The “hey I’m coming to your town, what should I eat” thread

A really good Italian beef sandwich is probably my favorite meal .... dipped with sweet peppers!

Here you have to try St. Louis style thin crust pizza with toasted ravioli on the side. Many restuarants will offer this, but close to me Mike Duffy's is good. If you want take out/delivery pizza do Imo's (local chain). Our main go to for pizza is Dewey's, another local chain. If you are a BBQ fan definitely find a Sugar Fire, it's also a local chain. Their BBQ is solid, but they win with the sides. For Mexican/Tex Mex I love Canyon Cafe, Hacenda, and Mission Taco (local chain).

Love me some Portillo’s!!! Went to Chicago Land show a couple years ago and we ate there every day. Need one here in Houston!

So many good restaurants in and around Houston the list is too long. It will be forever changed though because of the pandemic....many places have closed and some may not survive. Sucks!!!

Old town drive in: coney w/ onions. Nothing else like it anywhere.. kind of a sweet sauce that pairs well w/ the white onions. I’ve been addicted my whole life.

The pizza is definitely different. Besides the very thin crust, the cheese is different. It's a made up blend only found here. It's thin so slices are cut into squares instead of pie shaped. Besides the yummy cheese, the best part is they F'ng load the pizzas with toppings and each piece isn't so filling, so you decemate the whole pizza.

Oh, BTW, the ravioli is not fried, it's toasted. But really it is breaded and deep fried.

A coney is a hotdog with chili. If you are in Cincinnati get it with Cinci chili, cheese, mustard, and onions if you are into that.

One of the best local things to eat in Cincinnati is goetta for breakfast. It is sausage, oats, and spices. Made originally to make the sausage last longer, it has become a Cinci staple.

Any time I'm traveling I always try to ask locals what is good. Unfortunately more times than not they recommend a chain restaurant. Italian Beef might be my favorite out of all the regional things I've tried. Boston is such a mixed bag, I'm not sure that anything defines it. I'd probably say a lobster roll.

if you’re in MA make the drive to Ipswich and go to woodmans for some fried clams

Couple favorites here — hot mamas pizza in Capitol Hill has THE best slices hands down. Unhealthy and huge as hell but so freak’n delicious!

Classic go-to is Cuban sandwiches at paseos— they have 2 locations now and are a little different since switching from cash only and opening the sodo location.. but still pretty delicious. I’d hit the Fremont location.

Tats sub /delicatessen downtown has huge sandwiches that are pretty amazing.

There’s some excellent food tucks as well.. at least one with fluffy tacos that are beyond amazing. Don’t know if those are a ‘thing’ everywhere or not but they should be!!

Chili sauce for a hot dog. A hot dog w chili sauce is a coney dog. Could be regional slang? Not sure, but it’s delicious that I know.
A Detroit style coney is served w/ mustard and onions... that’s good shit too, but here in Saginaw just onions as it’s a different style sauce.

Whenever I was up in Chicagoland always made it a point to get Portillos, and tries going to different ones to check out the different building themes since they do them up. Now that they are downstate, I can get it a lot easier. One going up in Springfield about 40 miles away.

Ate all all of those, all good. Imo's is a love it or hate it proposition (I love it, my kids not so much). Not a huge fan of Toasted Ravioli but if you live in the Saint Louis area you will eat it at just about every wedding, corporate function etc. so it will grow on you

I always get Skyline Chili when in Cincinnati. I dont think I could eat it everyday but it is good to get a couple of times a year.

Instead of a Coney Dog, in Springfield IL get a Cozy Dog, right on Route 66. Its basically a corn dog, a state fair staple but available year round (sorry no elephant ears or turkey legs though )

We have Portillo's here in AZ. I think all the people who live here that are from IL demanded it or something.

Love the Italian beef with the hot peppers.

Anyways, down here we love tamales. Beef, pork, chicken... red chile or green chile... you can put anything in them, really. We eat them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Most Mexican restaurants and grocery stores have them.

I refuse to eat chain when I'm traveling and just look for a local dive or greasy spoon and take my chances. I've run it to some real gems out on the road, and I've been all over the USA. In my neck of the woods, this little dump called Bunn's BBQ is the place to go.

In Philly it's cheesesteaks, of course. Can be had at any pizza shop, avoid the tourist traps like Pats or Genos.

We have a awesome donut shop that's been in business forever. You can go at 7pm and get them fresh right up out of the fryer.... so good they melt in your mouth.
http://krumpesdonuts.com/

Packos hot dogs and stuffed cabbage

John's Roast Pork is probably my favorite sandwich shop in the world.

I lived in St.Louis for a while. A lot of nice food in that town. I used to eat at Sidney street cafe a couple of times a month. The one thing I could never get used to was IMO’s or St.Louis style pizza. I don’t know if they were trying to have a style to compete with Chicago, NY or Detroit. It was just was a bad idea (provel cheese). Most people in the area of St. Louis treated it like marmite. Love it or Hate it. Otherwise good stuff in St.Louis.

