Name your local Best Restauraunt

[7th_Sephiroth]

every town has atleast one local restauraunt, usually a burger joint, that serves the best damn food ever, name yours, and where

Pensacola, Fl, Old Garetts grill

[fishwax]

1. Norman Oklahoma's

New York Pizza is probably my favorite restaurant here. Cheap, fast, extraordinarily tasty :D They serve pasta entrees and subs as well, but I always go with the pizza.

[MercutioATC]

17. I've been to The Steak Joint in Ok City.

Great service, great food.

[Rainbowreflect]

2. Lincoln, NE, Runza.

[huskerlaw]

5. I think that would be Best Fast Food

but if you're talking actual restaurant, I'd go with Lazlo's. Good food, even better microbrews.

[Rainbowreflect]

13. I would agree with you on that.

Runza is where my out of town family always has to go when they are here, Runza & Valentino's.
I personally prefer Lazlo's.

[theorist]

3. Samira. Afghan food. yum!

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. Charleston, IL: Roc's Black Front

Steak, chops, burgers and the best darned ribs outside of Chicago.

:)

[4_Legs_Good]

6. Tom's (burger joint) in Lompoc California

Grease pit burger joint, but you can get any of their 26 burgers made with a Garden Patty.

Good stuff in a town with very, very few choices.

david

[MuseRider]

7. Topeka, Kansas

The Globe Indian food.

[Jessica]

8. WV Brewing Company ...

Among my favorites - Beer Bread (with honey butter), Blackwater Stout Potato Soup & Cajun Tuna Steak. Topped off with a big Appalachian Ale. :9

[XNASA]

9. Bamboo Blue

Here's a link that sums up the food scene in my town, though I like Bamboo Blue best. It's a Pan-Asian place. Really comfy.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/hungryhound/052604_hh_homewood.html

[EC]

10. Heaven City

Used to be a brothel:

http://www.heavencity.com/


Tapas Tuesday example menu:

HEAVEN CITY RESTAURANT

CHEF SCOTT McGLINCHEY PRESENTS

(This is a sample menu only, the actual menu changes weekly.)


Calamata Olive Bread with Extra Virgin Olive Oil $3.50

Heaven City's Spanish Tortilla with Rosemary Aioli $4.50

Smoked Trout Turnover on Mustard Sauce $6.00

Exotic Mushroom Pasta with Mushroom Sauce $4.75

Grilled Beef Filet with Smoked Gouda Sauce $6.50

Sesame Chicken with Ginger Lime Sauce $5.75

Beef Filet with stuffed with Tasso $6.50

Duck Pot Stickers $5.75

Chorizo and Mushroom Flamedo $5.00

Atlantic Mussels in Curried Cream Sauce $5.00

Cat Tails and Remoulade $5.00

Shark Tacos with Queso Fresco $4.50

Crispy Crab Risotto Cake on Tomato Coulis $6.00

Shiitake Mushroom & Asparagus Risotto $5.25

Seared Tuna with Ponzu Sauce $6.00

Bronzed Catfish with Creole $5.00

Scallops with Pineapple Citrus Sauce $6.00

Portabella Caesar Salad $5.00

Blackened Tuna with spiced Honey Cream $6.00

Shrimp Etouffee $6.00

Artichoke bottom filled with Baby Mozzarella $5.00

Origami Salmon $6.00

Chicken Bangkok $5.75

Garlicky Potatoes with Aioli $3.50

Beef Ravioli on a Roasted Pepper Purée $4.00

Shrimp and Scallops Flamedo $6.00

Garlicky Mushrooms $3.50

Grilled Gulf Shrimp on Rhône Tomato Olive Relish $6.00

Exotic Mushroom and Brie Tart $6.00

Warm Apple Tart $4.00

Peach Cobbler $4.00

Chocolate Paradise $4.50

Kahlua Flan $4.00

Strawberries Romanoff $4.50

Gourmet Guitar by "D’ Arez" ¡OLÉ!

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. One of my favorite restaurants.

Scott opened a barbecue joint in Bay View called "Q." It's also excellent.

