made. We'll see how things go through the OTA's and how it develops on the field. If he buys in hook, line and sinker than this could end up being a fantastic trade for the Jets (it's hard to see him doing so though because he was in a winning situation in SD and still acted the fool).
Cromartie is better suited for "Man-Coverage" in the secondary rather than "Zone Coverage". Revis SHUTS-DOWN his assignment for the game and totally removes him from the opponent's offensive game plan. Cromartie, set to cover either the #1 or #2 receiver will be AWESOME! Rex can rotate the 2 STUD CB's all game long, adding another dimension of difficulty to opposing QB's looking to identify the defensive match-ups. The Cromartie signing will also benefit the pass-rush, in that it will allow more time to pressure the QB if his WR's are covered! Gholston? Lito was supposed to be "That Guy" last season, but he just didn't have the talent!
Wouldnt be shocked if the Jets have both starting corners in the Pro Bowl next year..even though they wont be playing in it.


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- Physics PhD student wins EPSRC Doctoral Prize
- New network for particle accelerator engineers
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Lancaster Scientists Take Part in Big Bang Experiments
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Lancaster University Physicists are celebrating their work on two landmark experiments which are attempting to understand the building blocks of the universe.
Lancaster scientists were in Switzerland over the weekend observing the successful switch on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the world's biggest science experiment. Shortly after 2pm on Monday, 23 November, engineers operating the LHC successfully smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time. These were observed in the ATLAS detector which was developed by a team including Lancaster Physicists.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, 24 November, Lancaster Particle Physicists working on the T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) neutrino experiment in Japan celebrated as the 'near' detector observed its first neutrinos - fundamental particles about which much is still to be learned. The University's particle physics group built a 6-ton particle detector being used in Japan. The detector is a key component of the T2K research which hopes to unlock some of the deepest mysteries of the universe.
Lancaster's Physics Department was the top ranked physics department in the UK in the 2008 research assessment exercise.
Its Head of Department Professor Peter Ratoff (also a member of the T2K collaboration) said: "This has been an extraordinary week for Particle Physics. Lancaster University has been heavily involved in both these international collaborations for many years.
"The data from these two experiments will address fundamental questions such as, why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the universe? On T2K, we are trying to understand nature's most enigmatic particles, neutrinos, and their role in shaping the early universe."
Professor Roger Jones, Head of the Lancaster ATLAS group, said: "The next step for ATLAS is to increase the energy of the collisions to look for really new effects, and hunt for the Higgs boson and Dark Matter particles.
"Things are progressing very quickly, and the Lancaster team is charged with producing some of the very first physics plots and results from the experiments.
"We are all very excited, but ATLAS is like a very big baby starting to explore the world, and we are expecting a lot of sleepless nights!"
Lancaster and the LHC
Lancaster University Physics Department has a leading role in this project, being a major player in the largest LHC experiment (ATLAS). The Department has also helped construct the powerful computing systems used to analyse the data from the experiment and part of this system is hosted at Lancaster.
The LHC, 100m below ground, is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built by man. The experiment aims to re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental mysteries of the Universe - from antimatter to dark matter and the existence of extra dimensions.
Once the experiment is underway the total data produced by the ATLAS experiment each year will be 30 million Gigabytes, the equivalent of 600,000 top of the range iPods, which would cover over 500 tennis courts. The University has a large 'farm' of computers - equivalent to about 600 high spec PCs - to help this work. It also has lots of disks to store the data.
Lancaster is leading the studies of so-called 'beauty' particles in ATLAS, which is one route to find the explanation of the missing antimatter and of the dark matter. The University is also studying the heaviest of the subatomic constituents, the top quark, and trying to uncover so called 'hidden' super-symmetry.
Lancaster and T2K
T2K - an international experiment led by Japan and part funded by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - will probe the strange properties of the enigmatic neutrino to unprecedented precision, by firing the most intense neutrino beam ever designed from the east coast of Japan (Tokai), all the way under the country, to a detector near Japan's west coast (Kamioka).
Neutrino oscillations are one of the frontiers of current particle physics and the T2K project will move us one step closer to understanding the role of the neutrino in the early Universe and may even shed light on the mystery of why there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe.
Both projects hope to address the fascinating question of the origin of mass. In the case of ATLAS it could be by the observation of the long-sought Higgs Boson which is believed to be intimately related to the mechanism by which particles such as the electron acquire mass.
On the other hand, the mass of neutrinos is thought to be generated by a quite different process and a favourite candidate for this is the 'see-saw' mechanism which involves a very, very heavy neutrino that we are unlikely to ever observe and the much lighter neutrino that we can study.
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Lancaster University and resident company The REACH Centre have been recognised for their outstanding track-record of working together at a prestigious award ceremony.
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On 24th October, forty teachers from across the South Lakes area visited the Faculty of Science and Technology, as part of a partnership between Lancaster University, Research Council UK, and the South Lakes Federation.
