Okay, just to REALLY mess things up - last restaurant?

[HopeHoops]

If you post McD's, Burger King, or other shit in a take-out bag fast food place I'm going to get nasty.

Me? Fuck, I don't know. Some non-chain place.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Just got home w/2 slices from Oz Pizza.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. McCormick & Schmeck's........a seafood place.

It is a chain, but a nice one. We go often for lunch.

[boston bean]

8. I think you mean Schmicks?

right??

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. You're right! I can NEVER spell that correctly!

We just usually call it McCormicks.

[boston bean]

11. I hear ya.

I went to the one at Faneuil Hall in Boston, and I wasn't that impressed. You like it though?

Maybe I just got the wrong dish. I did get a steak! at a Seafood restaurant.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Yes, we enjoy the food...

My husband has some favorites, and even though they're not on the menu anymore, he can still order them.

We go all the time, and they see us as family.

I've had their steak salad, and thought it was pretty good. Your mileage may vary, however!

[LiberalEsto]

3. Saagar

Great Indian restaurant in Gaithersburg, MD. Their weekend lunch buffet is wonderful, with vegetarian and carnivore options.

[handmade34]

9. I'm working

on the other side of DC... if I get over that way... Indian is my favorite!! Yum

[LiberalEsto]

16. There's another good one very close to Saagar

The other one is Madras Palace, which is all-vegetarian. My husband works with a lot of Indians and they say Madras Palace is one of the best in the area.

We've also run across some of his co-workers at Saagar. We love the buffet because they constantly offer different dishes, and you get the opportunity to sample whatever interests you. Saagar's lemon rice today was amazing.

Saagar is on Quince Orchard Road at Firstfield Road, behind the drive-in Starbucks.

If you go a little bit further east on Firstfield Road and turn right after Einstein Bagels, you will come in to Diamond Square shopping center. Madras Palace will be immediately on your left.

Enjoy!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Sun Street Breads.

Little local outfit - they make their own bread in-house, serve breakfasts and sandwiches.

http://www.sunstreetbreads.com/

[Little Star]

5. Bertucci's...

It's a chain but not fast food.

http://www.bertuccis.com/

[HopeHoops]

22. Been there. It takes so long to get your food you might die before getting to eat any.

It's GOOD food, but definitely NOT fast food!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Blue Sky Chinese.

100% "Americanized," for people who care about such things (I do not. I grew up eating "Americanized" Chinese food.&quot .

Not the best, not the worst. For 8 at lunchtime bucks I get soup, fried rice, an egg roll, and an entree (I usually have the black mushroom chicken).

[boston bean]

7. Longhorns

[handmade34]

12. dinner when I got into town

"Cesars Diner" ...had the salmon

http://www.cesarsdiner.com/

[taterguy]

13. Applebees

[Burma Jones]

15. Roy's Place, Gaithersburg, MD

A Sandwich Place of greatness

http://roysplacerestaurant.com/

[LiberalEsto]

17. That's one of our favorite places!

We've been going to Roy's since we moved to Maryland 21 years ago.
Their sandwich menu is truly astonishing - over 200 sandwiches.
Last summer they had jazz on Sunday evenings but I'm not sure if they do during the winter.

[HopeHoops]

23. Wow. I remember that from 30 years ago, one in Columbia, MD.

Do they still have the Bender Schmender (or something like that) - something like a 7 layer "sandwich" that's enough food for five or six people (maybe more). They advertised it by saying if you ate the entire thing (alone) they'd bring you another one for free.

[Burma Jones]

24. The Bender Schmender lives, all they say is that it's the only 5 decker Club and

that it comes with a Psychiatric appointment.

The Columbia outpost closed back in the 1980's I believe.

Roy's came close to closing last April when they couldn't make Mortgage payments. However, they worked something out....

http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05042011/poolnew191154_32545.php


I've been going to Roy's Place for 40 years now......about 6-7 times a year.

[madinmaryland]

25. I'll have to make a trip down there.

There are only chain restaurants in Columbia these days.

There is a restaurant thread in the Maryland Group, if you want to add to it!

[HopeHoops]

31. I spent most of 2nd period 10th grade math class at the Jack In The Box up the hill from WLHS.

I don't think there are any JITBs this side of the Rockies anymore. There was a time when Columbia was FILLED with small restaurants. Every village had at least one, usually more. It all looks the same now, same with Reston. Just the same shit, different road. Reston is particularly bad. Other than one Trader Joe's and a Fresh Fields, the only grocery stores are either Giants or Safeways. All of the gas stations are either Exxon or Sunoco. With few exceptions, all of the restaurants are chains (although I have to admit I miss Ledo's).

Step outside to Herndon and the entire world changes. Last I heard, Tortilla Factory was still doing quite well.

