Unknown must visit restaurants in your city

[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.

[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.

[27offsuit]

Boston

Parish Cafe at Boylston and Arlington

Great beer selection.
Menu consists of favorite sandwiches of all the top name chefs around the city.

Behold

[Jack of Arcades]

Lafayette, LA: Pretty much no one would ever come here, but if you're just passing through for some reason, you have to stop at the Blue Dog Cafe for the best Cajun food you can get. It's also an art gallery for George Rodrigue's Blue Dog Paintings.

[MrMon]

Les Halles is unknown? Gee, the executive chef there only has his own TV show and a couple of best sellers. And Joe's Stone Crab? OOT is known for it's impossible standards on women, but your standards for unknown mean that anything short of Chipotle is unknown.

[Borodog]

Unknown mostly because it's brand spanking new:

Jibarra, modern Mexican cuisine and Tequila lounge. If you ever have to pass through Raleigh and you don't go to the Angus Barn (mentioned in the other thread), then definitely head to Jibarra. 10/10. Flat out amazing, from the complementary appetizers through the unbelievable entres (the last time I went I had a hanger steak that I would kill 5 random OOTiots for) to their one-of-a-kind desserts. Not to mention their huge assortment of Tequilas. They do Tequila tastings like other places do wine tastings.

My advice, sit at the bar at shoot the [censored] with the bartender while you eat, if there's room. Great guy.

[mrkilla]

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And the patron saint of this forum was the one that introduced me to it.

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I didn't think Anacardo lived in NY.

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Saint not Martyr

[Dids]

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Seattle

Gyrocery in the UDistrict


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I've walked by this place 100s of times and never been, I'll have to check it out.

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Bay Area 2p2ers:

If you are getting dragged to the south end to hit the outlets or whatever, go early and get breakfast at OD's Kitchen in Gilroy. They're in a converted house just off of Monterey Street, across Martin Street from the pool hall.

Get the Kitchen Sink...potatoes, sausage, peppers, onions, all diced up and cooked on the griddle, finished with a couple of eggs on top. There's also a half-sink - don't be a pussy. Order "Rosebud" and they chop up a biscuit into a Kitchen Sink, and then add gravy. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]