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Pyroxene Stigma posted:I don't know the state of Fry's electronics, but at Best Buy this is almost always just fine. It's mostly pricing and selection. Granted, I haven't been in Fry's for a long time, but years ago they actually had decent price and selection. Best Buy is a little better than it used to be but is still overpriced and understocked for a lot of items, and the last time I looked at Fry's they weren't priced as low as I remember them being. The main thing is that there used to be some options down here: Circuit City and Good Guys at least provided some alternatives for brick-and-mortar electronics. Now there isn't even that.
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:I don't know the state of Fry's electronics, but at Best Buy this is almost always just fine. Having experienced Fry's in California, eh it is a real crap shoot.
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Does anyone remember back in the Bush administration when Bush pushed for the BPA to raise its rates because it "wasn't fair" that we got all this ultra-cheap hydro electricity and the feds could use the income? Did anything come out of that? I thought it didn't go anywhere but one of my co-workers is convinced that it did get implemented.
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We had this discussion in the chat thread already, so I'll be brief: neapolitan pizza is an entirely inferior product to American pizza, and you are wrong if you like it. Thank you.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Does anyone remember back in the Bush administration when Bush pushed for the BPA to raise its rates because it "wasn't fair" that we got all this ultra-cheap hydro electricity and the feds could use the income? Did anything come out of that? I thought it didn't go anywhere but one of my co-workers is convinced that it did get implemented. I don't remember that specifically, but BPA still has relatively inexpensive transmission rates.
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Thanatosian posted:We had this discussion in the chat thread already, so I'll be brief: neapolitan pizza is an entirely inferior product to American pizza, and you are wrong if you like it. Thank you. I absolutely love Kylie's deep dish pizza in Fremont. It's the big thick deep dish pizza that Chicago is famous for, but it's not totally loaded in grease and meat. The sauce is great and full of chunky tomato bits. Also a big fan of the house salad they do with blue cheese. Definitely worth checking out if you want a different pizza style.
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mod sassinator posted:I absolutely love Kylie's deep dish pizza in Fremont. It's the big thick deep dish pizza that Chicago is famous for, but it's not totally loaded in grease and meat. The sauce is great and full of chunky tomato bits. Also a big fan of the house salad they do with blue cheese. Definitely worth checking out if you want a different pizza style. How does Kylie's compare with Delfino's?
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bartkusa posted:How does Kylie's compare with Delfino's? I had Delfino's once long ago and wasn't really impressed. Nothing really jumped out as special. Felt like it was just trying to be a college pizza joint.
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mod sassinator posted:I had Delfino's once long ago and wasn't really impressed. Nothing really jumped out as special. Felt like it was just trying to be a college pizza joint. Oldschool in Olympia is great for that real college pizza joint feel, it also is pretty good real merican pizza. What is neapolitan pizza? Is it like thin crust fusion pizzas? I see those everywhere and sometimes they can be good especially with bbq sauce and bacon. Doorknob Slobber fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Aug 16, 2014 |
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Reason posted:Oldschool in Olympia is great for that real college pizza joint feel, it also is pretty good real merican pizza. What is neapolitan pizza? Is it like thin crust fusion pizzas? I see those everywhere and sometimes they can be good especially with bbq sauce and bacon.
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I miss Piecora--super greasy and floppy New York style slices. The service there was terrrrible but drat if the pizza wasn't tasty. There really isn't much good New York style pizza in Seattle from what I've seen. Topolinos in Bellevue isn't too bad.
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anthonypants posted:No, it's a very plain pie with mozzarella and basil. On a thin crust, with a watery tomato sauce, burned on the bottom, cold in the middle.
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seiferguy posted:My brother and his wife got married by a judge (a friend of my dad) with just the parents in attendance as witnesses. You can always go to court for marriage for something quick and easy. Eh, sort of. I was the witness for a marriage ceremony at the King County courthouse about five years ago and the judge they assigned to my two friends wanted to talk about their relationship and then he started going on and on about how "marriage is a canoe" and the whole thing was really awkward and forced. It lasted twice as long as it really needed to but when you consider that we were only there for about an hour, that's not so bad.
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Tutta Bella owned, thanks goons! It would absolutely fit in with the better pizzas I had in Naples.
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Accretionist posted:Tutta Bella owned, thanks goons! It would absolutely fit in with the heterosexual pizzas I had in Naples. what's even the point of a hetero pizza?
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The Autocorrect is a strangle and fickle piece of software.Reason posted:Oldschool in Olympia is great for that real college pizza joint feel, it also is pretty good real merican pizza. What is neapolitan pizza? They're these light, flavorful, juicy pizzas from Naples that cook up in like 80 seconds in scorching hot wood ovens. Done right, they're amazing. Flavorful sauce, juicy cheese, a crust with a delicious char and a nice bite to it. They're easy to do wrong, though, hence the particularity about accuracy. Done right, everything comes together beautifully. I must have eaten at least 20 when I visited Naples. I love these drat things. If you're wondering about juicy cheese, fresh mozzarella has high moisture content and is wonderful.
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Speaking of food a friend just turned me on to Mama Lil's Peppers from Portland and holy crap are they amazing. It's spicy pickeled peppers in oil and they go really well on a sandwich or as a bruschetta.
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Chantilly Say posted:Friend of mine moved from PDX to NOLA and had people ask her "but why would you ever want to leave Portland?!" and tell her they were moving there as soon as they could.
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mod sassinator posted:Speaking of food a friend just turned me on to Mama Lil's Peppers from Portland and holy crap are they amazing. It's spicy pickeled peppers in oil and they go really well on a sandwich or as a bruschetta. Oh these look goooood, adding to my amazon wishlist.
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Dolex posted:Is this person a chemical/petroleum engineer or in the film industry? I find it hard to believe there are more jobs in NOLA than there are in Portland. Film.
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Speaking of pizza, where can I get good deep dish pizza in Portland? It seems a big hard to find around here. 
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HondaCivet posted:Speaking of pizza, where can I get good deep dish pizza in Portland? It seems a big hard to find around here. Via Chicago on Alberta? Deep Dish Pizza always seemed like winter food to me. I would get stuffed after 1-2 slices.
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Are there any places that serve Neapolitan pizza in Portland? I'd like to try it out, after reading about it here.
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HondaCivet posted:Speaking of pizza, where can I get good deep dish pizza in Portland? It seems a big hard to find around here. Hedera Helix posted:Are there any places that serve Neapolitan pizza in Portland? I'd like to try it out, after reading about it here.
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Wound up at Straight From New York Pizza on Belmont this evening. It is exactly what it sounds like, if that's your thing.
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BraveUlysses posted:Oh these look goooood, adding to my amazon wishlist. They're really tasty. To combine two different conversational threads, they make an excellent pizza topping, whether you're eating out at one of the places that uses them or making pizza for yourself at home.
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Yeah one thing Portland is not lacking is tons of pizza of multiple varieties including gluten-free/vegan. What can't you find in Portland? Non-steakhouse Brazilian food? West African?
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If you can think of it I wouldn't put money against there being at least a food cart of it somewhere in the metro area. Like, I never knew "Vietnamese subs" was a thing you could base a restaurant on, but it exists and is pretty loving good.
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Wasn't this supposed to be a politics thread? Anyone know a good place to get pollo en la brasa in Seattle?
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Ardennes posted:Yeah one thing Portland is not lacking is tons of pizza of multiple varieties including gluten-free/vegan. Brazilian food is around in both food-cart and regular form, but all of the African places I can think of are Ethiopian/Eritrean. Oh and Chez Dodo, but I have no idea how representative of Mauritian cuisine it is. Doesn't matter to me though, as it's a tasty lunch option regardless.
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Ardennes posted:Yeah one thing Portland is not lacking is tons of pizza of multiple varieties including gluten-free/vegan. Probably soul food.
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Wanamingo posted:Probably soul food. There are attempts at it but I don't know how representative of it. What would Screen Door be classified as? Southern Chic? As for politics, I don't think anything recently has come up. It looks like MJ is going to be legalized I guess?
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anthonypants posted:Like any goddamn where. Dove Vivi, Ken's Artisan, Apizza Scholls, Nostrana, there are a ton of pizza places in Portland. Oops, I wasn't aware that Neapolitan pizzas and margheritas were synonymous. I don't know if I've had those specifically, but I have eaten at Dove Vivi, and their food is really good. Javid posted:If you can think of it I wouldn't put money against there being at least a food cart of it somewhere in the metro area. Best Baguette really is the best. 
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Ardennes posted:Yeah one thing Portland is not lacking is tons of pizza of multiple varieties including gluten-free/vegan.
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Javid posted:If you can think of it I wouldn't put money against there being at least a food cart of it somewhere in the metro area. The vietnamese sub place in Corvallis is delicious and cheap as hell.
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Wanamingo posted:Probably soul food. Po'Shines up in North Portland. The wings they serve with their chicken and waffles are bigger than most places chicken legs. And they got mac n cheese, hushpuppies, catfish fried or blackened. edit; Ardennes posted:As for politics, I don't think anything recently has come up. It looks like MJ is going to be legalized I guess? Plans to build a coal terminal, bringing it in by train from Wyoming to be shipped to Asia, have been shut down. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/08/oregon_department_of_state_lan_1.html And shootings and gang problems seem to be on the rise in Portland. http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-meeting-to-battle-gun-violence/ Beowulfs_Ghost fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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anthonypants posted:Decent Chinese. Have you tried Lucky Strike?
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LGD posted:Have you tried Lucky Strike?
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Ardennes posted:West African? There used to be a super rad Ital food cart in the lot by the PSU engineering building. Sadly they didn't last 6 months.
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Beowulfs_Ghost posted:Po'Shines up in North Portland. I think WA is still trying to build a new coal shipping port or 2, but we have the nimby crowd doing what they can to slow/stop it. I can't blame em, running all that train traffic through downtown Seattle shuts down several big intersections, and the cars aren't even covered so coal dust flies all over the place. How loving cheap are the coal companies that they can't make a retractable cover like asphalt trucks?
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