ira Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 When I started my "Great Sandwiches" thread I was eager to hear suggestions for great sandwiches to make at home.Then the "Tangent Police" e-mailed me to let me know that "PA Steeler Fan" and "Hollies65" took us on a fabulous tangent as they sang the praises of ""Primanti Brothers" of Greater Pittsburgh and more recently Florida.Wellll! today my daughter Mira and grandson Benjamin visited "Primanti Brothers" on 901 North A1A in Fort Lauderdale for corned beef for me and turkey for Mira.What great food!What a fun place!Thanks guys.I was thinkin'...How's about postin' great places to eat when visiting your respective cities?EC.Com has always been a great resource for travel ideas,shows to watch,and much more than just music.Feel free to share local places you would recommend as well as franchises you've enjoyed.For instance I LOVE the Upscale Chinese Food franchise..."P.F.Chang's!All-right EC.Commers...Belly up to the bar with some suggestions for the soon-to- be published. "E.C.Com Guide To Fine Dining".I breathlesly await your culinary suggestions.Signed.."Hungry I"( ra)=Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 My favorite place for a great, great sandwhich: Carnegie Deli, NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 WOW!....A Wisconsin boy knows the Carnegie Deli.YUM! "It's A Small World After-All".-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Years ago Ira I used to have a long lay over at Newark before going overseas and I would take a taxi to the Deli, hang out and have a long lunch and then take a taxi back to Newark. Heaven. Id eat there all the time if I lived in NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ezra's in Bradenton - the owner/chef used to work at one of the swanky expensive eateries in Longboat Key. This guy comes up with a very ecclectic menu - lots of home made soups, great specials (he makes a killer blackened filet sandwich with sweet onions and tomato chutney) their hambugers are to die for... and lunch is only between $8-$13 which is a steal for the kind of food you are getting. Dinner gets a bit pricier and even more interesting. The decor is interesting as well - they have local artists paintings and sculptures in there - probably from the Ringling School of Art - and they are always playing smooth jazz or some other funky music in there. It's relaxing you don't have to get dressed up - and you get great food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Neopolitan Gourmet makes the best deli Italian Deli sandwiches in Naples, FL. They are transplanted from Brooklyn.Katz' Deli on Houston Street in NYC makes the best Jewish Deli!John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Check out the Brasied Pork and Grilled Flank Steak on the menu.Momocho is a little Mexican inspired restaurant I love. http://www.momocho.com/menu.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Artie's Deli...on Broadway and 84th Street in Manhattan makes sandwiches to die for.-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 An 80 year old tradition in Montreal, Schwartz's Deli: http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/ Some of the reviews:"A Beef on Rye to Freeze to Death for!" - Financial Times of London"The best place in the Milky Way to sample smoked meat sandwiches!" - Time Magazine"When you're in Montreal, you must go to Schwartz's" - New York Times"A Montreal legend for 80 years. So what's the big deal? It's the viande fumé that overwhelms two slices of rye." - National Geographic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 My dear buddy Mel who I always visit in L.A. swears by Schwartz's...and he's a former New York Jew no less.Quite a recommendation!-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Artie's Deli...on Broadway and 84th Street in Manhattan makes sandwiches to die for.-Ira. Sounds like a place to visit when we come Ira!! Muzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Cantors in L.A.'s Ruebens..you can't finish them.I would much rather go to a place that FEEDS you rather then place art work on your plate and force you to stop at McDonalds on the way home...Good luck if Larry King is in there as he is everyday. He'll chew your ear off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yes Muzza...We WILL visit Artie's.peanut8...Cantor's...I understand has been a stronghold for the "Jewish Showbiz" crowd for an eternity!"California Dreamin'"......"Brent's" Deli" in "Northridge' is great too and I've learned from a reliable source (Ken Sharp himself) that noted "Marathon Man" co-author Ken Sharp is a fan of "Brent's too! http://www.brentsdeli.com/ "Rosie's" for ribs in greater L.A. area is great too!My buddy Mel ("Curlew") and I ate there with our own Reid C last year!...Yum! http://www.rosiesbbq.