In Memphis, pork is king. Not a friendly place to be a vegan although it is possible.
Memphians believe that they have the best barbecue and there are several places from which to chose and impress visitors. My personal favorites are
Neely’s a family owned and operated joint and the Bar-B-Que Shop also a family owned joint. I think the slaw is slightly better at Neely’s and the beans are slightly better at the Bar-B-Que shop. Both places routinely win best of when the local paper does food surveys. In Memphis, you put the slaw on the sandwich.
Corky’s probably has better national name recognition but the sauce is not flavorful enough for me although the meat is fine. The best ribs in town are at Blues City Cafe just off Beale Street. The meat is velvety tender and there are no small portions.
People think and talk about barbecue pretty seriously….
One of the fellas talking is from Cozy Corner which is also a great place…
The best burgers in town are from Huey’s and while the burgers are great they also serve up some fine local music every Sunday afternoon and evening.
Here is a blurb on Huey’s from the travel channel…
Tell me about the local grub your area is known for.
Stay and chit chat but don’t rec the pony party.
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It is almost lunch time…. Except I am having a cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch and making stir fry for dinner. I love BBQ but it is a little hard on those of us who have acid reflux. In fact, all southern cooking is bad for that.
we will be eating dinner soon (my bf is making chicken, salad, cooked carrots, and baked potato.
also very exciting, my bf’s daugher, Judith123456 signed on today. i hope she will write about music and the Dutch perspective of the world. she’s an interesting teenager.
A certain somebody from Alabama also reads this because I know he has his own opinions about this topic.
so cheesesteaks and soft pretzels…spittin’ distance from a river, an ocean, and a 2 bays, so lots and lots of seafood (maryland style…none of that thick, creamy new england stuff)…
but close enough to bigger cities to be able to experience any kind of cuisine you could want…!!!
i liked memphis bbq, but LOVED st louis bbq.
in the Pacific Northwest is hard to pinpoint. Our best restaurants in Portland offer a lot of sea food, and great salmon. Our food seems to have lot of California Cuisine in the mix. The local produce here is abundant and their are lots of vegetarians and vegans. For the meat eaters, there is a lot of local organic and free range ranches to choose from. As you can tell I’m really into local organic for both health and economic reasons, so my take is slanted in this direction. My favorite restaurant if Three Doors Down a small place off Hawthorne, our local main street. Across the river, downtown I’d say Jakes, a seafood place that been here forever. I forgot the berries, the best ever from cranberries to black and back. Jakes has the best cobbler I’ve ever eaten.
KC B-QUE in Kansas City is the best in the world
but of course that is just <^0^> ME
hard to go wrong with local grub. There was a dickhead restaurant critic from GQ who trashed the city’s food, but here’s the secret: stop anyone on the street, ask them where to get the best food, and you’ll get a list of a dozen off-the-beaten-path restaurants that are like heaven on earth.
doesn’t really have a particular grub that is central to its identity. But like much of CA there’s a lot of terrific Mexican food around, ranging from taco trucks to nice, sit-down meals. The food around the city is generally a big mishmash of stuff — soul food, lots of Chinese food and Thai food and some Japanese places as well, several very good Czech restaurants, a surprising number of breakfast places (from greasy spoon to high end) and pubs. Most of our restaurant scene is very “dressed down”, which is pretty reflective of Sacto as a whole, actually, but there’s a huge diversity of really good stuff to eat. We’re an extremely culturally diverse city, much moreso than I think most people realize.
We’re also in the center of a lot of agricultural land, so there tends to be a lot of local, fresh produce around. The big sunday farmer’s market is packed every week. It has an “Asian side” where you can buy fresh soy milk and bok choy and astoundingly hot peppers.
the Capital District of New York has had a wonderful mix of cultures influencing local cuisine choices.
A strong Italian heritage in the downtown areas produced some wonderful restaurants and small grocers mostly run off of mom and pop vegetable gardens.
A strong Polish presence just across the river in Cohoes brought us kielbasa, pirogies, and tasty deserts.
The Irish settled in the surrounding farmland and around quarries and factories which brought a lot of culture to the local pubs and roadhouses.
The clothing industries brought in a lot of talented Armenians and their amazing world of spices and meat pies.
The Vietnamese headed over in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s and thankfully added dishes that incorporate seafood, noodles and unique flavors.
There is a wonderful little church here with a mostly Black congregation that bakes amazing pies cakes and sweetbreads on the Holidays.
A local Greek diner has been standing room only ever since they opened their doors well over 30 years ago.
But I have to admit that it doesn’t quite compare with the food choices you’ll get on just one block of America’s greatest city NYC.
here in Melaque, Mexico. Lots of red snapper that is over cooked. The shrimp is fresh and very good. My favorite is the fish roll. It is a filet stuffed with shrimp, mushrooms, and a cheesy sauce. If done well, it is great.
you can’t mess around with their “chowdah” of course! Clam chowder abounds around here and everybody has their “grandma’s recipe.”
Steamers
Oysters
Lobster
Scallops
Bluefish
Stripped Bass
The Portuguese around here love their “Linguica” (a spicy pork sausage) and add it to everything! They make a wonderful Kale soup with it, they add it to steamed clams, they mix it up with scallop kebabs! Linguica pattys are excellent for a BBQ at the beach.
eh, now I’m gettin’ hungry!