"Souvla with Jordan Morris (live)" is an episode of the premium-content podcast, Doughboys Double, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Souvla with Jordan Morris (live)" was released on February 4, 2025.
"Tomorrow on the Double… with Jordan Morris @jordanmorris.bsky.social" - @doughboys.bsky.social
Synopsis[]
Jordan Morris (@jordandavidmorris, Linktree) joins the 'boys to talk Waymos, SF eats, and rule 34 before a review of Souvla.
Recorded live at The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco on January 25, 2025.
Nick's intro[]
Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA
"Cerebral Valley": during the AI boom of the post-COVID 2020s, this nickname surfaced for the historic San Francisco neighborhood of Hayes Valley. The reason? The area had become a mecca for AI startups and so-called "hacker houses" and a microcosm for San Francisco's gentrification from a vibrant, bohemian, multi-ethnic port city into a charmless bedroom community for tech assholes who are now also MAGA.
But thankfully, AI isn't the only startup that has its roots in this historic SF neighborhood.
In 2014, Charles Bililies, a former protégé of Thomas Keller - whose restaurant, The French Laundry, was a quarantine favorite of Gavin Newsom - parlayed his accumulated business and culinary knowledge into his own Hayes Valley restaurant: a Greek/American concept names for the spits on which Mediterranean meats are roasted. Billed as "fast fine," Bililies served in-house diners lamb sandwiches and Greek wines on proper dishes and in stemware, merging the elegance of a sit-down concept with a counter-service efficiency of former 'It's-It girl' fast-casual. The restaurant was an immediate hit, no doubt nourishing coked-up AI shitheads who will someday engineer software to automate human restaurant workers out of existence.
Today, with six locations plus a ghost kitchen in The Bay, the Greek chain's rapid growth and list of celebrity fans may cause one to wonder if "Cerebral Valley" should be re-named "Gastrointestinal Valley."
This week on Doughboys, live from SF Sketchfest 2025... Souvla!
Fork rating[]
Doughboys at Souvla
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
|
4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | 4 forks | |
| Jordan Morris | 4 forks |
With these scores, Souvla makes the Golden Plate Club!
The Wiger Challenge[]
Chris Isaak "Wicked Game"
| “ | What a Wiger game you play To challenge you this way |
” |
Tequila Sunrise
In this segment, Nick presents Mitch and the guest a mystery beverage, and they try to guess the product. The closest guess is declared the winner and receives the remainder of the drink. As they sometimes do with a live show, they bring an audience member up to join them.
The mystery beverage for this episode is a Tequila Sunrise made by Amelia.
Nobody wins this edition of the Wiger Challenge!
| guest / host | guess |
|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | shitty Mai Tai |
| Jordan Morris | Zombie |
| Sidney | Trader Vic's Original Mai Tai |
Roasts Spoonman[]
Gavin Newsom
| “ | Gavin Dim Sum | ” |
–Victoria's husband | ||
Golden State Warriors
| “ | starting center for the Golden Plate Warriors | ” |
–Sean E. | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Is your love of Avatar: Way of Water ironic? If not, why not? What food do you think the Na'vi would most enjoy on Earth they couldn't obtanium on Pandora? | ” |
–Vivek | ||
| guest / host | do they truly love Avatar? | food for a Na'vi |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | yes | Souvla Veg Salad |
| Mike Mitchell | yes | Souvla Veg Salad |
| Jordan Morris | yes |
| “ | If you were to fight a kaiju, who would you fight? | ” |
–Steve | ||
| guest / host | kaiju they would fight (or eat) |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Stay Puft Marshmallow Man |
| Mike Mitchell | Stay Puft Marshmallow Man |
| Jordan Morris | King Geedorah |
| “ | Bay Area food vs. LA food? Who wins against Boston/Quincy? | ” |
–Tiffany | ||
| guest / host | city cuisine rankings |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Los Angeles and San Francisco tie, both beat Boston |
| Mike Mitchell | Boston wins |
| Jordan Morris | everything is special |
Mitchell (feat. Tiger Wiger) "Smoovla"[]
Santana (feat. Rob Thomas) "Smooth"
| “ |
Man, it's a hot lunch |
” |
Quotes[]
| “ | Sketchfest did put more suspensions on the Golden Gate Bridge because they knew the Doughboys were coming to town. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | If you jacked off around SpongeBob, he could clean it up easily. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Mitch: I can't get my fucking cherry out. Nick: You've been struggling with that for years. |
” |
–Mitch, adding the garnish to his cocktail | ||
Drops[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| Soundgarden "Spoonman" | Mitch's live show walk-on music |
| The Sloppy Boys "Let's Party" | Jordan's live show walk-on music |
| "prominent nipples" techno bop | in Mitch's drop (by Kenny Gray) |
| "Come On Eileen" and "Whip It" | '80s songs in their Souvla reviews |
Related Episodes[]
| Jordan Morris episodes |
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