A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Wooey Louie Gooey Phooey

Wooey Louie Gooey Phooey

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 11, 2010
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I discovered Wooey Louie Gooey Phooey (actually Woey Loy Goey) on Jackson Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown with some fellow college students from Los Angeles on a little between-quarters getaway trip. We chose it on the basis of a sole criterion: it was cheap. After none of us got food poisoning, I returned repeatedly, even taking David Bowie (in his…

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