Where we eat: favorite restaurants

Slider

I live in Western Washington and I love food. More specifically, I love GOOD food.

This thread is for those of us who want to share and talk about our favorite restaurants.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Latin American - Guanaco's Tacos Pupuseria, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.
Burgers - Pick-Quick Drive In, Fife, WA. / Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, WA. / King's Hardware, Ballard, WA.
Steak - El Gaucho, Belltown, Seattle, WA.

Bucketman

Uh...I guess I like the Broadway Cafe out here. it has good soup. Oh, Genos Chicago Pizza. and Northwoods is a good place for country style cooking

Tonkka

Oh great, now I want an After School Special.

Blake T

What do you think of panda express guys!

Bucketman

its passable if I'm in a hurry, but theres so many places that do chinease better out here.

Blake T

I have a joke.

Why did the hipster burn himself?

He drank his coffee before it was cool.

Tonkka

I am laughing at that and stealing it Blake T.

Kadith

I'd say your mom's house

but you're just too terrible slider

Clint Eastwood

we have an italian place here called Nonna's that I really like, and a sushi place called Kai that has some nifty web design on their site and some fucking bomb-ass sushi. plus they play a lot of radiohead and stuff

Donovan Puppyfucker

Awesome fine-dining restaurant: Cocos, South Perth, Western Australia.
Fantastic Indian food: Jewel of the Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Chinese restaurant that is amazing: Yummy House, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
French Restaurant that is outstanding: The Loose Box, Mundaring, Western Australia. (winner of multiple awards)
Best Pizzas in the southern hemisphere (not even kidding): Little Caesars, Mundaring, Western Australia. (Theo Kalogeracos is a world-renowned pizza chef)
Excellent fish and chip shop: Mermaids, South Perth, Western Australia.

Mr Fuzzbutt

Cookie in Melbourne has the best Thai food.

Also an amazing beer menu.

Henroid

I eat at this place called Jack in the Box sometimes.

FirmSkater

There is this little hole of a thai grocery/restaurant near my house that is totally banging.

Slider

I just remembered a place I went to a few weeks ago. It had an awesome late night happy hour.

McCormick & Schmick's, Downtown, Seattle, WA.

George Fornby Grill

Dough Co calzones, nothing better at 2 AM when you're stoned off your ass.

Siena Cafe, for that delicious hangover TexMex Breakfast at any hour. Breakfast all day, fuck yeah.

Voodoo Doughnuts, I only ever get them on tuesdays (coffee shop near my first class on Tuesday has them), or when I'm out near downtown (it is full of juggalos so I do not usually like to go there). So delicious.

FirmSkater

The grocery part of that Thai restaurant I mentioned is weird as shit. I mean they have normal stuff like 20lb bags of rice and crazy asian carrot soda and whatever

But against the back wall they have two chest style freezers - which are completely and totally without organization - and they are filled top to bottom with random frozen food items with (presumably) thai writing all over it.

I found a package of some kind of frozen giant bugs. Like huge fucking cockroaches or something - I don't even know what they were. Like six of them lined up in this packaging like you would find chicken breasts in the supermarket.

TheySlashThem

there's a great bar down the street called michael's

they've got a tuesday special with a ribeye steak, baked potato, greek salad, and some garlic bread

when I get the chance to have it, it's the only meal I need that day

Kadith

FirmSkater wrote: »

The grocery part of that Thai restaurant I mentioned is weird as shit. I mean they have normal stuff like 20lb bags of rice and crazy asian carrot soda and whatever

But against the back wall they have two chest style freezers - which are completely and totally without organization - and they are filled top to bottom with random frozen food items with (presumably) thai writing all over it.

I found a package of some kind of frozen giant bugs. Like huge fucking cockroaches or something - I don't even know what they were. Like six of them lined up in this packaging like you would find chicken breasts in the supermarket.

Well?

How'd they taste?

Marth

The local 24 hour (on weekends) breakfast joint here closed a month or two ago. Now the only place to get breakfast at 2 am here is IHOP, and that's lame.

Tef

chrishallett83 wrote:

Awesome fine-dining restaurant: Cocos, South Perth, Western Australia.
Fantastic Indian food: Jewel of the Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Chinese restaurant that is amazing: Yummy House, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
French Restaurant that is outstanding: The Loose Box, Mundaring, Western Australia. (winner of multiple awards)
Best Pizzas in the southern hemisphere (not even kidding): Little Caesars, Mundaring, Western Australia. (Theo Kalogeracos is a world-renowned pizza chef)
Excellent fish and chip shop: Mermaids, South Perth, Western Australia.

