Can I drive my time machine? n/t (Reply #30)

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Fri Aug 28, 2020, 07:27 AM

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
Choose one restaurant. [View all]	Laelth	Aug 2020	OP
Some context--I know which restaurant the President would choose.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#1
Texas de Brazil	Cirque du So-What	Aug 2020	#2
Where is that? Sounds delicious. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#12
They're all over	Cirque du So-What	Aug 2020	#20
All urban, but very diverse with great-looking food.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#22
I would go with a local restaurant	Sherman A1	Aug 2020	#3
It's got to be a Chinese buffet then	Generic Brad	Aug 2020	#4
You must name a specific restaurant.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#10
I'd prefer a local one	Generic Brad	Aug 2020	#23
Great story.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#24
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Portland	trueblue2007	Aug 2020	#42
There are lots of those all over the country.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#43
But you would get to eat for only a few months	SCantiGOP	Aug 2020	#48
NOT JUST STEAK. THEY have many other choices ....	trueblue2007	Aug 2020	#66
I'd have to pick the same.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#29
COVID-19 may drive all buffets out of business.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#44
Oh, in this Covid-world too? Lol.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#64
My coworker is wondering if 7-11 counts as a restaurant?	happybird	Aug 2020	#5
Does the 7-11 take food stamps (EBT)?	Laelth	Aug 2020	#7
Yep, they take EBT.	happybird	Aug 2020	#40
Honestly, a "diner" with broad geography is high on my list.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#45
I love Waffle House!	happybird	Aug 2020	#52
We, Deep Southerners, call it the "Awful Waffle."	Laelth	Aug 2020	#55
I want to pick up every open check at a local Colombian restaurant	Danmel	Aug 2020	#6
I guess it would be Legal Sea Foods. I remember the original one	Croney	Aug 2020	#8
I assume you mean Cambridge, MA.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#58
Yes, MA. It was a store first, and Wikipedia says	Croney	Aug 2020	#63
Nifty. Thanks for the backstory. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#73
Olive Garden...come for the breadsticks, stay for the...	ret5hd	Aug 2020	#9
Admittedly, that one was high on my list.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#11
My reply was completely tongue in cheek!	ret5hd	Aug 2020	#13
Fair. I admit that there are many things I dislike about that company.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#15
Now you've gone and done it!	Laffy Kat	Aug 2020	#65
I forgot pitbulls.	ret5hd	Aug 2020	#72
You didn't even require every meal there	unc70	Aug 2020	#14
So long as you never move, that sounds like a good choice. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#16
I've lived in Chapel Hill since 1966	unc70	Aug 2020	#18
Daughter and I have gotten chinese take-out twice since March.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#25
Rio Grande (in Boulder and 3 other locations)	CloudWatcher	Aug 2020	#17
Nice choice.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#19
This message was self-deleted by its author	Glorfindel	Aug 2020	#21
We ave such a dearth of good restaurants in the midwest	rurallib	Aug 2020	#26
Ever tried Skyline Chili?	Laelth	Aug 2020	#46
Well I live in Iowa, but in my working days I had to visit Cincinnati frequently	rurallib	Aug 2020	#49
Do you have Runze there where you are?	Laelth	Aug 2020	#51
no I think I have heard of it and it is in Nebraska	rurallib	Aug 2020	#54
Ted's Montana Grill	csziggy	Aug 2020	#27
Sarge's Deli in New York City	jmowreader	Aug 2020	#28
What a superb, informative reply! Thank you.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#57
Sarge's is on 3rd Avenue	jmowreader	Aug 2020	#61
Excellent. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#62
Sure miss the Carnegie Deli.	Totally Tunsie	Aug 2020	#75
Can I drive my time machine? n/t	Harker	Aug 2020	#30
No, sorry. All real-world constraints apply.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#31
I'll stay home and cook mostly Asian, as usual.	Harker	Aug 2020	#32
Thanks for taking us along for the ride. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#33
Any time!	Harker	Aug 2020	#34
Karl Strauss Brew Pub	Initech	Aug 2020	#35
Lucille's in Fort Worth TX a long time FW favorite	yellowdogintexas	Aug 2020	#36
Been there. I have family in Fort Worth, and yes!	Laelth	Aug 2020	#59
Shun Lee Palace on Manhattan's East Side	DFW	Aug 2020	#37
That one I will have to try. Thank you.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#60
I made it back with almost no trouble	DFW	Aug 2020	#70
Nick's, in Madison, CT...	First Speaker	Aug 2020	#38
After much deliberation, I'm going with Outback	happybird	Aug 2020	#39
Not a bad choice. Wide variety of relatively healthy food.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#56
Le Bernardin	MissMillie	Aug 2020	#41
We used to do one pricey dinner out every year. We did go to Le Bernardin. Not memorable...	LAS14	Aug 2020	#47
Golden Corral	egduj	Aug 2020	#50
If I get to eat there for free, as often as I like, I agree.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#53
Finally picked one! :D	electric_blue68	Aug 2020	#67
Finally picked one! :D	electric_blue68	Aug 2020	#68
GUELAGUETZA, Baby	Brother Buzz	Aug 2020	#69
I'd choose Nepenthe in Big Sur, but then I'd have to go to California all the time...	NNadir	Aug 2020	#71
Top Of Binion's for the Chicken Fried Lobster	Floyd R. Turbo	Aug 2020	#74
Chicken Fried Lobster?	Laelth	Aug 2020	#78
It's incredible!	Floyd R. Turbo	Aug 2020	#84
Sounds hellish.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#76
It's a tough choice, admittedly. n/t	Laelth	Aug 2020	#79
Especially because I don't do chain restaurants. And there's no place close by that's that good.	GoneOffShore	Aug 2020	#86
Chicago Diner in Chicago because	mucifer	Aug 2020	#77
I think it's interesting that nobody has chosen a pizza joint yet.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#80
Pizza every day could be a bit much	mucifer	Aug 2020	#81
I hear you.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#82
Lots Of Pizza Joints...	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2020	#89
Damn you!	demmiblue	Aug 2020	#83
Don't hate me. I'm getting the Soul bowl for dinner. Yours looks great, too!	mucifer	Aug 2020	#87
Yes, indeed (vegetarian, but on the plant-based path)	demmiblue	Aug 2020	#88
The Copperleaf in Burien, Washington.	Aristus	Aug 2020	#85
I'd go with Casa Bianca in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles...	GReedDiamond	Aug 2020	#90
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Aug 2020	#91

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