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Ever plan part of a trip around food?topic posted Today, 9:41 AM by Lance/Ratbag
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Ever plan part of a trip around food?Today, 9:41 AM
Every time my wife and I drive some 500 miles to northern California to visit friends and family we plan some of our stops around certain restaurants because you just can't find certain thingfs anywhere but where your going. Ever do the same?
For example there's Max's Cafe (only in the Bay Area) for lunch and OMG desserts. Road Runner Burrito, because I just can't seem to find a burrito that I love like those ones. There's Easy Street Cafe for the breakfast potatos. These are places in Marin that there is no equivilant in Los Angeles so we try to fit at least 2 of those and sometimes certain places in San Francisco every time we come north.
So do you plan certain stops when you're traveling to certain places just because of the food/restaurants that happen to be there and no where else?
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Ever plan part of a trip around food?topic posted Today, 9:41 AM by Lance/Ratbag
Lanc...
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Ever plan part of a trip around food?Today, 9:41 AM
Every time my wife and I drive some 500 miles to northern California to visit friends and family we plan some of our stops around certain restaurants because you just can't find certain thingfs anywhere but where your going. Ever do the same?
For example there's Max's Cafe (only in the Bay Area) for lunch and OMG desserts. Road Runner Burrito, because I just can't seem to find a burrito that I love like those ones. There's Easy Street Cafe for the breakfast potatos. These are places in Marin that there is no equivilant in Los Angeles so we try to fit at least 2 of those and sometimes certain places in San Francisco every time we come north.
So do you plan certain stops when you're traveling to certain places just because of the food/restaurants that happen to be there and no where else?
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Re: Ever plan a trip or part of a trip around food/restaurants?
Tue, July 1, 2008 - 3:35 PMPretty much all the time. It is what I plan all my trips to WDW around and I will be posting my food reviews for Pasadena/South Pas frvom this week. Anyplace I can get Fois Gras is a good time. -
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Tue, July 1, 2008 - 5:03 PMoh good we're always looking for good eats here in So. Cal. After all this time i still don't know the landscape. -
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Tue, July 1, 2008 - 10:55 PMI did that once with three male friends I worked with. We were taking a rest from working on the company website. They told us to take the day off and go have fun and gave us 100 bucks each to have fun. It was a cold rainy day so we headed west to the coast, started at Long Beach and stopped periodically at little beachside food joints to sample the clam chowder all the way down to San Diego we went - stopping here and there to try the clam chowder.
That was one of the best and oddly enough one of the more romantic beach trips I ever had .... and the strangest thing was I was NO WAY sexually involved with any of those three guys, but I adored them terribly.
Nothing like curling up on a diner chair somewhere in view of the beach, ocean or a marina with three good friends and quietly sharing a hot steamy bowl of clam chowder and watching the rain together.
some of it was good, some of it was bad, some of it was sandy, some of it had TONS of clams, some didn't have clams at all and had simply had someone swipe a clam thru the water for 'flavoring'. It was interesting and awesome!
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Wed, July 2, 2008 - 12:19 AMAbsolutely! Every time I travel through the south I HAVE to stop at a Waffle House. Talk about a "greasy spoon", and order sweet tea. And there's this one chinese restaurant in San Diego that's owned & operated by... A chinese family!!!!
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Wed, July 2, 2008 - 9:14 AMOh, you want good eats in South Pas???? Go to Gerlach's. It's strictly take out, but they have the best Shish Kabob I have ever had in my life!!! I think it is on Lake, right next to Gerlach's Liquor store.
Personally, I am looking forward to getting back home and hitting up Gerlach's, El Pollo Loco, The Empanada Palace (Culver City), Johnnie's Pastramis and Cantor's!!!! Oh, and Jack in the Box. The closest one here is in freaking St. Louis!!! -
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Wed, July 2, 2008 - 10:05 PMLos Angeles/westside
Great western steak and hoagie ( nom nom nom )
Pachos Tacos
Tito's Tacos
Sausage rolls at the tudor house
Izzy's Deli
Benitas Fritas
C& FUCKIN O in Venice
While you at it Cathy go get a slice of Pizza at Santa Monica beach 26
Now San Francisco Bay area
Spagetti western
Bahgdad Cafe
Foleys
House of Prime rib
Brown bear cafe
Perry boys (fuck you sister Ha ha)
Guatemala City
La Pareda ( best $1.50 gigantic breakfast you can find near the triangulo)
La patron de Jesus (charruscaria)
The Swiss Chalet
Oh and higher than a kite at the waffle house outside of phoenix -
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Thu, July 3, 2008 - 3:49 PMI am screaming to high heaven cause there aren't any good eats around here!!!!!! Oh, the Tudor House!!! I am drooling and I have been dreaming about Benitas Fritas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
And to add to the bullshit, Mika swears up and down she doesn't miss California!! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!!!! -
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Re: Ever plan a trip or part of a trip around food/restaurants?
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 1:33 AM
Yes, of course. When we go to my bros. timeshare in Arnold, we stop at a certain Chinese restaurant that has buffet. (Friendly something?, I think is the name? )
There's been quite a few other trips we've made where we do the same. -
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Fri, July 4, 2008 - 2:32 AMBig Mikes in El Segundo - BEST philly cheesesteak sandwiches EVAR!!
Angelos on State College in Anaheim between Ball and the 91 freeway - best beef dips EVAR! -
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Fri, July 4, 2008 - 2:44 PMOh nonononono Adrienne, the BEST philly cheesesteaks are at the Great Western Hoagie Company on Lincoln Blvd. in Venice. I went there for years and am drooling now.
Thanks a freaking lot Lance!!! ::gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:: -
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Re: Ever plan a trip or part of a trip around food/restaurants?
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 3:20 PMBoth of you are wrong, best philly cheese steak on the west coast and also jersey cheese steaks, is Max's Cafe in Corte Madera or at the one in San Francisco at the Opera House.
You're welcome Caitlin. So when you coming back west? I know a great place that delivers burritos here in Silver Lake. Bwahahahaha.
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Re: Ever plan a trip or part of a trip around food/restaurants?
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 8:40 PMI was just talking with The Man. He says "Youse guys are confused." He's currently in New Jersey for training, and he says that the best philly cheesesteaks are in PHILLY!!!! Period.