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Mr. Chow's in L.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 All jokes aside, in L.A. Ago, Koi and Dan Tanna'sChicago...Stefani's, Pizza and Oven Grinder (which btw Tommy, is directly across the street from where the St. Valentine's day massacre took place) Villa NovaIn N.Y....Tavern On the Green.Mama Leone's all of Bobby Flay's restaurants, Ray's pizza.Po.New Orleans...Cafe' Du Monde'Las Vegas...RosemaryLondon...San Lorenzo and the food court in Harrod'sRome...Rosati'sScottsdale...my house.Peru,Illinois...Lou's LaGratto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yes Muzza...We WILL visit Artie's.peanut8...Cantor's...I understand has been a stronghold for the "Jewish Showbiz" crowd for an eternity!"California Dreamin'"......"Brent's" Deli" in "Northridge' is great too and I've learned from a reliable source (Ken Sharp himself) that noted "Marathon Man" co-author Ken Sharp is a fan of "Brent's too! http://www.brentsdeli.com/ "Rosie's" for ribs in greater L.A. area is great too!My buddy Mel ("Curlew") and I ate there with our own Reid C last year!...Yum! http://www.rosiesbbq.com/ My dear Ira,there aren't any jews in Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well I like California...Maybe I'll move out there and be the first Jew to eat at "Cantor's"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Cafe Du Monde is of course historic, and the most famous "must stop" food destination in the Quarter, but the only thing to eat there are the beignets. A great insiders eating spot would be the 'Port Of Call'...the absolute BEST hamburgers in the world. It's a dive...but ask the locals...THE BEST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 BTW, I've had hamburgers all over the USA [The best hamburgers are made in this country....by far] and the huge Port Of Call Burger IS the best. They also have the world greatest loaded baked potato's...bigger than your head. http://www.portofcallneworleans.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thats the best way to do it...Steve. Ask the locals. i (forgive me for admitting this) used to date Emeril Lagasse and every foo foo restaurant he sent me to in N.O. gave me the trots. I'll take the dives anyday.There is one in particular I really loved,but the name slips me. i'll call him. If your ever there it's a must do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 BTW, I've had hamburgers all over the USA [The best hamburgers are made in this country....by far] and the huge Port Of Call Burger IS the best. They also have the world greatest loaded baked potato's...bigger than your head. http://www.portofcallneworleans.com/ Awesome. I eat like a horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadie #3 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Being on the road for more than 35 years I have food from everywhere. In the US some traveling hints:Best Corned Beef in the US Hands Down No comparison = Slyman's in Cleveland @ 31st & St.Clair. Nothing can touch itSteaks = Frankie & Johnnie's in NYC, tested by the compleate road crew and certified.Best Ribs = Gotta be Montgomery Inn in CincinnatiBest Fajitas = Alamo Cafe in San Antonio "unbelievable"Best Chicken Fried Steak (also known as Heart Attack on a plate) = Jailhouse Cafe in San Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I am such a dumb ass, you are right on the money with Frankie and Johnny's. Does anybody remember a show on Food Network called "Ready, Set, Cook?" My ex husband and I were on and he had, at that time, a little known chef that he cooked with by the name of Tyler Florence as his partner. Mine was a chef from N.Y. that till this day, never really made it big. We were the tomatoes and they were the peppers. When it came time for the audience to judge and hold up their pictures, it was all tomatoes and 1 pepper. I still rub it in. My friend that brought us on the show is the one that went to work on his first day at Cantor Fitzgerald in WTC tower 2...on 9/11/2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Though I have not been to New Orleans in 5 years, I was there twice a year from 1985- 1997. My favorite food city in the world. I was lucky enough to be in 3 Mardi Gras parades, Bacchus Krewe.I love New Orleans. Oh yeah...a Muffalata at Central Grocery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Again, another miss. They are HUGE and delicious. It's a whole loaf of bread on those monsters and I ate a whole one. Fontano's in the Dego section of Chicago is outstanding. i can say it...I'm 100% Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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