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Chan790

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60. I lived in Brooklyn...

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:46 PM

Jul 2015

off of Flatbush Ave. Whoever told you Brooklyn pizza was better than Manhattan pizza told you half a lie. They're both pretty crappy and on-average Brooklyn is better but if you were to pick the 5 or 6 best pizzas in NYC, skipping over the places that get mention because they're popular and pretty much only tourist destinations...they're pretty much all in Manhattan or The Bronx. Really, as a borough, The Bronx gets less food/cultural respect than it should. It's pretty much the only affordable place in the city to open a restaurant anymore so anybody with a new or creative idea or trying to breakthrough is doing it in The Bronx.

As a foodie, if I was going to move back to NYC...I'd be looking mostly at Marble Hill. (It's an odd little neighborhood up around 180th St. considered part of Manhattan despite being surrounded by The Bronx.) It's far enough out that rents are reasonable (for NYC), it's no further from mid-town Manhattan by Subway (time-wise, accounting to the lack of need to transfer trains) than the better parts of Brooklyn and the food scene is coming-up.

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If your state could have a "State Food", [View all] AngryDem001 Jul 2015 OP

Considering how many cities have been overrun with fast food joints, Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #1

Texas - Barbeque n/t MicaelS Jul 2015 #2

see I thought chicken-fried steak Skittles Jul 2015 #8

The official state food of Texas is chili. Hangingon Jul 2015 #23

It ought to be BBQ. Paladin Jul 2015 #82

I am a big fan of Texas Red and BBQ... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #93

I'd go with BBQ - TBF Jul 2015 #83

I just looked at Wilipedia for Cincinnati chili Hangingon Jul 2015 #86

Cincinatti chili is a different beast for sure... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #94

When I Google "Texas Red," I get a horse or a dye. malthaussen Jul 2015 #103

Here is a thread from another site I belong to awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #105

Gracias. :) n/t malthaussen Jul 2015 #106

Cincinnati chili is chili in the same way Sam Brownback is a governor jmowreader Jul 2015 #123

trying to start a fight, MicaelS? SCantiGOP Jul 2015 #75

Memphis for the win awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #95

I think Texas' should be Tex-Mex TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #96

Louisiana's state cuisine is Gumbo. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #3

I'd say at least one kind of food in CA would be sushi. N/A nirvana555 Jul 2015 #4

I was thinking Burgers but so true about Sushi mackerel Jul 2015 #5

Nope. CA = burrito. KamaAina Jul 2015 #39

Nope. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #62

As much as I love Sushi...i would have to say yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #87

I'm sorry, but I don't think Louisiana is allowed to participate in threads like this petronius Jul 2015 #120

You must really like Gumbo. :) Solly Mack Jul 2015 #121

Burgers Minionese pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #6

SoCal - Fish Tacos. NorCal... I dunno sakabatou Jul 2015 #7

I might suggest the LA street dog is poised to topple the fish toco from the number one spot Brother Buzz Jul 2015 #36

I think that the overall state food for California would be avocados. Initech Jul 2015 #64

I miss him! mackerel Jul 2015 #68

Yes, yes, yes! nt Momgonepostal Jul 2015 #111

Burritos in NorCal shanti Jul 2015 #115

Santa Maria-style BBQ for the Central Coast at least petronius Jul 2015 #117

CT has a state food. Chan790 Jul 2015 #9

I thought it was New Yorkers who are obsessed about the supremacy of their pizza. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #11

CT/NY is a fierce pizza rivalry. Chan790 Jul 2015 #14

Hey, I live in the Philly 'burbs malthaussen Jul 2015 #19

Well, I'm From RobinA Jul 2015 #138

I didn't like pizza either, but I had an epiphany: malthaussen Jul 2015 #139

"I don't like pizza"...blasphemy. Chan790 Jul 2015 #140

Where in NYC? KamaAina Jul 2015 #40

I lived in Brooklyn... Chan790 Jul 2015 #60

I am familiar with Marble Hill KamaAina Jul 2015 #66

Boston is in the mix as well. KamaAina Jul 2015 #46

I like Chicago style pizza better. IrishEyes Jul 2015 #63

I've always wanted to try Chicago style pizza but have never had the opportunity to do so. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #77

Put it on your bucket list IrishEyes Jul 2015 #89

My only problem with Chicago style pizza... Chan790 Jul 2015 #100

The Steamed Cheeseburger is Delicious! sharp_stick Jul 2015 #58

Pizza. bigwillq Jul 2015 #10

Oh yes, the white clam pie from Modern on State Street in New Haven... CTyankee Jul 2015 #15