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Oct 20, 2009 1:32amblprnt 19 posts
Topic: BUGmodules / GPS I/O Exception
Hi Alicia,
This didn't work for me…
I've tried lots of combinations of reboot, plug-in module, restart concierge, clear java storage, and nothing seems to work.
Oddly, earlier today my GPS module did work for the first time in about 100 tries, though I hadn't done anything differently than I had previously (at least I don't think I had). The little green light started blinking, and I actually got lat/lon data from the location service.
Oct 19, 2009 8:11pmblprnt 19 posts
Topic: BUGmodules / BUGcam limitations - latency & possible workarounds
I am part of an artist team working on a project at Emily Carr University for the 2010 Olympics here in Vancouver. We are trying to build a network of autonomous camera-enabled devices that can be embedded in objects, used to document performances, and send images into a central 'hub'. BUG seemed like it could be an ideal solution so we ordered a couple of bases and a handful of modules to test.
Let me say before I start with questions that I'm not a very good programmer – at least in any kind of device-level context. I can find my way around a Java package, but so far my experience with the BUG SDK has been fairly duct-tape-ish.
I've been working with the camera module for the last couple of days and have hit some stumbling blocks.
The camera module captures at 1600×1200 and from what I have gathered this is in a raw format of some kind, which is sent to the device and encoded into a JPEG by the base and stored. Can this resolution be changed? Is there a quicker compression method that could be used? Basically I'm wondering if there's any way to improve the latency of the system – it seems to take around 5 seconds to take a photo and package it for a web service, etc.
Can the 1600×1200 default resolution be changed? It's nice to be able to have hi-res images but I imagine dropping the size would also drop the latency.
I managed to implement ImageMagick today with help from jconnelly – while that makes the size of the saved files smaller, it doesn't seem to improve the delay.
Are there any other options for this? I read this thread which talks about connecting a webcam through the BUG VH module via v4l2:
If the camera had on-board compression, I imagine this would take care of a lot of the problem?
Has anyone had experience with cams and BUG? I am willing to put a fair amount of time into this but at this point we have to figure out wether or not BUG will be suitable for our project. I'd sure like it if they were…!
Oct 19, 2009 5:25pmagibb 8 posts
Topic: BUGmodules / GPS I/O Exception
I reproduced the error, and then I killed java and restarted it for a fix. Not sure if this will fix it for everyone here, after fixing it I couldn't reproduce the GPS error again. Here are the steps I took:
1. Unplugged GPS
2. in your terminal, as root type the following after the hashtag (root@bug:#):
root@bug:# killall -9 java-cdc
Once it was rebooted, I plugged the gps back in. If any steps are confusing, just email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Let us know if that worked!
Happy Hacking,
Oct 19, 2009 5:09pmbcruskie 45 posts
Topic: BUGmodules / GPS I/O Exception
Hey Guys,
We finally reproduced this error in house. I think we can hold off on RMA'ing your units while we continue to look at the issue.
Thanks for everything and sorry for taking your time up on contacting support.
I will keep you updated,
Oct 19, 2009 10:31amjconnolly 285 posts
Topic: Applications / Including a Java Project in a BUG Project
Hi jpdelacroix,
The BUG runtime has no notion of your Java Build Path in eclipse, the OSGi way is to list the package namespace to be imported in your Import-Package: declaration in your MANIFEST.MF. The Framework will then know to load the corresponding bundle to satisfy the required imports. Have a look over at the rather detailed tutorial here:
Oct 17, 2009 1:36amlimnephilidae 5 posts
Topic: BUGmodules / GPS I/O Exception
I will contact support.
As an FYI for anyone else who reads this thread, my bug version is 1.4.2 according to the date:
root@bug:~# cat /etc/buildinfo
BUG Linux Build Information
Thu Jul 16 16:27:15 EDT 2009
Build Image: bug-image-production-R1.4
Linux darner 2.6.24-23-server #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 01:36:05 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Oct 16, 2009 11:57pmjpdelacroix 3 posts
Topic: Applications / Including a Java Project in a BUG Project
I'm using Eclipse and I have two projects. The first is a BUG project I created using the Dragonfly SDK and the second is a regular Java Project. I would like to use the code from the Java Project in the BUG Project without copying it all over (since the Java Project is a rather large project). I included the Java Project in the BUG project (via the Build Path); however, when I try to run the BUG application I get the following type of error:
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Error starting bundle Bundle [38]: file:/usr/share/java/apps/MotionDetection.jar
I've copied over the jar from the BUG to my desktop, and it doesn't contain any of the files from the Java Project it would need to run.
So my question is, how do you I properly include a Java Project in a BUG project?
Thank you,
Oct 16, 2009 4:34pmjconnolly 285 posts
Topic: BUGbase / Power requirements, watt and Ampere are unknown
As a result of some development work done by Vipapun Thavisri, we have more accurate, granular measurements of BUG power consumption, as well as a number of handy ways to customize your BUG for lower power applications:
Oct 15, 2009 6:49pmjimbo 1 post
Topic: Way Off Topic / new guy
If i have no experience with linux based operating systems what are the odds of catching on and being able to use bug systems with ease.. its it just a case of getting the products, downloading apps and go or does it require more programming?