[EC]

22. Yeah, I heard or read about it, don't remember which...

Haven't been able to do "fine dining" much lately, like I could when Clinton was in....used to pick a good place once a month and a group of us girls would go, usually on a Saturaday, go to a museum, dinner and clubs. Last time I was at Heaven was for the Tapas Tuesday, tried a bit of everything, because there were 7 of us and each picked 3 dishes and passed them around...Yumm....Last place we got to go to was Moe's in Milwaukee...it was okay, wouldn't recommend because for the price it was not exceptional...I would recommend Mader's German Restaurant -- Downtown Milwaukee, loved it - good German Beer and reasonable prices...and valet parking...(valet's didn't sqeal that van smelled like pot either)Their brie w/raspberry sauce was out of this world!




Mader's (1037 N. Old World Third St., 414-271-3377)

One of the signature German restaurants in downtown Milwaukee, Mader's has been serving on Old World Third Street since 1902. Dress is casual, although you would not be out of place in formal attire.

Specialties at Mader's include the Bavarian sauerbraten (beef marinated in old world spices and wine vinegar for 10 days, topped off with ginger snap sauce, served with red cabbage and spaetzle, $24), Mader's Famous Tower Ring Pork Shank (favorite for 99 years, updated to a skinless shank with an apple demi-glaze served with sauerkraut and potatoes, $21), and their Wienerschnitzel (veal pounded flat, lightly breaded and sautéed, served with potato dumplings and mushroom cream sauce, $28). Mader's offers 217 imported beers, some of which are even German.

Mader's also has a gift shop upstairs and an art gallery featuring landscapes. Also, if you're looking for a stein, Mader's is a place you can buy one. Valet parking is also available.

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sundays, Mader's offers a brunch at 10:30 a.m. and is open for dinner from noon-9 p.m.

[11 Bravo]

11. Tara Thai

Great little hole-in-the-wall Thai restaurant in Vienna, VA.

[Donailin]

29. we got one in Rockville

my kids love that place.

[Dr.Phool]

12. When I lived in Cleveland

There was a place at Great Northern called Weia Teia. Asian fusion food. Some of the tastiest food I ever had. And if you go for lunch, you get the same entree's on the dinner menu, just a little smaller.

Now in Florida, Tarpon Springs area, we love Bally Hoo. Mussels Diablo for an appetizer, and lots of good seafood, and steaks!

[MercutioATC]

18. Weia Teia moved to Oberlin last year.

We go there for lunch ocasionally. Agreed, great food.

[matcom]

14. Cafe Sorrento's

WONDERFUL Italian food. GREAT prices and HUGE portions!

their veal margarita is AMAZING!!

[KittyWampus]

15. Cafe Max In East Hampton & Shagwongs In Montauk

Pacific East SUCKS.

[KurtNYC]

16. Pontillo's Pizza

http://www.pontillospizza.com/history.html

The king of pizzas in a town full of parlors.

[Magrittes Pipe]

20. Sanford

Milwaukee

[auburngrad82]

21. 42nd Street Oyster Bar, Raleigh, NC

But not as good as the original 42nd St Oyster Bar in NYC.

[SonofMass]

23. Cracker Barrel

[Donailin]

31. yum. chicken fried steak and eggs

with that country gravy. mmmmmm.

[prairierose]

24. Boy, that's a hard one coz I can't talk about just the town I live in....

because the whole Black Hills is one small town! In Rapid City, Botticelli's Ristorante has the best Italian food but the Chop House is reputed to have the best steaks & Hunan's I think has the best Chinese. The Fireside Inn is also supposed to have very good steaks & burgers. And the Corn Exchange has the best gourmet food around. Oh, I almost forgot the Firehouse. Good food and really good microbrewed beer, I usually just go for the beer :evilgrin: I don't think we have a good burger joint here right in town because Fuddruckers just doesn't really count..

I like the Road Kill Cafe in Sturgis for burgers. My favorite Chinese food is the Chinatown Cafe in Deadwood. There are also several good places to get steak there.

My favorite resturant anywhere in the Hills is The Alpine Inn in Hill City. You have no choice for the supper menu, except the size of the steak you order & how it's cooked, but the desserts are to DIE for. The tiramisu is absolutely heaven.