Modern is still going strong. bigwillq Jul 2015 #16

Forgot to add. In New Haven it's "abeez." CTyankee Jul 2015 #17

I always heard "apizza" was Neapolitan dialect. KamaAina Jul 2015 #41

probably is, but it makes sense that it's a shortened version of La Pizza... CTyankee Jul 2015 #47

A few years ago there was a big spat about Florida's state pie. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #12

Could make the crust out of finely chopped pecans Grammy23 Jul 2015 #32

Pecans! That's the state tree of Texas! CTyankee Jul 2015 #48

You are right. Not a bad idea at all. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #78

Maryland would be easy. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #13

Arizona: Indian Frybread Coventina Jul 2015 #18

Why not boiled puppy... malthaussen Jul 2015 #20

I think that's indigenous to Mexico, not Arizona. Coventina Jul 2015 #22

Maybe other Plains tribes, then. malthaussen Jul 2015 #24

what? where? hopemountain Jul 2015 #91

Ancient Mexico: The Aztec Empire. They raised what is now called the Mexican Hairless Dog Coventina Jul 2015 #104

Also a delicacy in China -- still. n/t malthaussen Jul 2015 #108

Sweet Tea, mebbe struggle4progress Jul 2015 #21

Lol, I live in NC, and I drive the wait staff crazy because cwydro Jul 2015 #27

Why just settle for kidney stones when you could have diabetes too? struggle4progress Jul 2015 #34

Well, hell! lol! cwydro Jul 2015 #35

Colorado: Snacks madamesilverspurs Jul 2015 #25

LOL - pass the Funyons. bluedigger Jul 2015 #37

NC is known for barbecue too. cwydro Jul 2015 #26

I do like vinegar based pork BBQ. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #30

Oh they have that here too, and it's my favorite too. cwydro Jul 2015 #31

I've never, ever considered vinegar with BBQ. LanternWaste Jul 2015 #50

The recipe isn't all that hard jmowreader Jul 2015 #124

Mustard based not just a South Carolina thing SCantiGOP Jul 2015 #102

is it kind of a "white sauce"? shanti Jul 2015 #114

Australian here...more exactly South Australian SwissTony Jul 2015 #28

My boyfriend was saying they do that in Adelaide. mackerel Jul 2015 #72

Didn't know that was a state dish. malthaussen Jul 2015 #109

Nah, it's definitely an Adellaide dish SwissTony Jul 2015 #110

PA only has an official state cookie -- Chocolate chip. femmocrat Jul 2015 #29

I thought western PA would be venison liberaltrucker Jul 2015 #49

I think you might be right! femmocrat Jul 2015 #54

Hotdish--MN BainsBane Jul 2015 #33

The Pasty Kaleva Jul 2015 #38

I was right! KamaAina Jul 2015 #42

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Cornwall is a state? KamaAina Jul 2015 #81

Well, there is such a thing as Cornish Nationalism T_i_B Jul 2015 #136

Colorado? "Brownies" Laffy Kat Jul 2015 #43

I thought that might also be California's ailsagirl Jul 2015 #55

fried something lame54 Jul 2015 #44

Hawai'i: Spam KamaAina Jul 2015 #45

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Pennsylvania - Shoofly pie with scrapple. GoneOffShore Jul 2015 #52

But not on the same plate please. hvn_nbr_2 Jul 2015 #57

Pour a little maple syrup on that scrapple and it goes perfectly with shoofly pie. GoneOffShore Jul 2015 #59

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So you haven't been to Intercourse in 45 years? LynneSin Jul 2015 #80

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I hated it as a child but, GoneOffShore Jul 2015 #90

I'm dying to try one of these. gvstn Jul 2015 #141

Scrapple with Shoofly for dessert. drm604 Jul 2015 #101

PA PADemD Jul 2015 #116

NYC'ers will say pizza.... Inkfreak Jul 2015 #53

Alabama Shrimp 'N Grits trof Jul 2015 #56

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Indiana Chellee Jul 2015 #65

That's what I would have posted AwakeAtLast Jul 2015 #127

Chili Mac! Chellee Jul 2015 #129

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Dogfish Head Beer LynneSin Jul 2015 #70

Chili BarbaRosa Jul 2015 #73

Delaware - should be scrapple woodsprite Jul 2015 #76

I came here to say this. So funny when ion_theory Jul 2015 #131

I love scrapple. For me, it needs to be so crispy that you... 3catwoman3 Jul 2015 #133

I need my scapple the same way but ion_theory Jul 2015 #134

Same here. woodsprite Jul 2015 #137

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There is Chicago and there is much of the rest of Illinois mucifer Jul 2015 #98

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