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The thread on bbq got me thinking about regional food. When I travel, I prefer to eat where the locals eat and try whatever food the region is known for. So, if someone was coming to CT and asked me what we're known for - I'd have to say that the best pizza can be found in New Haven at Pepe's near Yale. It's the kind of place where you will wait in line for an hour on a weekend and the wait is well worth it. If I'm driving that way, I'll ask for a partially cooked pizza and pop it in the oven when I get home.

http://www.pepespizzeria.com/

If I came to your neighborhood, what would you recommend?
 
kind of a stereo type but definitely a Philly cheesesteak
 
thanks1974 said:
kind of a stereo type but definitely a Philly cheesesteak
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I was watching the Food Network and saw there are 2 places - Geno's and another one - can't remember the name. Apparently, they use different kinds of cheese.
 
Diane said:
I was watching the Food Network and saw there are 2 places - Geno's and another one - can't remember the name. Apparently, they use different kinds of cheese.
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Gino's and Pat's King of Steaks (aka Pat's). Honestly they're both hyped up tourist trapswith average sandwiches at best. The locals around here know that the best sandwiches come from little dive places. If you or anyone else are in town sometimer I can give some recomendations
 
Here in Cincinnati it's Skyline Chili. But the locals know that Camp Washington Chili is actually the best in town.
 
Saint Louis has a few items that seem to only be found here…

Toasted Ravioli
Gooyey Butter cake
Pork Steaks

Regarding restaurants, the best known area is “The Hill”. Tons of great Italian restaurants.
 
Pirmanti Bros. sandwiches, nothing better.
 
thanks1974 said:
Gino's and Pat's King of Steaks (aka Pat's). Honestly they're both hyped up tourist trapswith average sandwiches at best. The locals around here know that the best sandwiches come from little dive places. If you or anyone else are in town sometimer I can give some recomendations
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most definitely. their steaks are nothing special really. not much more than steak-ums with some cheeze whiz...
 
In Vegas you can have anything you taste buds desire. It's all good. If an eatery does not give good service, and especially serve good food, they don't stay open very long. The biggest change I have seen in our area is the buffet prices. 40 years ago a buffet would cost you $0.99, or may $1.99 on the weekends. Now days we have buffets in $24.00+ range. It's the same canned, and/or frozen stuff, lacking taste, but these places seem to be able to stay open. As far as a good ethnic food place, they change from time to time since the head chefs move a round a little. :comp:
 
AHacker'sHacker said:
Saint Louis has a few items that seem to only be found here…

Toasted Ravioli
Gooyey Butter cake
Pork Steaks

Regarding restaurants, the best known area is “The Hill”. Tons of great Italian restaurants.
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Toasted Ravioli...a St. Louis original. Had some frozen ones last night. Not quite as good, but still tasty. Also, the St. Louis style thin crust pizza. Imos is probably the most popular, but many others make this style really well. Pork Steaks are my favorite item to grill. I try and make them a couple of times a month.

When I lived in Springfield they were known for Cashew Chicken at the Chinese places. One thing I heard about it was that it originated (or at least this particular style) in Springfield many years ago and as it spread to other places it was known as Springfield Cashew Chicken. Don't know if that is true, just what I have heard several times through the years.
 
That reads about right for the most part. But the big hotels/casinos are still laying off workers due revenue issues. The Vegas economy is still hurting. We had one company file chapter 11, their local employees lost retirement benefits, All this, while they were building new hotel casino in the mid west on an Indian reservation. :confused2:

Diane said:
Provisional - There is an article about Las Vegas restaurants in today's NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/dining/15vegas.html?_r=1&ref=dining
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Thorpeto said:
Here in Cincinnati it's Skyline Chili. But the locals know that Camp Washington Chili is actually the best in town.
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I've had Cincinnati Chili when I was in Florence KY a few years ago - is Skyline Chili the same thing?
 
provisional said:
All this, while they were building new hotel casino in the mid west on an Indian reservation. :confused2:
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I have an issue with the Indian casinos since they are not 100% owned and operated by the Indians, but still receive the tax benefits of being located on the reservations.
 
Thorpeto said:
Here in Cincinnati it's Skyline Chili. But the locals know that Camp Washington Chili is actually the best in town.
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I love Skyline Chili. I don't think I've ever had Camp Washington Chili. Next time I'm in the area visiting family I'll have to look for one and try it.
 
Yes Skyline Chili is Cincinnati Chili. It's the regional chain. Camp Washington Chili is a stand alone.
 
California cuisine is pretty boring. The only authentic regional food we have is Mexican.
 
Off the top of my head, a few DC spots that are noteworthy:

- 1789 Restaurant: in Georgetown, expensive, but great food and the building has been around forever

- Ben's Chili Bowl: from the old days of the famous U street jazz corridor, a truly historic landmark

- The W rooftop deck: newly renovated, one of only a few rooftop bars, with the best view in the city of the White House and the Washington Monument on the mall

- HR57: near Ben's, a jazz place with only minimal food, BYOB for alcohol, and offering great, pick-up jam sessions in a darkly lit, cozy atmosphere. Named after House Resolution 57, which deemed jazz an original American art form.

- The Inn at Little Washington: not far from DC, a bed and breakfast in the bucolic pasturelands of Northern Virginia, up there with The French Laundry in Napa if you're a foodie interested in ridiculously expensive, but ridiculously fine cuisine.
 
If any of you are ever in Scotland, I recomend the Anstruther Fish Bar for good Fish and Chips. Though there is a place round the corner that is just as good but I can't remember the name.

On the subject of cheesesteaks I like Steve's Prince of Steaks in NE Philly.
 
We have a restaurant here that has a bunch of Texas delicacies all in one location:

Love War in Texas

Good music there too.
 
Any Phillies in here? If so have you ever been to prince of persia mall? Crazy! dozens of restaraunts, hundreds of stores! loved it
 
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