Best Restaurant You've Eaten At

[wanted33]

In my youth, I spent summers in my Dad's truck in the Oil Field. His area was from Dallas to the Mississippi River and Little Rock Arkansas to the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the best restaurants I ever ate at were the kitchen hanging off an oil derrick. Those old roughnecks would live out there for two weeks at a time and there wasn't much in the way of a grocery store near by. They only had one small refrigerator too. Everything was hunted, fished, or grown right near to the oil well. I was as fresh and "farm to table" as you could get. Amazing foods from Cajun families that had been handed down through generations. My true favorite is in here somewhere but it is a place that never really existed in the first place and probably doesn't count as a restaurant.

Later when we got married (not to my cousin as you might be wondering from above) we would drive from Houston to New Orleans on I-10 and then take US 90 and State Road 14 back. We would literally eat our way back to Texas stopping at any shack made out of random storm debris and leaning to one side. These were legitimate restaurants bu really only there to serve the locals. I could easily pick any one as a favorite but that was 20 years and 14 named storms ago. I'm sure the food and the people survived but the establishments are log gone.

So what's left?
Gaido's on Galveston ==> http://www.gaidos.com/
And the Court of Two Sisters ==> https://www.courtoftwosisters.com/

Those little local Mom, and Pop's restaurants are some of the best we've ever ate at my friend. We always search those out when we head out on a road trip. We ask at the motel desk where they eat, and if their answer is anything other than the usual chain slop that's where we go. I'm not surprised at all that my cholesterol is high.

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[Scottopia]

Man a lot of the places you guys have mentioned sound great. But I must admit, I am a HUGE sucker for Mexican. After hearing about the burritos in New Mexico I am considering a Taco Bell run at 11pm ? This post might have been a horrible idea lol. I sure miss my taco trucks back in Oregon that were open until midnight

No recommendations in DC but one of my MD local Mexican favorites is Plaza Mexico. There are a few in the area, I have gone to the one at North Beach most often.

Anyone from the Durham, NH area remember Carl’s truck at UNH?! Now THAT was late night cuisine at its best! Nothin like a Beaver Dicked with Snotty Fries at 2am! ?

 

[AzScorpion]

There's a little mom & pop place back in MA call Francesco's Italian Restaurant. It's in Brimfield, MA where they hold one of the largest Flea markets in the area. The owner Rosa makes this one dish called the Francesco's Special which is 3 layers.... veal, eggplant then veal again all baked with spaghetti or ziti and salad. This is one place that has almost had me willing to go back east again

 

[Strokerduster]

Ok, for me it was Smith and Wollensky Chicago IL. Had a 20 Oz Ribeye with baked stuffed (huge) potatoe, Asparagus and a chef salad. Was with a group of friends and they were pretty amazed I socked every bite of it down with 2 beers. The eye bulges came when I ordered desert and hammered that down too!

Somebody else picking up the tab huh?

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi Folks,

Commander's Place, New Orleans

Capital Grill....Washington DC.

Court of the Two Sisters, New Orleans

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[Strokerduster]

Hi Folks,

Commander's Place, New Orleans

Capital Grill....Washington DC.

Court of the Two Sisters, New Orleans

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Next time in NO, may I suggest Pascals Manale for BBQ shrimp........

 

[Trigganometry]

Next time in NO, may I suggest Pascals Manale for BBQ shrimp........

Nothing as good as New England lobsta and some Chesapeake fried clams. Dang, now I got a craving ?

 

[the5Gmartian]

No recommendations in DC but one of my MD local Mexican favorites is Plaza Mexico. There are a few in the area, I have gone to the one at North Beach most often.

Anyone from the Durham, NH area remember Carl’s truck at UNH?! Now THAT was late night cuisine at its best! Nothin like a Beaver Dicked with Snotty Fries at 2am! ?

I will be trying Plaza Mexico this weekend!!

 

[Toytec]

The chow hall. USAF
"Three meals a day for witch you didn't pay."

 

[GTGallop]

Anyone here know if Crosby's in Ciudad Acunya Mex is still a thing?

 

[GTGallop]

Anyone here know if Crosby's in Ciudad Acunya Mex is still a thing?

Looks like no - went out in 2019.

 

[Larrykime]

What makes a restaurant great might not be the food, setting, or location. But how you feel when you go there. The type of place you dream about going back to or you go to every chance you get because you are welcomed there. That being said.

Micheals Sandwich shop. Woodlyn pa, best hoagie.

Fish on fire, Orlando FL. Key west Mahi fish sandwich.

Reddish grill. New Orleans. BBQ oysters.

This is the food I dream about.

 

[the5Gmartian]

The chow hall. USAF
"Three meals a day for witch you didn't pay."

The Navy determined that this was a lie

 

[Scottopia]

The Navy determined that this was a lie

What the hell is that?! What base that at??

 

[the5Gmartian]

What the hell is that?! What base that at??

Egg bake on a Carrier ?

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