On The Flip – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Though I pride myself on having a sesquipedalian vocabulary, very often pop culture vernacular escapes me. Even food memes borne of pop culture are well over my head. If you’re familiar with or use such terms as “good soup,” “cheugy,” “phone eats first,” “glizzy” and “caviar bump,” you must be from the Gen Z generation. Were I to use these terms, it would make me seem like a patronizing old fossil trying to be cool. During a December, 2023 visit to the Tin Can Alley, my Kim and I came a restaurant with a curious name neither of us could comprehend. We quickly dismissed the notion that “On The Flip” had something to do with Albuquerque drivers extending their middle fingers in a salute denoting that other drivers are number one. We then agreed the name has something to do with food that’s flipped. Pancakes maybe. Burgers probably. It turns out On The Flip is subtitled “beach grub perfected.” My first experience with beach grub came in Massachusetts where beach grub consisted of lobster rolls, fried clams and tuna grinders. In Mississippi beach grub was oysters, shrimp and crab. None of these sumptuous seaside favorites–perfected or otherwise–appear on On…