Favorite Finds: Restaurants

[mredskins]

To be honest it is not great food (no offense MD; really) it is just good down home cooking. People out there think it is the bomb but if they went to NOVA and sampled more diverse foods they see it ain't all that great.

IMO American cuisine for the most part is boring. Give me Thai, Indian, Mexican, etc....any day over Apple Pie and Fried Chicken.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by mredskins

To be honest it is not great food (no offense MD; really) it is just good down home cooking. People out there think it is the bomb but if they went to NOVA and sampled more diverse foods they see it ain't all that great.

IMO American cuisine for the most part is boring. Give me Thai, Indian, Mexican, etc....any day over Apple Pie and Fried Chicken.

it's all relative

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by mredskins

IMO American cuisine for the most part is boring. Give me Thai, Indian, Mexican, etc....any day over Apple Pie and Fried Chicken.

Sir, you need to visit England for really awful food. American cuisine? It's a gastronomic rainbow of laughably large proportions by comparison to the slop I grew up eating.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by los panda

it's all relative

Yup! Very true it was just my opinion.

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by los panda

holy hell i had never had a mexican coke before moving out here, so expensive, but damn good.

the manzanita sol apple soda? that's good too

Yep, those are my chosen beverages with good Mexican and Salvadoran food around here.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I ate there Sunday when we went to Dutch Wonderland. Good eats.

That's the place. We have season passes to Dutch Wonderland this year (was a gift), so we're there a lot...DW, not the restaurant.

I should have mentioned that in my post...it's right down the road from the park.

Originally Posted by los panda

it wasn't until you said dutch wonderland that it hit me, i've been there. i know i've eaten somewhere right around there. i was maybe 4 or 5, i think it was a brick building?

maybe not good and plenty, i think i remember going back for seconds on the corn chowder.

Probably the place.

I'm surprised so many people here know something in such an obscure part of the country.

[Monkeydad]

Anyone else like Phillip's at Harborplace in Baltimore?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Anyone else like Phillip's at Harborplace in Baltimore?

Dude that is a tourist trap. I hate Phillip's so many better places to go for seafood; especially crabs.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Dude that is a tourist trap. I hate Phillip's so many better places to go for seafood; especially crabs.

i agree, it's expensive too. if you're going to shell out some money for seafood near the harbor, you cannot go wrong w:

Seafood Restaurant - Steakhouse | McCormick & Schmick's

i don't know of a better seafood restaurant, but i am speaking from limited experience

[BDBohnzie]

Here are a few off the top of my head. I'll add more later...

Go-to Place in Frederick, MD for BBQ
Black Hog Barbeque & Bar - Fine Quality Barbeque and Service

Frederick, MD: Great Sandwiches (Try The Exploded Potatoes)
a.k.a. Friscos | A Gathering Place for the Hungry

DC Metro: Hit up a local farmer's market and get some great pizza (My absolute fave is the bacon & egg pizza, so find him on the weekends in Kensington and Olney)
Frankly... Pizza!

Arlington, VA: Awesome Thai Food
Thai Square Restaurant - Home Page

Rehoboth Beach, DE: Fish Tacos here are worth the drive to the shore
Authentic Mexican Food Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach | El Dorado Mexican Food Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach, DE: Simply the best breakfast in Lower Slower Delaware, ice cream during the day/evening
Royal Treat, Rehoboth Beach - Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor

Rehoboth Beach, DE: Great seafood, six different oysters to choose from daily, and awesome place to drink microbrews (taps rotate frequently)
FINS Fish House and Raw Bar

Dewey Beach, DE: Great farm/sea to table food, Thai Chef gives the menu an eclectic mix of great food
Port - Dewey Beach Delaware - Freshest Seafood in Dewey!

Ocean City, MD: Great Ice Cream Shop (I'm biased, one of my fraternity brothers owns it)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/King-...D/339667507292

Atlanta, GA: Just awesome, southern cooking. Comfort food at its finest
Mary Mac's Tea Room > Home

Granbury, TX: Great breakfast
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireh...73826925992436

[DynamiteRave]

I go to school in Frederick (Hood College, if you know it) and Black Hog usually stays packed. I've never been there but judging from the crowd, it must be pretty good.

Haven't been to Friscos either. But now I know 2 places to hit up. (I'm a commuter )

[Alvin Walton]

This thread blows.
I would have to drive 12 hours to get to those places.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

This thread blows.
I would have to drive 12 hours to get to those places.

MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S SEAFOOD & STEAKS
2850 Coolidge Rd.
Troy, MI 48084
248.637.6400

only 3

[BDBohnzie]

Sorry Alvin, I've never been to Michigan.

DR - Black Hog turns tables over pretty quickly, or you can sit at the bar and eat. Definitely worth it.

[MTK]

DOE'S EAT PLACE

Ate here tonight at the original location in Greenville MS. One of the best steaks I've ever had.