[madinmaryland]

40. Ledo's. Haven't been there in a couple of months. Maybe lunch today, there!

[HopeHoops]

45. There's just something about that flour and water thin crust.

It reminds me of a place we got pizza from when I was a kid (take out mind you - NOBODY delivered back then) called "Fat Man's" on Georgia Avenue, not far from Wheaton Elementary (at the 198 intersection) and almost directly across from Wheaton Regional Park. I have no idea if it is still there or not, but it was damn close to what Ledo's makes. Actually, I doubt the elementary is still there. It was old when I went to kindergarten there.

[LiberalEsto]

63. Ledo's is not real pizza in my opinion

We who grew up in or around NYC regard Ledo's as the Olive Garden of pizza.

There is, however, real New Jersey pizza to be had in Gaithersburg, MD.
The place is called Slice of Olde Towne. It's located on Diamond Avenue, not too far from Roy's Place but on the opposite side of the street.
When we first tried them we thought we'd gone to pizza heaven. Or New Jersey.

[grasswire]

56. what happened to Clyde's in Reston?

And what about the Ice House? (I guess that's Herndon)

I loved Clyde's.

[HopeHoops]

88. I don't remember the Ice House, but last I knew Clyde's was still there.

[Burma Jones]

34. I used to go to a Tavern/Extravagant Beer joint in Columbia...I've forgotten the name though....

Used to hang out at Columbia Mall back when I was a teenager in Olney......

[HopeHoops]

26. I grew up in Columbia with a short stint in Monkey Village.

A lot has changed in both areas.

[madinmaryland]

39. Monkey Village??

What part of Columbia is/was that??

[HopeHoops]

44. It wasn't. Same shit, different county - Sorry, that's just what everyone called it.

Montgomery Village off of 355 (Montgomery Village Avenue - imagine that) just west of Gaithersburg, curiously located in Montgomery County.

[LiberalEsto]

90. and Montgomery County is often called

MoCo

[HopeHoops]

91. Not so much back then, but yes.

And if there is such a thing as Hell on Earth, the 270 merge onto the beltway is as close as you get - and I commuted in the Boston area for 10 years!!!

[kwassa]

101. Um, I've never heard it called Monkey Village.

and this is my 16th year living in it. You are being addressed from Montgomery Village!

and not to be picky, it is north and east of Gaithersburg.

[HopeHoops]

104. Well to be fair, I moved out of there in 78 - at the TIME that's what we called it.

True, it is n.e., but Montgomery Village Ave. does have a major intersection with 355.

Since you're familiar with the area, Mont. Village Jr. High's band was invited to join Gathersburg's band in the stands for the homecoming game (77 or 78, forget which year). Just as they were crowning Gaithersburg's homecoming queen, a group of Seneca Valley guys ran across the field with a huge banner that said, "The only GOOD Trojan is a USED Trojan!!!"

The homecoming queen burst into tears and a small army of Gathersburg guys chased the S.V. guys back to their side and were met by another army of guys from S.V. on that side. "Higgledy-piggledy" is a fairly good description of what transpired after that.

On Edit: I was in the Jr. High band at the time.

[marlakay]

18. Uncorked Wine Bar

In Snoqualamie Wa, great small plates, and we were there on tues night, half off bottle of wine, got Malbec...yummmmm

[trackfan]

19. Colombo's

in Los Angeles, CA.

http://www.yummyeats.com/restaurant-guide.htm

[kcass1954]

20. Went to lunch at Las Vegas last weekend.

Best Cuban food in south Broward County, and it's right around the corner from my best friend. Mariquitas, lechon asado, arroz blanco, frijoles negros and maduros - to die for!

On Friday at work, we ordered tacos from some Honduran place. (I'll never eat at Taco Bell again.)

[NRaleighLiberal]

21. small neighborhood strip mall Italian place near Jacksonville FL - Perardo's

Only place reasonable close to our Hampton Inn. Really good - on our trip back from visiting my mom. Lasagna and baked ziti with little salads and garlic rolls. Plenty for leftovers the next night.

[kentauros]

27. Zabak's Mediterranean Cafe

I had a falafel sandwich and a DP. I also stayed about three hours after closing time, writing and visiting with my friends that run the place

http://www.zabaks.com/

Review in the Houston Press - Falafels and Poor Boys at Zabak's Mediterranean Café

[HopeHoops]

29. DP?

[kentauros]

30. Der Pepper

[HopeHoops]

33. "Dr" I trust. But nothing beats and RC and a MoonPie.

I'm pretty sure RC is a regional reference (Royal Crown Cola).

[kentauros]

35. I know RC

and I like it, too. I spelled "Dr Pepper" that way as in the German "der"

RC doesn't taste as good with HFCS and I can remember the old days of only sugar in soft drinks. Have they ever put out a cane-sugar version?

