Burlington Foodie

Black Friday is going to be HUGE at Big Muddy's this year! We are pleased to bring you live entertainment and a special Black Friday Buffet to start out your evening. We are happy to welcome the band "The Unemployed Architects" to our venue. The Unemployed  Architects. The band started playing in the small town of Pontiac,Illinois. They all went to high school together each playing in different groups until they decided to come together as a band. At this point they were in Bloomington,Illinois and they started to do shows all over the Midwest. Two different songwriters with different musical backgrounds merge together to be able to encompass a wide variety of sounds. They have played together for eight years and have recently released a full length album.. Design to Shine We are happy to have them join the Burlington music scene and can't wait for all to be able to enjoy our HUGE Black Friday event. We offer the full menu, Sushi and the Buffet plus a f...

Aaron has a list of over 500 Songs! He spends seven months a year touring the world, and we are lucky enough to have him for one night at Big Muddy's. He has 20 years of performing experience with a diverse style and loves taking your request. He specializes in Billy Joel and Elton John and loves the interaction from his audience. He is a full time pianist and vocalist with Disney Cruise Line. Come early for dinner and enjoy a night of great music this Saturday Night!

Jambalaya and Cornbread is our featured evening dish for $13.99 and at lunch for $7.99. As part of our food quest to bring fun,and food  knowledge to Burlington we searched for where they thought the dish began. Traced back to the French quarter a Spainard arttempting to make paella and did not have saffron, substitued tomatoes and Jambalaya was born. The world Jambalaya festival is held each year in Gonzales, Louisana. This festival is from May 26 through the 28th, if you are heading toward Louisana on those dates. This week you can satisfy your taste by stopping by and seeing us. Remember we welcome comments and ideas for the blog as we hope to make this fun and interactive for all.

Big Muddy's is offering a new discount for our Military patrons and a chance to have a free meal drawn monthly is our new promotion. The Blog is new and while we have so many directions we would like to develop in the future, I believe that recognizing our milatary is so important. This Sunday, while traveling in Kansas City I was fortunate enough to meet a man that is a B-2 Stealth Bomber.   Super Dave  Spirit #43. He is orginally from  Lakewood, New York and now is stationed in  Whiteman AFB  Missouri. He is the 43rd pilot to fly a stealth Bomber. He is someone that we were honored to meet as he shared some pictures for us  for the blog.  His time in the service has taken him to many different locations and his courage for our country is to be commended. I will share a few other pictures as he did with us and hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I did.

Big Muddy's wants to honor Veterans not just one day, but every day by offering a new ten per cent discount with a milatary card. Register to win a free meal as we will be holding a monthly drawing to honor veterans throughout the year. For 30 years, Big Muddy's has opened it's doors to our customers and as a long standing business in the city we want to find even more ways to thank them. We created the blog as an extra tool to connect with our diners to see what they will want in the future from us. Feel free to comment and join us in discussions as we look forward to a bright future in the community.

                                                              The Lynsey  Next week we will help you travel back in time to an earlier Burlington with a sandwich created by the first woman to graduate the Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Paris. Her name was Helen Rowan and raised in Switzerland she found her way to Burlington Iowa by the way of the Starlight Room at PZAZZ. We are delighted to have Karen Krow cooking with us who remembered the sandwich and with the help of Robert Brockert also a Chef years ago at PZAZZ to re create the sandwich. Big Muddy's wanted to honor the first woman Chef for the beginning of our new Burlington Foodie blog and welcome comments or memories from the days when this sandwich was on the menu.