At 5 feet, 10 inches and 230 pounds, he says he was the only Jewish kid on the team at Coronado High School. If you meet Pittle in person, you might not be surprised to find out he played football in high school.
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JewBoy Burgers is about Mo Pittle, a guy from El Paso who loves burgers enough to open a food truck in his 40s and become a chef through trial by fire. The story behind the name is important and adds to the satisfaction of scarfing down one of the loaded smashed burgers JewBoy serves. Some feel more uneasy about the non-Kosher menu than the name others scratched their heads a bit and chalked it up to a climate that disavows political correctness. I ’ve asked friends of the Jewish faith how they feel about it. When I have posted about the burger joint on Instagram, I found myself fielding questions about what the name implies. So, what’s with the name: JewBoy? If you’re like me, you might have found it a bit unsettling. It happens to be the same cut used by Langer’s, LA’s legendary Jewish delicatessen. I was swayed to give it a shot because of the cut used: beef navel. They’re a bit less common in Austin, where JewBoy Burgers is located. Pastrami burgers are a big deal in old school burger joints in Los Angeles. I ’m not a meat-on-meat-on-meat burger kind of guy but I made an exception for the Goyim at JewBoy Burgers: a patty topped with S wiss cheese, bacon, and house-made pastrami. Mo Pittle merges Jewish and Mexican cuisines into his smashed burgers.Īs host of Cheap Eats, I’ve eaten burgers all over the country, and I guess you could say I’ve tasted them all.
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