So you’re the managers of Royal Booze & Burritos. What bands played your famously loud opening party?

Chris Moore: The Spittin’ Cobras and Lucky Machete. I turned into a lifelong Spittin’ Cobras fan that night.

Trevor Marsh: Dishes were falling off the shelves.

I really like that row of lights made from mason jars over the bar.

TM: I wanted to just use bare bulbs and pipes—an electrician built those lights based on that concept. We’re using a lot of found materials. A crackhead stole the door off our original walk-in, so we turned the remaining pieces into our back wall.

I see Grillos Mexicanos on the menu. Where does one buy crickets for culinary purposes?

CM: We have a guy based in South Park who sources them from Oaxaca.

Are there special crickets for frying like there are special frying chickens?

CM: He could have gotten us all kinds of insects. He could hook us up with some grubs. All the crickets he gives us are the same kind.

What’s in the Satan’s Semen shot? Does it come with a holy water and Plan B chaser?

TM: It’s Baileys, grenadine, and peach schnapps. It’s a popular 21-run drink. I’ll make you one! recommended

Sarah Galvin—The Stranger’s Chow Bio columnist—will eat almost anything once, but dreams of retiring to a cottage made entirely of pizza. Her blog, The Pedestretarian, is devoted to reviews of food...

3 replies on “Chow Bio”

  1. Get used to the noise poeple. You live in the U-District and if you need a quiet place to study you need to plug your ears, because if it’s not Royal it’s you freshman neighbors, if it’s not your neighbors, it’s you sorostitute roomate. It will always be something. Besides that, the food, drink and atmosphere at Royal kicks ass!

  2. Chris Moore is a solid dude and the reason for Pizza A-Mart going from a small indian run pizza place to an always filled bar that also serves pizza and is probably the epicenter for hipster and frat collisions in the university district. Honestly, I liked it more in it’s previous incarnation, but Chris made it successful and he is a good guy.

    Didn’t know he was behind this place. It used to be a great asian tapa’s place but was disappointed to see that it had been turned into what looked like a Ed Hardy hangout. I’ll check it out I guess.

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