hollywood Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 LA this weekend. The weather has been tricky, but apparently it's going to settle down and be sunny in the low 70s in your honour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaymes Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 re Alaska..I'd love to go and almost went last year; Juneau to Seattle as crew on this boat... http://www.arctictraveller.com/ That looks pretty terrific. Hope you do get to go... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Johnson Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I would love to go to St Louis. Never been. Kansas City is... okay, but terribly quiet. Still, barbecue and steak, as they say. And the talking Winston Churchill statue. If you go, attend a baseball game. It is a great baseball city. The Italian food doesn't suck either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
9lives Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I went to school in St Louis some years back..generally enjoyed the city and it's changed a whole lot. I "need" to live near an ocean so I didn't think of staying. The "Hill" used to have some great Italian food, STL has an unusual pizza style..cracker thin crust and provolone cheese, cut irregularly..not slices. I was shocked when I first had it; coming from NY...but I grew to really like it..sometimes miss it. Toasted ravioli (just what it sounds like) w/marinara sauce was also pretty tasty, and I don't think I've seen it outside STL. Road trips to KC meant Arthur Bryants BBQ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SLBunge Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Saint Louis also has Ted Drewes. Not as good as Kopp's in Milwaukee but much better than you can get in most US cities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grenache Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 For anyone coming to St. Louis here's where you need to eat: Niche Farmhaus Monarch Pi Sidney Street Cafe Pappy's Smokehouse I know St. Louis has a reputation for Italian food, but unfortunately it is more of a myth than reality. Sure there is the Hill where there are many Italian restaurants, but most are terrible in that all you find is red sauce poured over mountains of noodles. It's a product of hometown loyalty skewing reality. The best Italian restaurant in my opinion is Acero. St. Louis has some decent restaurants and it has come along way in recent years, but anyone coming from cities like Chicago, NY, SF will not find anything too enlightening. Farmhaus, Niche, Monarch and Sidney Street Cafe are the city's best and are all run by chefs who really care about what they do and are trying very hard to make progress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Saint Louis also has Ted Drewes. Not as good as Kopp's in Milwaukee but much better than you can get in most US cities. If there's something better than Ted Drewes, I am much much more than eager to try it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come. I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come. They've got a crazy way of loving there. And I'm gonna get me some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Could you do some vicarious eating for me in KC? Oklahoma Joe's on the Kansas side has really good onion rings. Chocolates from Christopher Elbow. Mmmmmmmmm. Chocolate malted concrete from Foo's Frozen Custard is good, too. I want to go to Kansas City, too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne F Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Three words: Stroud's fried chicken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joiei Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come. I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come. They've got a crazy way of loving there. And I'm gonna get me some. I will be there between the 21st and 23rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Just back from Oklahoma Joe's. Fucking Wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Just back from Oklahoma Joe's. Fucking Wow. Did you have the onion rings? If you did, do you have any pictures so I can pretend I'm eating them, too? If you don't mind straying from bbq, Al Habashi had really good schwarma. It was so good it was the only place we hit twice (other than Foo's Fabulous) during our short stay there. Actually, we sort of went there three times, because we got falafel to-go to eat at the airport. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Did you have the onion rings? If you did, do you have any pictures so I can pretend I'm eating them, too? Yes. No. Sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuxvomica Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 so it's going to be a doozy: Zurich - Lyon (stop for wine in-between) - Jura - Dijon - Champagne - Luxembourg -Alsace - London in about two weeks if we can pull it off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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