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Best "Food" city in America?

NecrosaroIII

NecrosaroIII

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Living in SoCal, it's nice because we have a bit of everything. Asian food here is great because you can get really specific and niche. But the city doesn't have any cuisine that it is really known for, except maybe mexican food.

My vote goes to Chicago. You have the best pizza in the country. Plus the Italian Beef Sandwich is the best sandwich ever made.
 
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SegaShack

Member
LA sucks. If theres homeless everywhere and you have to spend an hour trying to find parking everywhere you go, it's not worth it for dining. Vegas is much better.
 
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Whoateallthepies

Neophyte
Technically you can get a little bit of everything in most large cities. I am not going to list a city but living in Texas is a nice place to be for Tex-Mex, BBQ and Chicken Fried Steak.
 
GeorgioCostanzaX

GeorgioCostanzaX

Gold Member
NecrosaroIII said:
Living in SoCal, it's nice because we have a bit of everything. Asian food here is great because you can get really specific and niche. But the city doesn't have any cuisine that it is really known for, except maybe mexican food.

My vote goes to Chicago. You have the best pizza in the country. Plus the Italian Beef Sandwich is the best sandwich ever made.
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SegaShack said:
LA sucks. If theres homeless everywhere and you have to spend an hour trying to find parking everywhere you go, it's not worth it for dining. Vegas is much better.
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SoCal is great but it’s spread out. I mean you can get Portillo’s and Arepas as long as you’re willing to hop on the freeway. Downtown LA not so much: I’d never eat in China town but San Gabriel Valley is the best.
 
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highrider

highrider

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NYC or Charleston S.C. I’m tempted to include New Orleans as well but I’m not a huge fan of some of the more synonymous cuisine there.
 
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ThatStupidLion

ThatStupidLion

Member
hands down NYC

moved from NYC down to ATL and it is boring af. they make big deals about standard shit in new york.
 
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teezzy

teezzy

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In Detroit we have Asian Corned Beef

asian_corned_beef_seven_mile.jpg


Home of the Corned Beef Egg roll

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Your move, rest of America
 
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LA and Chicago

fortunately, I live in LA and my family lives in Chicago

I get it all
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

Unconfirmed Member
Prob Texas or Colorado. No specific city. Get fucked nerds.
 
diffusionx

diffusionx

Gold Member
It’s New York obviously.

I have friends who moved out and they ask for or bring back bagels and stuff like that. Not that other places aren’t good but yea, NYC is the king.

most underrated place is Vegas.
 
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Men_in_Boxes

Men_in_Boxes

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The food in Salt Lake City is terrible. Lived there for a year and could not believe how mediocre the "best restaurants in the city" were. It doesn't make any sense.
 
KO7

KO7

Member
The best Thai fried rice I’ve ever had was from a food truck in Portland. Loved making the 6 hour drive down from Canada pre-pandemic. The ex-gf and I would pretty much eat nothing but food truck food the whole time there cause the quality and value are amazing.
 
GeekyDad

GeekyDad

Gold Member
Been a long time, so not sure it still is, but as a kid it was Brooklyn for me. Absolutely effin' amazing Italian and Kosher foods!
 
CZY

CZY

Member
Haven't been everywhere obviously but New Orleans, Vegas and Chicago were all delightful in my experience.
 
Super Mario

Super Mario

Banned
Look at me. My hometown has the best food. There is good food everywhere. Some areas specialize in certain things more than others. NYC is a common answer because there is just so much packed in there, you can't go wrong.
 
Amory

Amory

Member
My opinion is vastly uninformed since there's a ton of cities I haven't visited, but I had some fuckin amazing meals in Charleston. Like, religious experience tier meals.
 
teezzy

teezzy

Banned
ResilientBanana ResilientBanana They have a few.Place is literally called "Asian Corned Beef" lmfao

ACB on Facebook

asiancornbeef.com asiancornbeef.com

As far as Ferndale goes, I'm a big fan of Imperial

www.imperialferndale.com

Imperial - A Joint, Roadhouse, Honky-Tonk Or Tavern...

Imperial is somewhere you'll always find a cold can of beer, enjoy a great whiskey or tequila and if you're in the mood... LA working class tacos.
www.imperialferndale.com www.imperialferndale.com

Then there's Lily's Seafood in Royal Oak which slaps so hard breh

Lily's Seafood - Royal Oak, Michigan

www.lilysseafood.com www.lilysseafood.com
 
Goro Majima

Goro Majima

Kitty Genovese Member
Houston because I absolutely love Tex-Mex and BBQ. Those are the two things that I have found to be shockingly difficult to get elsewhere.

I was obsessed with Ninfa's and El Tiempo when I lived there. Now I'm in the midwest where "upscale" Mexican restaurants either don't exist or that niche is filled with something like Chuy's (which I love but it's not quite as good).

Past that Houston has the same "up and coming" "New American" gastropub style expensive burgers and bullshit that every town of 100,000+ plus has in this country. I just can't give a single fuck about "truffle aioli" on fries anymore because I've seen it a thousand times. Yes your restaurant is staffed with waxed mustached and tattooed hipsters serving an assortment of microbrews. Never seen that before!
 
ResilientBanana

ResilientBanana

Member
TeezzyD said:
ResilientBanana ResilientBanana They have a few.Place is literally called "Asian Corned Beef" lmfao

ACB on Facebook

asiancornbeef.com asiancornbeef.com

As far as Ferndale goes, I'm a big fan of Imperial

www.imperialferndale.com

Imperial - A Joint, Roadhouse, Honky-Tonk Or Tavern...

Imperial is somewhere you'll always find a cold can of beer, enjoy a great whiskey or tequila and if you're in the mood... LA working class tacos.
www.imperialferndale.com www.imperialferndale.com

Then there's Lily's Seafood in Royal Oak which slaps so hard breh

Lily's Seafood - Royal Oak, Michigan

www.lilysseafood.com www.lilysseafood.com
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I've been to imperial, their taco's are amazing. here are a few other places if you haven't heard of them

Tienda Mexicana
Taco Tienda Mexicana - Takeout & Delivery - 501 Photos & 494 Reviews - Tacos - 31642 John R Rd, Madison Heights, MI - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Yelp

El Guanico
El Guanaco - Takeout & Delivery - 260 Photos & 273 Reviews - Mexican - 1710 Livernois Rd, Troy, MI - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Menu - Yelp

Hot Taco
Hot Taco - Takeout & Delivery - 137 Photos & 391 Reviews - Mexican - 2233 Park Ave, Downtown Detroit, Detroit, MI - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Yelp

All of them are equally amazing.

I absolutely have to try out Lily's!
 
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SpartanN92

SpartanN92

Banned
Try my town in Western Kentucky!

We have a McDonalds, Arbys, Starbucks, 2 Wendys (You read that right, we have TWO of them peasants!), Taco Bell, KFC, AND a Fazolis!
 
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Paulxo87

Paulxo87

Member
I've been to most major cities and have eaten my way through so many of them.


For diversity it's NYC. The Five Burroughs are un matched. Every ethnic food culture in the world is represented here at it's very best.

My personal favorite city is new Orleans though.
 
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