[HopeHoops]

42. Yeah, like when I drank it as a kid. I don't know if they even exist anymore.

I still drink diet Moxie and diet ginger ale (usually as a mixer), but I haven't seen RC in years. On the plus side, we CAN get Vernor's in Pennsyltucky.

[kentauros]

46. RC is still bottled and distributed here.

Maybe they're sticking to the South these days...

[Lasher]

38. I prefer a Double Cola with my Moon Pie.

Call me a traditionalist.

[HopeHoops]

43. Communist.

Face it, RC and moon pies were MADE for each other.

[Lasher]

49. Skittles told me you wear checks and stripes.

Figures, anybody who doesn't know a Double Cola goes with a Moon Pie.

[HopeHoops]

50. Ooh. That's below the belt. How did SHE know what kind of undies I wear?

I know. MFM told her.

[Lasher]

52. That's all she told me.

But I have it on good authority that she likes to wear pajama jeans and tuxedo t-shirts. And crocs.

[HopeHoops]

87. I'll stick with my stripes & checks undies.

[MadrasT]

28. Flying Biscuit

Candler Park (Atlanta).

Mmmmmmmmmmm, Flying Biscuit.

[Iggo]

32. Frantone's

An Itralian place in Downey, CA.

I had the lasagna with meatballs and sauce.

Excellent.

[OriginalGeek]

36. Viet-Thai

for lunch on Friday. Had delicious Penang curry with chicken and saffron rice. The waitress laughed at me for ordering "american" hot. Thai hot kills me. It was all in good fun though so I don't mind her laughing. We eat lunch there pretty regularly. One of my co-workers always gets Thai hot and he powers through it but it sure looks like a strain from where I'm sitting. He gets the sweats. lol.

[surrealAmerican]

37. One of the local Thai places ...

... unless, you're including ordering out in you definition, in which case it would be a local rib place. I'm lucky enough to live somewhere with a lot of dining options.

[Ikonoklast]

41. JL's Bar-B-Q in Pryor, Oklahoma.

Had beef brisket, baked beans, cole slaw, seasoned potato wedges Texas toast and unsweetened tea.

It was tasty; not the best bbq I've ever had, but far from the worst...three stars out of five.

[OriginalGeek]

64. BBQ beef brisket is what I miss most

One of my first jobs was at a BBQ place in Duncanville, TX. It's still there but under new ownership and when I was in Texas 2 years ago I stopped in to see what was up and was happy to find 30something years later they were still using the same pits out back and the same kind of mesquite wood and the same Mrs Baird's white bread on the side. Tasted just like I remembered. Here in Florida all they wanna do is bbq a pig. Which is fine but Beef Brisket will always be "real BBQ" to me. lol.

There's a fella in Orlando who is from Ft Worth and he does a pretty good brisket at his restaurant but not as good as Micky Webb used to.

[JCMach1]

81. did you ever try Bad Brad's?

in Stillwater and Pawhuska I think still

[trof]

47. BP gas station.

Rick's Fried Chicken
"Best Fried Chicken" according to the sign.
The chicken livers were tasty.
Ditto for the fried okra.
All for $4.99.
What?
You never ate at a gas station?
You must not live in Alabama.

[bigwillq]

48. Duchess

And I don't care that it's take-out bag fast food, it's yummy!

[mopinko]

53. el famous burrito.

small chain now, but mine is the original. burritos as big as your head.
great, cheap joint.

[Beer Snob-50]

54. blue heron restaurant in sunderland ma

great food, a little expensive.......an awesome seafood stew!

[GoneOffShore]

55. Last restaurant - last meal.

Le Comptoir at Carrefour d'Odeon, Paris.

The amazing plank o'pork (charcuterie platter), Lamb shank with couscous and the ewe's milk ice cream with caramel. Several large bottles of the amazing house sparkling pink wine and a large marc and double espresso.

[MGKrebs]

57. Verde Taquieria (Atlanta)

It's new, don't know much about it ,but it's good!

http://verdetacos.com/tacos/

[Lil Missy]

58. Bonefish Grill.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

59. B L Bistro

A couple of weeks ago
I am off tomorrow too and I think we will go to Leal's (Mexican)

[pacalo]

60. Middendorf's for seafood: softshell crab, fried shrimp, catfish, & oysters.

With garden salad & french bread on the side.

Yummy!!!

[Rowdyboy]

61. Sal and Mookie's-best pizzas/sandwiches in the area....I had a "Tony Montana"-a kickass Cuban

[Moondog]

62. Too-Jays.

One of a very small chain of delis in central Florida.

Had a corned beef and pastrami, with Russian dressing and cole slaw, on rye. Hot. With a truly giant kosher pickle on the side. Very nice.