Every town here has at least one really good eating establishment.

Believe me I haven't talked about some of the other really good places within 30 minutes or so of my house.

[Steve Nash is god 13]

25. bd's mongolian barbecue

Its kind of a buffet but you get meat then veggies then a sauce then all of the chefs grill it on a huge circular grill. Man, it hits the spot! :yourock:

[City Lights]

32. What happened to Panera Bread?

I thought that was your favorite. :-)

[yellowdogintexas]

26. Charlie's Hamburgers, or Kincaid's for burgers(Ft Worth TX)

Wan Fu or Szechuan for Chinese


too many Mexican places to pick one.

King Tut's for Egyptian /Middle EAstern

Cattleman's for Steaks

7th St Cafe for good home cookin' (& they are Good Democrats, too)

[Bok_Tukalo]

35. Not Joe T's?

Nothing beats Joe T's in Ft Worth.

[yellowdogintexas]

39. Joe T's is fun, Joe T's has amazing ambience but I don't think

it is the best food


Just my opinion. In the NorthSide area, I prefer Los Vaqueros or La Playa

I live to the South and like the mom & pop places down here. Mexico Real is my neighborhood favorite....spinach enchiladas to die for

[Bok_Tukalo]

40. Several years ago

8.0 had potato enchiladas that were great.

It used to be such a neat place.

[yellowdogintexas]

42. haven't been to 8.0 for ages. It is still in Sundance Square, I

think...

[Donailin]

27. Pollo Rico, Wheaton Maryland $3.75 get's you the best damned chicken meal

ever. Guatemalan rotisserie style 1/4 chix served with huge steak fries and cole slaw. And that is ALL they serve. It's a production line in the manner of the soup Nazi. The spice is lime with cumin and something else they won't reveal because they say they don't speak english, but I know better. There are three of them, I think one is in Herndon VA and they've been written up countless times in the best cheap eats in the Washingtonian Magazine. The atmosphere is "dump" but who cares, the chicken is delicious, as the long lines 10/7 attest to.

[roguevalley]

28. Kim's Chinese Restaurant, Medford, Oregon: Best in THE WORLD!

[St. Jarvitude]

30. Gulo's Pizza Paddle, Arlington Heights, IL (or Portillo's if chains count)

Best damned pizza in the Chicago area that's not from Giordano's or Lou Malnati's. :9 It's better than Pizzeria Uno, even. Plus, the guys that own it are great.

Portillo's has the best ribs ever, period. No fucking contest. Plus their burgers, Italian beef, and hot dogs are edible awesome.

[Speck Tater]

33. Taco Bell! (nt)

[Hatalles]

38. No fair, you took my answer!

[City Lights]

34. Abuelo's in Scottsdale.

Their avocado enchiladas with salsa de crema are to die for. :9

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. Pasteur.

A very elegant and upscale Vietnamese restaurant on Chicago's North Side.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/dining/28079,0,818838.venue

[n2mark]

37. Local restaurant

in Phoenix is El Conquisitador, Maria prepares her own food. Fantastic and Ninetta's, also homade food.

[LiberallyInclined]

41. Midori on Bryn Mawr

Best sushi in Chicago.

it's a Japanese restaurant, owned by koreans with a mexican sushi chef...but it works.

followed closely by "Always Thai" on Irving Park, east of Damen...Terrific Thai food,intimate setting- the owner used to be the sous chef at Arun's. We've run into the full Cusak clan a couple times while dining there.

[salin]

43. not burgers - french; Bloomington, IN:

Le Petite Cafe

loud - but amazing.

[Thor_MN]

44. Mr. Q's, Eden Prairie MN (SW surburb of Minneapolis)

Best Vietnamese food I've had - Cream cheese wonton's to die for - and being the fool that I am, I moved to the other side of Mpls/St. Paul....

[Emops]

45. The Montgomery Inn in Cincinnati

has the best ribs on the planet.

[fishnfla]

46. Lets hear it for seafood

and for that I would say JB's Fish Camp down in New Smyrna Beach "where fun is legal"