Nice choices, I can think of a couple of alternatives:
Indian: Maharaja, Claremont, Western Australia
Fine dining: Rockpool, Burswood, Western Australia or Fraser's, Kings Park, Western Australia
French: Bistro Felix, Subiaco, Western Australia
Fish and chips: Swish n Chips, Mt Lawley, Western Australia

New entrants:
Thai: The King and I, Guildford, WA
Vietnamese: Van's, Northbridge, WA
Pub Meal: The Herdsman, Herdsman, WA or The Queens, Mt Lawley, WA

stimtokolos

Yoyogi is really decent for its price on Swanston Street. Under 10 bucks for good stuffs.

Fishman

Monsoon Poon.


Yes, that is actually it's name.
It's an fairly awesome Asian Fusion Restaurant/Bar thing. No bookings, so you can rock up any night of the week, and while you wait you can have some of their insanely awesome cocktails at the bar.
Once you're seated, you'll probably be able to see and watch you food being prepared - the kitchen is kinda open plan, and they have strategically-placed angled mirrors above the work bench, so you can see them garnish and spice your meals. The food is good, the service above average and the prices completely reasonable.
I absolutely love it.

Slider

If you're ever in San Diego and get a hankerin' for the world's best breakfast burrito:

Mexican - Kotija Jr., Encinitas, San Diego, CA.

Kevin Crist

Gyros Delight, Lynnwood WA. (Greek Fastfood)
Mia Roma, Kenmore, WA (great pizzia)

Two I like to go to every so often.

Riale

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Dough Co calzones, nothing better at 2 AM when you're stoned off your ass.

Siena Cafe, for that delicious hangover TexMex Breakfast at any hour. Breakfast all day, fuck yeah.

Voodoo Doughnuts, I only ever get them on tuesdays (coffee shop near my first class on Tuesday has them), or when I'm out near downtown (it is full of juggalos so I do not usually like to go there). So delicious.

Dough Co is okay but more than once I've gotten a calzone from them that was way undercooked. Like, unmelted cheese and shit. Still, for late night grub there's not much else that's good.

Voodoo doughnuts is amazing but their store only takes cash and I never have cash on me when I go there. I really want to grab some from the fishbowl but I'm never on campus early enough on tuesdays to get any

in Eugene I really dig Laughing Planet even though it's a hippie hangout. The food is really good and they do a lot of different ethnic food but manage to get it all right.

Also Sweet Life Patisserie is the best fucking place for deserts in the world oh my god it is so fucking goooooooooood

Tef

Fishman wrote:

Monsoon Poon.


Yes, that is actually it's name.
It's an fairly awesome Asian Fusion Restaurant/Bar thing. No bookings, so you can rock up any night of the week, and while you wait you can have some of their insanely awesome cocktails at the bar.
Once you're seated, you'll probably be able to see and watch you food being prepared - the kitchen is kinda open plan, and they have strategically-placed angled mirrors above the work bench, so you can see them garnish and spice your meals. The food is good, the service above average and the prices completely reasonable.
I absolutely love it.

Fuck yes, they've got one of these in Auckland, I went when I was over there for the World Cup. Fucking awesome

Tonkka

Kevin Crist wrote:

Gyros Delight, Lynnwood WA. (Greek Fastfood)
Mia Roma, Kenmore, WA (great pizzia)

Two I like to go to every so often.

Oh hey i went to Mia Roma once for a company Xmas party.

I think I remember the food being good. I got drunk on the company dime.

Kevin Crist

My family used to go there for gettogethers.

The place has some nice atmosphere.

George Fornby Grill

Riale wrote:

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Dough Co calzones, nothing better at 2 AM when you're stoned off your ass.

Siena Cafe, for that delicious hangover TexMex Breakfast at any hour. Breakfast all day, fuck yeah.

Voodoo Doughnuts, I only ever get them on tuesdays (coffee shop near my first class on Tuesday has them), or when I'm out near downtown (it is full of juggalos so I do not usually like to go there). So delicious.

Dough Co is okay but more than once I've gotten a calzone from them that was way undercooked. Like, unmelted cheese and shit. Still, for late night grub there's not much else that's good.

Voodoo doughnuts is amazing but their store only takes cash and I never have cash on me when I go there. I really want to grab some from the fishbowl but I'm never on campus early enough on tuesdays to get any

in Eugene I really dig Laughing Planet even though it's a hippie hangout. The food is really good and they do a lot of different ethnic food but manage to get it all right.

Also Sweet Life Patisserie is the best fucking place for deserts in the world oh my god it is so fucking goooooooooood

sup UO buddy. The only reason I ever have time to grab the doughnuts on tuesday is because I have billiards as my first class, so I just sit in The Break and drink coffee and eat doughnuts and play pool.


I still haven't checked out a load of restaurants here yet, what with the stupid meal-plan because I live on campus. Getting so tired of that food at this point, though.