Oh, and I am as WASPy as they come. But I love a Jewish deli.

[OriginalGeek]

66. Too-Jays is awesome!

Love their Reuben and the stuffed cabbage and the potato pancakes and, well, everything I've had so far lol. I love that you can get an omelet with corned beef hash in it.

[Moondog]

68. I'll have to try

the Reuben. Maybe the stuffed cabbage too!

[OriginalGeek]

71. You'll be glad ya did!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

65. Naviya's, an slightly upscale Thai restauarnt in my neighborhood

[geardaddy]

94. Is that new?

That's the first I've heard of that place.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

95. It relocated from its former location

practically under the Richfield watertower near 66th and Penn.

[geardaddy]

96. Cool.

I'll have to check it out. I love Thai food.

[Enrique]

67. Florribean restaurant in Sarasota

two thumbs down.

[OriginalGeek]

70. Awww man, you were in Sarasota

You could have gone to the Amish place! Yoders is outstanding - but maybe not close enough to where you were. They have a couple other Amish restaurants and I have heard they are all good but Yoder's is the only one I've been to and I wanna go back.

Never been to Floribbean but thanks for the heads up on the thumbs down.

[Enrique]

73. I wish we'd gone to Yoders

I used to live in Sarasota and I've been to Yoder's many times. It's definitely not my style of food but it is good food and the place is such a great tradition. And the pies of course...

[OriginalGeek]

79. Them folk can flat out make a pie

My favorite is Butterscotch.

The corn cakes were a surprise for me too - I thought it would be something akin to cornbread but it was more like pancakes and even came with syrup (that I think they squeezed out of a maple tree that morning - seriously the best syrup I've ever had)...and now I understand why there are places that serve chicken and waffles - that fried chicken and those corn cakes with syrup have given me happy dreams just thinking about them lol....


but it would probably kill me earlier if I ate there a lot - good thing it's a 2 hour drive lol!

[Generic Brad]

69. Pho Saigon

It's a little mom and pop place. And their pho is the best I have ever had.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

72. DaVinci's

Italian.

[Angry Dragon]

82. which one??

[Tuesday Afternoon]

99. crosstown

[Still Blue in PDX]

74. Spaghetti Factory

I know it's a chain, but it was here before it was a chain.

[Codeine]

75. Chipotle. It's a big chain but it kicks ass.

And it has vegan options!

[REP]

76. Sundance Mining Company

Local steakhouse.

[NYC_SKP]

77. The Olive something.... Olive Tree, Italian Olive, I don't remember.

[Curmudgeoness]

78. Olive Garden.

Just kidding. It was a local bar/restaurant called the Nittany Pub---great hamburgers and real fries. And no, I am not in State College.

[Mopar151]

80. Snack bar at Sam's club

Nathan's hot dog and a big soda = $1.70

[LeftyMom]

83. Loving Hut.

It's a chain AND it's run by a cult. Whatever, the food's amazing.

[rrneck]

84. Wiley's World. Best pasta on the planet. nt

[Skittles]

85. Del Taco, but I dined in!!!

[Iggo]

97. Oh you fancy, huh.

[era veteran]

86. Joe Bologna's

[fifthoffive]

98. In Lexington, KY?

I was about to post that!

[era veteran]

102. Yes

I am there a lot.

[rbnyc]

89. Peter Luger Steakhouse

...or the Olive Garden, I'm just not sure.



http://www.peterluger.com/

[hifiguy]

92. Lotus ofr Siam

in Las Vegas. Best Thai food in North America.

[geardaddy]

93. Here:

http://www.craftsmanrestaurant.com/files/dinner.pdf
They use local ingredients and organics when possible.

The local food trend is huge in Minneapolis now.

[alphafemale]

100. Kind of did something a little odd.

Spent the day in Savannah/Tybee. Church at the UU Savannah, first time I had been there in ages. But I told bf about it and he was intrigued.

After that we went towards Tybee spent some time at Fort Pulaski. Then to get to your answer we went to The Crab Shack http://www.thecrabshack.com/ on Tybee Island looking for calamari. They didn't have any but we had some wonderful crab stew.

Then we went to the Tybee Island pier. Came back to Savannah. Happened to spot the Occupy Savannah group. Made bf circle the block so I could get out and hug and thank them.

Then we had our dinner at Carlito's http://carlitosmexicanbarandgrill.com/ in Savannah. Which is probably one of my favorite Mexican places ever. And we had a Groupon for it that I had bought over a month ago so it "felt" almost free.

[WildEyedLiberal]

103. Oklahoma Joe's in Kansas City

Their pulled pork is perfection and so is the sauce, and the fries are way too damn good you almost forget you're eating fries. All for around 8 bucks, and you will never get a more delicious or more filling meal anywhere (and you'll take the fries home, because they give you A TON).