Oct 15, 2009 4:15ampalpeyev 3 posts
Topic: BUGbase / BUG for a car surveillance?


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Students at Woodbrook Elementary had a field day today, and as a special treat they got to see how a hot air balloon works.
It was too windy to take the balloon off the ground, but kids learned how the balloon is inflated from local balloonist Rick Behr who offers rides at the Boars Head Inn.
Kids said they would have liked to have blown it up themselves or get a ride on it but some commented that their "mommy and daddy were too scared" and that "maybe we can do it when we grow up."
Kids were in awe, especially hearing this was a small hot air balloon and that there are others much larger.
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text: Business Meeting is indeed open to all. however the _Financial Committee_ meeting which is held just before business meeting is a separate issue. Even as an officer since I am not a member of the financial committee all I can do is sit back and observe. On occasion I have been asked my opinion by the Committee when I was standing nearby however, when they took their vote to approve or disapprove an item on their docket I was of course excluded. The Membership of the committee (if I can do this from memory) includes The Seneschal, the Treasurer the Baron&baroness(who together count as a single member of the committee with only one vote) and two other members of the Barony. Darius Chronicler -----Original Message----- >From: "willowjonbardc at juno.com" <willowjonbardc at juno.com> >Sent: Aug 9, 2007 2:52 PM >To: elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org >Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Some history about our Baronial Championships > >Dear Stella >Is business meeting open to everyone? I was forced to wait outside >out of hearing range when some business was discussed. I think it was >over the finical. While I know I would not be able to talk during a >fiinical meeting in the past members of the populace where allowed to >listen. In fact I think the person in charge of the region made some >comment on this over the list. > >I didn't get the feeling that the people in charge really welcomed >the households heads or non officer peers or general populace. There >didn't seem to be many of them at the business meeting. > >When I bought up concerns or project I was told to present them at >moot because I had to get populace OK. >When can we talk about things we want to see? I thought the moot was >for the populace and business meeting was for the officers. >Willow > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Juno DSL - the easier, safer broadband! >http://track.juno.com/s/lc?u=http://ads.addynamix.com/click/2-2125045-32 > > >_______________________________________________ >Elfsea mailing list >Elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org >http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/elfsea-ansteorra.org


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The large open-plan first floor offers BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS. The property has a gas fire place, large flat-screen TV in the living area, sound-bar, Blu-Ray DVD player with an extensive DVD collection for the whole family. We also have Nintendo Wii, iPod dock, board games, cards, and books.
The kitchen has granite counter-tops, bar-seating for four and an eight-seater dining table. Expect plenty of cooking, baking and serving dishes for your party; and for the creative cooks we have an ice-cream and waffle cone maker, a large pressure cooker, plus electric grill, coffee percolator and of course a microwave, oven, stove-top, fridge and freezer.
The downstairs utility room has a washer and dryer, and ½ bathroom. There is off-street parking for three vehicles (or two vehicles and a boat trailer).
The UPSTAIRS MASTER SUITE has a beautiful queen sleigh bed, high ceilings and en-suite bathroom with tub/shower and duel sinks (plus great water pressure!). Plenty of floor space and blow-up beds for big sleep-overs.
The second bedroom has a TWIN bed and a super-comfortable self-inflating Double bed (just plug it in and up it goes). The room also offers a small color TV and DVD player.
Our third bedroom has a TWIN bed and double futon, as well as a small wall mounted flat-screen TV and DVD player.
In the second bathroom you'll find another sink and tub/shower along with more of that high pressure, unlimited hot water.
Finally, our goal is for your party to have a relaxing, wonderful break. We provide plenty of towels and bedding as well as kitchen staples (cooking oil, seasonings, sugar, salt etc.). Feel free to use our kites, hula hoops, soccer and volley balls to your hearts content - just be sure to leave them for others to enjoy!
- Suitability:
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
About Katie Topping
My husband and I live in Portland with our son and daughter. I am a 5th grade teacher and he's a writer/actor and now getting his chemistry degree at Portland State.
We love to travel, spend time with friends and family and are starting to get into hiking.
We bought the beach house a couple of years ago and love going there. Renting it was a hard decision, but we have truly enjoyed talking to our guests and doing our best to ensure that everything is lovely for them. It's actually been fun!
Katie Topping purchased this house in 2010
Why Katie Topping chose Lincoln City
We looked at hundreds of houses once we decided to buy a beach home. But this one felt different. We loved the porch, the open plan and how close it was to the beach. We've enjoyed building the deck, putting in the fence and planting. It was also so fun to decorate! Of course, it did help that it was a new house!
What makes this house unique
We've tried to make the our beach house comfortable, clean and homey -without all the clutter we have in our full-time house!
It's wonderful to sit on the porch or in the hot tub at the end of the day and just enjoy being in a place where we can totally relax.


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