Marth

24 hour breakfast places are my absolute favorite places to eat. Doubly so if they have pancakes and/or waffles, which most do.

Riale

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Riale wrote:

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Dough Co calzones, nothing better at 2 AM when you're stoned off your ass.

Siena Cafe, for that delicious hangover TexMex Breakfast at any hour. Breakfast all day, fuck yeah.

Voodoo Doughnuts, I only ever get them on tuesdays (coffee shop near my first class on Tuesday has them), or when I'm out near downtown (it is full of juggalos so I do not usually like to go there). So delicious.

Dough Co is okay but more than once I've gotten a calzone from them that was way undercooked. Like, unmelted cheese and shit. Still, for late night grub there's not much else that's good.

Voodoo doughnuts is amazing but their store only takes cash and I never have cash on me when I go there. I really want to grab some from the fishbowl but I'm never on campus early enough on tuesdays to get any

in Eugene I really dig Laughing Planet even though it's a hippie hangout. The food is really good and they do a lot of different ethnic food but manage to get it all right.

Also Sweet Life Patisserie is the best fucking place for deserts in the world oh my god it is so fucking goooooooooood

sup UO buddy. The only reason I ever have time to grab the doughnuts on tuesday is because I have billiards as my first class, so I just sit in The Break and drink coffee and eat doughnuts and play pool.


I still haven't checked out a load of restaurants here yet, what with the stupid meal-plan because I live on campus. Getting so tired of that food at this point, though.

Oh yeah, that would make it pretty hard. I don't go out to eat often because of budget constraints but there's definitely good eats in Eugene. Seriously though, it's really far from campus but you need to see Sweet Life at least once. It is one of the best goddamn dessert shops I've ever been to. That sounds like an awesome first class, by the way. Super jealous.

EDIT: Also, Yes to marth. Breakfast is the best meal at any time of day.

George Fornby Grill

I want to say I saw them with a booth during the Saturday Market one week, but I can't recall.

Peter Ebel

A small, tiny Italian style eatery where everything is made from basic ingredients and is owned an run by an enthusiast. I no longer have the patience for bullshit short cuts and reheated nonsense food.

Honestly, I'm too poor and too good of a cook to eat at restaurants. Maybe once a month I will sit down at a place and order some food. I'd rather spend my meagre pay on good ingredients.

Bucketman

We have one thai place and I've never been, were trying it this weekend. I'm excited because I love thai food

natek

Blake T wrote:

I have a joke.

Why did the hipster burn himself?

He drank his coffee before it was cool.

bahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA




I need to find some good restaurants
there are only a few places I know I will go back to and they are all in minneapolis
the 5-8 club, brit's, this other place that I can't remember but it has board games (and the games are the only reason I would go back)

Donovan Puppyfucker

Tef wrote:

chrishallett83 wrote:

Awesome fine-dining restaurant: Cocos, South Perth, Western Australia.
Fantastic Indian food: Jewel of the Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Chinese restaurant that is amazing: Yummy House, Victoria Park, Western Australia.
French Restaurant that is outstanding: The Loose Box, Mundaring, Western Australia. (winner of multiple awards)
Best Pizzas in the southern hemisphere (not even kidding): Little Caesars, Mundaring, Western Australia. (Theo Kalogeracos is a world-renowned pizza chef)
Excellent fish and chip shop: Mermaids, South Perth, Western Australia.

Nice choices, I can think of a couple of alternatives:
Indian: Maharaja, Claremont, Western Australia
Fine dining: Rockpool, Burswood, Western Australia or Fraser's, Kings Park, Western Australia
French: Bistro Felix, Subiaco, Western Australia
Fish and chips: Swish n Chips, Mt Lawley, Western Australia

New entrants:
Thai: The King and I, Guildford, WA
Vietnamese: Van's, Northbridge, WA
Pub Meal: The Herdsman, Herdsman, WA or The Queens, Mt Lawley, WA

Fraser's is nice, but it costs a billion dollars.

Blake T

Frasers isn't that bad, rock pool is worse.

Rock pool isn't really worth the money in my opinion. The food is nice but the service is pretty average.

ThreeCubed

The best meal I ever had was at Local 127 in Cincinnati. It's Cincinnati's only redeeming quality. If you're ever forced at gunpoint to go to that butthole city, eat at Local 127.

ThreeCubed

Marth wrote: »

24 hour breakfast places are my absolute favorite places to eat. Doubly so if they have pancakes and/or waffles, which most do.

We're going to Waffle House after your 21st birthday party.

Larlar

The Keg's sirloin oscar (grilled top sirloin topped with shrimp, scallops, asparagus and béarnaise sauce) is something I would eat every day if I could afford it. And also if it wouldn't slowly kill me.

Bedigunz

I'll be back but my favorite place for Tacos is Taco Johns. @Jordyn knows whats up