Unknown must visit restaurants in your city

[starbird]

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Portland
Escape From NY Pizza on 23rd


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Go visit the Pizza Nazi at Apizza Scholls on Hawthorne.

Los Tres Hermanos is a taco truck that can be found parked near the corner of Killingworth & Denver (across the street from Di Prima Dolce, which also rocks).

I'm very partial to Ken's Place, also on Hawthorne. Casual atmosphere, serious attention to the food. Turns into a barbeque place one day a week, and it's the best BBQ in the Pacific Northwest.

[jackdaniels]

Toronto here,

North York (Dufferin and Steels area) has an Israeli restaurant called "Me Va Me". Bar-none the best Israeli food in Toronto. Great value proposition too as the meals are $12-$20 and you get HUGE portions. Be wary of lineups though as they can go around the block for dinner time.

[nyc999]

NYC - Not sure how known or unknown, but they're definitely not considered "top" restaurants in the city.

Rocking Horse Cafe Excellent, excellent Mexican restaurant. It's in Chelsea on 8th avenue between 19th/20th.

The Neptune Room - I've mentioned this restaurant before on 2+2...IMO, the best seafood in NYC. On Amsterdam around 84th

Mama's Food Shop - Great home-cooked food. You get a huge meal for very cheap and the sides are awesome (especially mashed potatoes). On 3rd street between A+B

San Loco - Cheap mexican food, but sooo great, especially after a night of drinking. I recommend the Guaco Loco, which is a two-layered taco. It has a hard-shelled inside and has a soft tortilla wrapped around it. It has guacamole smothered in-between layers. There are a few in the city (and I think one in South Beach), but the only one I have ever been to is on Ave. A around 10th street.

[ReDeYES88]

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Portland
Escape From NY Pizza on 23rd


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Go visit the Pizza Nazi at Apizza Scholls on Hawthorne.

Los Tres Hermanos is a taco truck that can be found parked near the corner of Killingworth & Denver (across the street from Di Prima Dolce, which also rocks).

I'm very partial to Ken's Place, also on Hawthorne. Casual atmosphere, serious attention to the food. Turns into a barbeque place one day a week, and it's the best BBQ in the Pacific Northwest.

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I second Apizza Scholls > Escape from NY..

I'll add Pok Pok Thai/Whiskey Soda Lounge on 32nd and Division. Dude sets up a little shed with a window and gas heater in his front yard. The kai yaang rotisserie chicken is insane. Don't go there if you want phad thai or phad kee mao...you won't find them on the menu.

He's now opened up the Whiskey Soda Lounge in his basement....more of the same.

[cheer]

Minneapolis,

"Al's Breakfast"

Its a hole in the wall breakfast joint that is located in Dinkytown, by the University of Minnesota campus. only open in the morning until about 1pm.

[StevieG]

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Minneapolis,

"Al's Breakfast"

Its a hole in the wall breakfast joint that is located in Dinkytown, by the University of Minnesota campus. only open in the morning until about 1pm.

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Good one. Used to live near Dinkytown and ate there often. I have friends that went there once with me close to 15 years ago. I was together with them last month and the "Israeli omelette" came up in the conversation.

[Pudge714]

I'll comment on the Toronto stuff.
Golden Rhino,
Duffs on Bayview south of Eglinton has the best wings in the city, better than than Bistro IMO.

Gildwulf,
Another really good cheap sushi place is Sushi on Bloor really good value and good sushi. It's on Bloor two blocks south of Spadina.

TBA,
I have heard so much about Dangerous Dan's but have never gone there, whenever I planned on going something else came up.

ahnuld,
I'll try that breakfast place.

Firstyearclay,
Berns is very good. I really like how it is such a huge restaurant, but since it is broken up in to smaller rooms it feels really small. As well the service was exemplary when I went. That being said the best steakhouse I have ever been to is Harbour 60 in Toronto if you ever go to Toronto I really suggest you go I have been to several top level steakhouses and Harbour 60 is clearly a cut above the rest.

Most of my Toronto suggestions are well known places, but two really good fast food places are
The Burger Shack Eglinton in between Yonge and Avenue and Belly Busters Submarines just south of Yonge and York Mills.

[TheDudeAbides]

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Most of my Toronto suggestions are well known places, but two really good fast food places are
The Burger Shack Eglinton in between Yonge and Avenue and Belly Busters Submarines just south of Yonge and York Mills.

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Completely on board with Sushi on Bloor. Best (and most reasonable) sushi in the city, imo. And the Shack and Belly's are probably two of my favourite eateries anywhere. Used to have my picture up at Belly's Wall of Fame - but I haven't been there in over a year so who knows.

[SL__72]

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Minneapolis,

"Al's Breakfast"

Its a hole in the wall breakfast joint that is located in Dinkytown, by the University of Minnesota campus. only open in the morning until about 1pm.

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Good one. Used to live near Dinkytown and ate there often. I have friends that went there once with me close to 15 years ago. I was together with them last month and the "Israeli omelette" came up in the conversation.

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I used to have a personal tradition of going here in the morning every time I pulled an all-nighter in college. That started to become a semi-regular occurrence my Junior year as I continued to put off progressively harder programming assignments.

[El Diablo]

Evan,

Just FYI in case you want to stop, you are pretty much totally wrong and MrMon is totally right about Les Halles being known.

However, it IS good to know that it's one of the few places in the financial district to get good food late.