Alex Hates Food

In which Alex gushes about Pizza and Sonny

Two nights ago my special lady friend and I randomly went to Pizza Plant, which I assumed was a national chain the like of Applebee's, because it kind of looks like Applebee's.  But it's actually locally owned and operated, with two locations in the suburbs of Buffalo.

We were immediately taken by the crazy amount of vegan options, which you never seem to see in restaurants, especially in the home of the chicken wing.  I got a deep dish "stuffed" veggie pizza.  Two thumbs up.

When we first sat down, I noticed the song that was playing sounded familiar.  But it wasn't the typical classic rock familiarity, nor was it a pop radio hit.  It was "Keeping Me Awake," by Tarkio, Colin Meloy's college band.  They kept playing good music the entire time we were there, including a couple Johnny Cash songs and a song by the Clash which started playing as we were on our way out.  I was impressed not only by the food, but the atmosphere created by this good music.  It made me think that Applebee's might not be such a bad place if they would just play some nice music every now and then.  And add some vegan options to their menu.  And burn all of their restaurants down and then rebuild them as Pizza Hut, or Taco Bell.

Enough about pizza.  Look, last night I went to the Waiting Room to see my good friend Sonny Baker play a solo set, and it was awesome.  I'm going to show you some videos I took and then encourage you to go to his bandcamp site to download his music.  There are nearly 40 songs for free download, all pretty amazing too.  And come Monday there'll be 9 more when he releases his new EP/album, Mangled in the Front.  Sonny already sent me the album and I've already listened to it about 4 1/2 times through.  If you like music, I recommend it.  Here are those videos: