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Can anyone hook a brother up with advice for San Francisco? I have a week at a conference around Union Square (in the Hilton) coming up, and lack of mobility is a factor. Good places in Downtown, Chinatown, Tenderloin and nearby areas welcome.
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There's a big price range around downtown. If you're going to spend a bunch on a meal I've only had amazing meals at Boulevard. For more middle price range, Belden Alley has a variety of nice places with french style outside seating. Great Eastern Restaurant is the best Dim-Sum I've had in Chinatown, but someone may know of better ones.
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# ? Apr 9, 2015 21:59 |
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I don't suppose anyone knows much about the Charlotte, NC area.
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# ? Apr 14, 2015 02:57 |
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Failed Nihilist posted:I don't suppose anyone knows much about the Charlotte, NC area. I'm actually wondering the same thing, I'm there right now. I did have a pretty great lunch at Ikea though. But I don't think that counts, unless you're like me and like to hang out at Ikea.
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# ? Apr 14, 2015 03:10 |
Failed Nihilist posted:I don't suppose anyone knows much about the Charlotte, NC area. I travel to Charlotte a few times a year, and like Cowbell Burger and Whiskey bar downtown. It's a bit gimmicky and trendy, but a good burger and a Manhattan is pretty safe combo when traveling.
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# ? Apr 14, 2015 03:32 |
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Suspect Bucket posted:I'm actually wondering the same thing, I'm there right now. I did have a pretty great lunch at Ikea though. But I don't think that counts, unless you're like me and like to hang out at Ikea. Do to my proximity to it, I'll assume that you're also an UNCC student?
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# ? Apr 14, 2015 03:34 |
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Failed Nihilist posted:Do to my proximity to it, I'll assume that you're also an UNCC student? Nope, visiting my sister. I hail from the land of the OTHER 1995 NFL expansion team. We don't have an Ikea in Jacksonville.
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I have lived in various parts of the Charlotte metro for the last 5-6 years - any particular style of food you are interested in trying? I can list a few options once I have an idea as to your interests...
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someusername posted:Utica NY (315 upstate). We used to be known for decent Italian food. Tommy Lasorda gave high praises because he's a fat gently caress. Population was huge 100 years ago, Italian/Polish/Irish. This is an awesome write up! I work in Utica/Yorkville semi regularly and I haven't been able to pin down good places to eat.
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# ? Apr 15, 2015 05:15 |
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pepper bologna posted:I have lived in various parts of the Charlotte metro for the last 5-6 years - any particular style of food you are interested in trying? I can list a few options once I have an idea as to your interests... I like variety, more than anything else. This for me usually means ethnic stuff, Indian, Mongolian, etc (I like spicy). If I can avoid burgers and poo poo like that, all the better. I'm in university city currently, and all I see are chains.
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pepper bologna posted:I have lived in various parts of the Charlotte metro for the last 5-6 years - any particular style of food you are interested in trying? I can list a few options once I have an idea as to your interests... Gosh, I love it all really. I think I want noodles within the next 24 hours though.
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# ? Apr 15, 2015 10:39 |
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Steve Yun posted:Might as well have a general grab bag thread for all the miscellany cities that aren't quite culinary destinations. Pallet: Similar to CO but smaller. The New Yorker/Market Street: NY is a steakhouse. Market Street Grill/Oyster Bar is owned by the same company and they have several locations around the valley. If you want good fish or seafood that's not from a chain go here. They get fish flown in daily so it's always fresh and prices are very reasonable. Happy Sumo: Sushi. The Aerie: Located at Snowbird ski resort and open year 'round. Eating on a mountainside with a gorgeous view is not a bad way to spend an evening. Red Iguana: The place for authentic Mexican food. People will stand outside in a snowstorm for 2 hours just to get in. So popular they build a 2nd location a block away that's also always filled to capacity. Apparently Bill Clinton is a big fan. There's nothing special about the ambiance so order takeout from the second location and take it back to your room. Ruth's Diner: Up Emigration canyon, sit on the patio when it's open. If you go for breakfast make sure to get one of their biscuits - made by hand and approximately 4" thick with homemade raspberry jam. Blue Plate Diner: All American diner food. They have a daily dinner special that's all you can eat and the coffee is magnificent since it's owned by the same guy as the coffee shop next door.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 19:38 |
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Wichita, KS Meddy's: New local place that make amazing Schwarma and Hummus. Wichita Brewing Company: Amazing selection of pizza and sandwiches all made in a wood fired oven. They also have some of the best beer I've ever had, even an English ale on a cask! River City Brewery: The food here is pretty good but it's also nothing special. The draw would obviously be their huge selection of beer brewed in house. Brickyard/Publics: Be wary of this place on the weeknights, hipsters tend to congregate while wearing suits and drinking all the PBR. A small restaurant in the middle of old town in the basement of an old brick building. The pizza is pretty good and they have a decent selection of beer on tap, atmosphere is very cool. MM Bierocks: A small doobie-like shack with a drive through window. Only three items on the menu, Bierocks, Bierocks with cheese and ham and cheese Bierocks. They only accept cash for their Russian inspired, German made, meat filled pastries. Emperors Grill: A local Japanese grill with two locations. I don't know how they've managed to make fried rice so good, I assume with some sort of deadly toxins. Usually packed full of white suburban high school kids. Rene's: Goes to show that the best food comes from the places where the people talk poo poo about you in another language and you assume you will get food poisoning. Open 24 hours a day with the best nachos and carne asada burritos in the world. Metro Grills: Not sure how to describe this place. Their food is really good but it's not in the right location and it's not setup like the restaurant it's trying to be. It's some sort of Cuban/New York mix, if that's even a thing. The owner chose to tell me his wife is divorcing him because of how bad the restaurant is doing, I really just wanted to pay and leave but that's ok I guess. So if you ever drive through and this place is still open it's really worth a visit. Dempsey's Burger Pub: Is a ten dollar kobe burger worth it? gently caress you for even asking. This places using almost all local ingredients for their burgers. The cheapest burger is probably six or seven dollars but they are big and perhaps the best burgers I've ever had in my life. The truffle fries are pretty drat good too. There are some other places, particularly a few Thai restaurants, that I've heard are very good. I haven't had their food yet though. Manhattan, KS Celtic Star: What's better than English food? Well other than shepherds pie and fish and chips, everything. Luckily those are the only two truly English foods offered. A very cool Irish themed restaurant with great food and a good selection of beer on tap. They even have Strongbow on tap! Taco Lucha: They have tacos and burritos. They are good. Recommended to eat their biggest burrito in order to cure your hangovers. Pizza Shuttle Very nasty, greasy and cheap pizza. Great for the college it supplies and the heartburn it gives. So Long Saloon: A west-mex themed place. Very good burgers, beans and everything else. Local beers on tap. Mr. K's Café I worked here in the kitchen for awhile. You idiots are paying for frozen chicken and old lunch meat. Go away. I once accidentally mixed a bunch of the cheese we used for the mac and cheese with the tub of gravy they kept in the back to use only on Sundays. I think someone used that gravy/cheese mixture at least twice before making new gravy.
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pepper bologna posted:I have lived in various parts of the Charlotte metro for the last 5-6 years - any particular style of food you are interested in trying? I can list a few options once I have an idea as to your interests... Post it all! I've lived in Charlotte for the past year and a half but haven't found many places I like. I was really impressed by The Block and Grinder and there's a lot of cool Mexican/Central American places on Central Avenue, but most restaurants I've tried were pretty lackluster.
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# ? Apr 18, 2015 19:23 |
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Does anybody have any recommendations for Lisbon, Portugal? The only concrete thing I've come up with is one of the Seriouseats editors writing an article about how butthurt he was that he got served pata negra ham, olives, bread and oil and *gasp* had to pay €6 for it
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# ? May 1, 2015 10:57 |
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I'm hoping for some suggestions for Detroit and Ann Arbor (besides Zingerman's), especially hole-in-the-wall spots.
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# ? May 2, 2015 19:00 |
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There is an awesome Thai place that used to be a Long John Silver's. I think it was Tuptim Thai. Not fine dining but very good. Jolly Pumpkin Pizzeria & Brewery is great. Kuhnhenn is worth stopping by for the beers but they don't serve food.
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Wheats posted:I'm hoping for some suggestions for Detroit and Ann Arbor (besides Zingerman's), especially hole-in-the-wall spots. Bates Hamburgers(bring cash), Slow's BBQ, Lile's Sandwich Shop (mmm ham, also cash)
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# ? May 3, 2015 16:23 |
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Thanks for the suggestions, we'll check some of them out.
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# ? May 3, 2015 16:46 |
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Wheats posted:Thanks for the suggestions, we'll check some of them out. Lile's is in dearborn, so if you are touristing and do the Ford Rouge River factory tour, it's nearby.
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# ? May 3, 2015 16:56 |
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Anybody know of anything good in Central/Southern Kentucky? Headed down there soon to Mammoth Cave and also probably to visit some distilleries.
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Wheats posted:I'm hoping for some suggestions for Detroit and Ann Arbor (besides Zingerman's), especially hole-in-the-wall spots. Ann Arbor: Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burgers.
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min posted:Good sushi does not exist in Jacksonville as far as I can tell. After trying what must be nearly a dozen places people assured me were good (they were not), I've pretty much given up. The closest I've found good sushi is Kappo at the East End Market in Orlando. Just stumbled on this thread and thought I'd add to these. I don't live in Jacksonville, but I go there a lot for work. Maple Street Biscuit Company - Some of the best biscuit sandwiches I've ever had. The cinnamon pecan iced biscuits are also delicious. Jaxon Social - Pretty awesome modern food. They come up with some awesome off menu stuff regularly too. 13 Gypsies - Good tapas style food Bold Bean - Coffee roaster that also has local beer. They have some good food for sale here and there too. Lola's Burrito Joint - Way better burritos than Burrito Gallery, seconding Mr. Taco for tacos. Blue Boy Sandwich Shop - Awesome and huge sandwiches with really really good bread.
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# ? May 4, 2015 04:32 |
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Not so much "where to eat" but "where to buy". I just moved to Austin (north side by Cedar Park). Almost all the grocery stores are HEB. Any help from localish goons on butcher shops in the area?
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A few people have posted about it already, but are there any other Philadelphia goons in here? My fiancee and I just moved to Old City from out-of-state and I'm looking for recommendations in that neighborhood or within walking distance of it (so like City Center, NoLibs or Society Hill/Queen Village). Half the places we walk by invoke a "holy poo poo we have to come back here" so we're having trouble prioritizing Wheats posted:I'm hoping for some suggestions for Detroit and Ann Arbor (besides Zingerman's), especially hole-in-the-wall spots. For Ann Arbor I'll +1 the guy that said Blimpie Burger. There used to be an amazing sushi place called Sushi.com (.come?) just off of State Street by Central Campus but they apparently changed their name and I'm not sure if it's still the same crew running it, I grew up in Ann Arbor but now only get back a few times a year and I haven't been there in a year or two. Off the top of my head there's also Frita Baditos, an amazing Cuban restaurant on Washington between Main and Ashley streets. If you don't mind college students South University St. has some pretty respectable food, and at Hill and State streets you have Big Ten Burrito (an Ann Arbor classic) and Pizza Bob's, which has fantastic milkshakes. If you like beer it's a pretty good town too, I always go out and drink with my parents when I'm home. Our favorite haunts are Bill's Beer Garden (Liberty & Ashley), Arbor Brewing Company (on Washington just east of Main St.) and Wolverine State Brewing Company (on Stadium Drive, a little remote from the rest of these but drat good for a little local operation) C-Euro fucked around with this message at 02:37 on May 29, 2015 |
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I will second Arbor Brewing. Can never go wrong with them.
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# ? May 29, 2015 03:55 |
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How do you not recommend Ashley's for beer? Definitely the best beer bar in the area. If you like Jolly Pumpkin beers, Jolly Pumpkin is also amazing and their food is ridiculous. Also Big Ten burrito opened in 2004 so I'm not sure I'd call it a classic. It's also a real bummer that burritos are no longer $5 tax included like when I went to school there.
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rockcity posted:How do you not recommend Ashley's for beer? Definitely the best beer bar in the area. If you like Jolly Pumpkin beers, Jolly Pumpkin is also amazing and their food is ridiculous. Oh crap you're right about Ashley's, sorry. Also I mostly know BTB because people I knew in high school wouldn't shut up about that place (but it's still good)
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# ? May 29, 2015 16:34 |
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Wheats posted:I'm hoping for some suggestions for Detroit and Ann Arbor (besides Zingerman's), especially hole-in-the-wall spots. Big Ten Burrito for Ann Arbor. Red Coat Tavern for burgers in Detroit.
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# ? May 29, 2015 17:10 |
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indoflaven posted:Big Ten Burrito for Ann Arbor. Red Coat Tavern for burgers in Detroit. Red Coat is good but it got way overhyped to me. Michael Symon's B-Spot in Royal Oak and Rochester are pretty awesome. Burgers aren't huge and they're pricey, but they're delicious.
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C-Euro posted:A few people have posted about it already, but are there any other Philadelphia goons in here? My fiancee and I just moved to Old City from out-of-state and I'm looking for recommendations in that neighborhood or within walking distance of it (so like City Center, NoLibs or Society Hill/Queen Village). Half the places we walk by invoke a "holy poo poo we have to come back here" so we're having trouble prioritizing You have two of the best places in the city near you in Old City in Fork and Zahav. Zahav is a Michael Solomonov place and is really good Israeli/Middle Eastern food. Try and reserve the whole lamb shoulder if you can. He also has a new place in Center City called Abe Fisher which is supposed to be food from the Jewish diaspora. In my opinion Vernick is probably the best restaurant in the city and is in Center City around 20th and Walnut. Definitely get there if you can. You're not to far from Chinatown and the Reading Terminal Market either for more casual stuff. I didn't want to make like a wall of text so this was kind of basic but if you want to know anything more let me know and I'd be glad to try and help you out.
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# ? May 30, 2015 03:38 |
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Jota posted:You have two of the best places in the city near you in Old City in Fork and Zahav. Zahav is a Michael Solomonov place and is really good Israeli/Middle Eastern food. Try and reserve the whole lamb shoulder if you can. He also has a new place in Center City called Abe Fisher which is supposed to be food from the Jewish diaspora. In my opinion Vernick is probably the best restaurant in the city and is in Center City around 20th and Walnut. Definitely get there if you can. You're not to far from Chinatown and the Reading Terminal Market either for more casual stuff. Thanks! We're planning on being here for a while so if you've got the wisdom then lay it on me.
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# ? May 30, 2015 04:43 |
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This is quite an American thread, would anybody be interested in a write up of the Birmingham UK which over the last three years has has turned into one of the most exciting culinary cities in the UK?
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StoneOfShame posted:This is quite an American thread, would anybody be interested in a write up of the Birmingham UK which over the last three years has has turned into one of the most exciting culinary cities in the UK? I once went to a vegetarian restaurant in Brum and it was incredible. Can't remember what it was called but I heard they shut down. All I remember is that it was upstairs somewhere in a nondescript building and we had a hard time finding it. Food was soooooo good.
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# ? May 30, 2015 08:11 |
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Some people were asking about Charlotte, so: Yama Izakaya - Plaza Midwood - go at an off-time to avoid the massive waves of gross hipsters. Food (especially the noodles) are on point. Fig Tree - Elizabeth - pricey; worth it. Best restaurant for a special occasion. Homey, seasonal menus, interesting proteins. Le's Sandwiches and Cafe - Sketchy Plaza on North Tryon - best banh mi in town by far. Delicious, inexpensive, and generous. Sir Edmund Halley's - Myers Park - gussied-up pub fare made fresh and in-house, some inventive entrees, reasonable prices, full menu until 2 AM. Great patio. Hawthorne's Pizza - Elizabeth - it's a pizza place. It's really good. Good Food on Montford - Myers Park - full menu of small plates. Great place to bring a date or to meet a group of friends for a snack and a drink. Riverview Raw Bar - as close to Gaston County as you can get without crossing the bridge - no frills raw bar and "fish camp" type of place. Consistent. There are a whole bunch more. I've been here for about ten years and I like to go out to eat soooo
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the heebie-gbs posted:
Was just there, it's the best basement I've ever accidentally wandered into. Seriously, it's tucked back a bit in the plaza, can take a bit of finding. There is also a fantastic hardware store in the plaza.
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# ? May 31, 2015 02:37 |
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canoshiz posted:Any recommendations for Saratoga Springs, NY? I'm stuck up there quite often for work... I've been on the west coast for several years now, but I lived in the capital region for most of my life. Ravenous has really good crepes, Mrs. London's on Broadway is a good bakery/cafe, Karavalli for Indian. Really you can explore the square bordered by Broadway/Lake/Henry/Spring and the side streets between it, and you'll find a lot of good places. Phila St. and Caroline St. have some of the best. There was a really good dinner place called Dine on Henry St. but I think I heard it closed down some time after I moved out of the area.
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# ? May 31, 2015 08:26 |
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the heebie-gbs posted:Some people were asking about Charlotte, so: Don't forget Lang Van- its not in the best part of town but if you want good Vietnamese here in Charlotte, it's the place to be. If you can't find something you want on the menu, just ask the little old lady what's good, she'll hook you up.
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# ? May 31, 2015 19:58 |
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Just a quickie - anyone know of good places in berlin?
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A jargogle posted:Just a quickie - anyone know of good places in berlin? Datscha does an awesome Russian brunch.
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