Beefy King in Orlando is pretty good. Been going there since the ‘60’s.

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There's a Portillos in Woodbury, MN! It's pretty good!

If you're in Western New York, go to Duff's forn the best wings... I miss them. There is one near Dallas, TX too for some reason. http://www.duffswings.com/ Of course any wing placenin WNY will be better than most places in the rest of the country.

If you're in MN, check out Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter in Stillwater - great German food and they evem have an acordian player sometimes! https://gasthausbavarianhunter.com/

If you are in Mass, Chicopee area onwards, you absolutely MUST go to Bueno Y Sano. Ever since ejacques told me about them when I bought my very first machine from him, I’ve been hooked.
It’s so damn good it’s criminal.
The pulled pork burrito is truly incredible.
I regularly drive 2 hours each way just to get that shit
In fact... they need to start paying me for how much I advertise them.

If you’re out in the middle of New York, Oneonta, above Binghamton, below Syracuse, go to The Depot and order some Hot Garbage wings.
Absolutely incredible.

When I head down to Pittsburgh, or Wilkes-Barr, PA, I just cut through NY to get delicious Hot Garbage

There's one in Roseville and Maple Grove as well. They are all super close to accounts I go to weekly and I have to stop myself from eating there more than once or twice a month. Sausage/beef combo, hot peppers, extra side of gravy, fries and cheese sauce is my default order, so damn good!

There are a few Portillo's locations in Milwaukee as well. I love me some Lou Malnatis deep dish pizza and the Lou Malnati salad. I lived in San Diego for a stretch and I discovered my lifetime favorite dish there, Carne Asada fries.

Love Lou Malnari and Giordanos - they opened the latter in Minneapolis a few years ago.

In Bloomington IN go to Hinkles Hamburgers. Don’t think about it, just go!!

To expound on my previous post, if you live in or are in the ocean beach area of San Diego and haven't gotten the carne asada fries from "its a taco shop" at 3910 w. Point loma blvd,. You haven't lived your best life. Knibb high football rules!!

Johnsons in Siler City. Consistent award-winning cheeseburgers.
Second Chris Drive in, as good or better than Johnsons some days.

Come visit. We'll have a plate of Rouladen and a big beer at Freiberg's, then cross the street for some Pinball.

Not my town, but the best corned beef sandwich I've ever had was at Slyman's Restaurant and Deli in Cleveland, OH.

Here in Pennsylvania, literally every county has it's "what should I eat?" fare.
And in the southcentral region, we're the snack food capital of the world, LOL.

Anthonias Taverna on the Hill for Toasted Ravioli and Emo's is so unique with the provel cheese is addictive.
Sugar fire is excellent my son in Kirkwood is having Thanksgiving this year so we'll be having smoked turkey and key lime pie from Sugarfire.Where can I play some GnR's close by,use to go to Chad Keller for new games

What about that Nick& Vitto's thin crust pizza?

Slyman's looks de-lish and piled high! Best corned beef sandwich I can find around my area is at Greenberg's Deli in Las Vegas.

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Now that there are no more Red Wells locations, I hit Packos up for the hot roast beef sandwiches. I usually add a dog as well. Plus full bar service is nice.

Although I dont go there as much as other places, Portillos is still damn good.

Plus, ever since White Castle opened there first single location in AZ, they have taken away some of the long lines from Portillos.

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Jim’s Steaks is my go-to for steaks when I’m in the South Street area. You’ll get the South Street tourist crowd at certain hours but so much better than the “big two.”

I haven’t been to John’s, but my first roast pork, provolone and broccoli rabe sandwich at DiNic’s in the Terminal Market was a goddamn revelation.

Awesome, I'm in Kirkwood. I would invite you over, but all I have is a dismantled Baywatch. I'll be doing a Mad Max Turkey on the BGE this year for first time. Anyway, CP's Pinball is a must for anyone in the St. Louis area. Chuck has a GNR, but you need to check his website for when he is open. Typically, only Saturday's.

I honestly think pizza styles happen locally on accident really. You have a place trying something different and it really takes off. You are right, St. Louis style is a love it or hate it. Friends I have from New York hate it as much as the Cardinals.

America’s Test Kitchen has a You Tube vid on how to make Vito&Nic’s
Pizza.From scratch pizza dough thru freshly ground sausage and sauce.Anyway they turned out great and I learned a few skills along the way.My som and his girlfriend stopped by to eat and asked us where we got the pizza.

St. Louis Escape's Pinball Party Room has a GNR LE as well, they have more hours.
https://www.stlouisescape.com/play-vintage-arcade-pinball/

CP is doing something different during COVID - two separate sessions on Saturday you have to sign up for, I think limited to 30 people each.

Personally not a fan of the broccoli rabe You guys in Chicagoland have some amazing places like Portillo's, loved their Italian beef sandwich with giardinaire!!

No kidding?

I am from over that way and used to work for the town allot, I dont remember anything good being in Chicopee.