I would assume since they have a hell of a lot more Mexicans in those states they would have more and better Mexican restaurants.
Restaurants we need
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There's no chain restaurant I yearn for but could the Gold Nugget Bar & Grill in Boleus please open a Lincoln location?!
They put out a GOOD steak. 😋
They put out a GOOD steak. 😋
I’m no expert on the subject but bbq is more a culture than just a place to eat, I agree with you, I’m jealous of areas like the Carolina’s and Deep South, that food looks incredible on food shows.
Smoke Pit (now closed) at 25th and Farnam in Omaha. When I was a kid I used to work near there and I'd go there to get the sliced brisket. Go late enough and you could watch the Creighton guys haggle with the hookers over the price. Allegedly sometimes things were done for a rack of ribs.
Not a fan of authentic mexican personally...the few times people told me I was eating it....I could have used the leftover grease to change the oil in my Ridgeline....i'm more of an Americanized mexican guy....so Omaha works for me on that front. Would like to ha e KC's BBQ scene though.
Skeets was the best BBQ I've ever had. Put the pork ribs on a slice of bread and then covered it sauce. The hot sauce would put you in a burn unit.
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This place is still open and very good. The peach cobbler is so good West O suburbanites go there and get it by the bucket-load.
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I don't care if the owner is an Iowa fan, I stop there first thing when I get to town.
Good call on The Smoke Pit. I used to drive downtown at least twice a year to go get the lunch special of a plate of ribs/cheap salad/bread for like $8 if I remember right. I loved them ribs.
My two choices to add would be California spots. El Pollo Loco and Del Taco. El Pollo Loco had the best tacos ever. Del Taco had the unhealthiest chili cheese fries. Whenever we would come back from the field in the Marines, we would run down to Oceanside and gorge ourselves on that. It was just the thing to loosen up all them MRE's jammed up in our colons.
As an aside, I will be in Memphis next Friday and will be sure to go get Gus's Famous Fried Chicken while in town. I think the one near Beale street is the OG and that is where I go. It is easily the best fried chicken I have ever had. The best.
My two choices to add would be California spots. El Pollo Loco and Del Taco. El Pollo Loco had the best tacos ever. Del Taco had the unhealthiest chili cheese fries. Whenever we would come back from the field in the Marines, we would run down to Oceanside and gorge ourselves on that. It was just the thing to loosen up all them MRE's jammed up in our colons.
As an aside, I will be in Memphis next Friday and will be sure to go get Gus's Famous Fried Chicken while in town. I think the one near Beale street is the OG and that is where I go. It is easily the best fried chicken I have ever had. The best.
I believe there are some of these on the west coast and I know at least some in NYC.
If you can you really should try
Jollibee -- Phillipino fried chicken place. Decent chicken but their spaghetti is what you need to try.
GoGo Curry-- Japanese curry. Fried pork cutlet, or chicken cutlet or shrimp over rice with a curry gravy. It's not Indian curry. Very little spice and AWESOME if you like rice and gravy
If you can you really should try
Jollibee -- Phillipino fried chicken place. Decent chicken but their spaghetti is what you need to try.
GoGo Curry-- Japanese curry. Fried pork cutlet, or chicken cutlet or shrimp over rice with a curry gravy. It's not Indian curry. Very little spice and AWESOME if you like rice and gravy
When I was a kid, they were the go to. We loved how you had a phone at every table that you ordered through. It was fun watching the help take the order and move around like slugs. My dad liked to time them. Sometimes it was an hour before some neighborhood teenage girl showed up with the meal.
Viscesnos is very good. AUTHENTIC Italian. The next table usually looks like a mafiosi family. Not bad prices either.
Gus's chicken? Never heard of it. What region of the country.
Whataburger? California?
McDonalds level food at old McDonalds prices. I might be thinking of something else.
I've never had Korean fried chicken, how's it compare to karaage? Even some lovely cheap Lawson station karaage?
Haven't had karaage so i couldn't really compare. But Korean fried chicken is really good, double fried and usually served two-style (spicy pepper and garlic) and best with beer of course.
I went a different way home tonight on my way to pick up dinner. Noticed that they are breaking ground for a Portillo's in South Arlington. Small world.
Javi's & El Alambre are great.
I think Romeos is good too, but I also like La Mesa, haha.
Well Christ when you just name the lames and the chains yea…those suck. Go to Guaca Maya on 33rd and L, Isla Del Mar or El Dorado’s on 24th, in that order. The DeLeon’s in South O is the best one and pretty damn good especially for late night munchies.
I personally do not know of another Chicago style deep dish pizza in Omaha other than Pizzeria Davlo, which is amazing, but we need more of that. If someone could name another spot I would check it out tomorrow.
Didn't omaha win the vote for a Giordano's about ten years ago. Then it never happened.
Lina's is just as good as Abelardo's. I think they are the same family. Very reminiscent of the great taco shops near Camp Pendleton like Roberto's, Colima's and the like.
I think I had Gus’s in Austin and Nashville. Whataburger is primarily a Texas chain but they are in Kansas City now due to Mahommes. The family sold them to a PE firm so I’m assuming they will be more expansion. I love Whataburger!!! Gus’s is amazing too!
I’m seeing 6 years ago. Then they kept teasing until 2021, still nothing.
Mmmm just head south at 24th an L. Some of the best authentic Mexican restaurants around
Yeah, I know what was going on. Didn't they clean all that up when they temporarily shut them down? Did they catch them again?
I went to a lot of Texas Rangers games there in the early 70's. Got to spend a little time in the stadium hoosegow for buying beer for my Air Force buddies when I was underage. LOL
I loved the ol' tin can. You could park for free nearby, cheap bleacher seats where you could watch the drunks fight, and those nachos. We used to bring binoculars for girl watching.
Before that location was Pontillos it was Hong Kong Pizza King. Believe it or not, it had great pizza. Only place I have ever seen where you could order a pizza with an egg roll!When I first read this I was thinking about this place in Lincoln - back in the day.
Whataburger is starting to saturate the Kansas side of the KC metro. I have only been there once for a breakfast sandwich. It was a typical breakfast sandwich.
Based on people I have talked it is just another chain.
I'm going to assume you're serious, though I suspect you may not have been.
However, jackfruit is a great barbecue substitute if you don't eat meat or would like to take a break from it. It breaks down to where it looks and feels like pulled pork, but without the cholesterol.
Junior Miller's daughter owned and ran a raw vegan place on N. 27th St. in Lincoln. My wife and I visited last year when we were in town for my father's funeral. It appears to have closed, however. It was called Intuit Raw Foods.
Juju's vegan Creole and Cajun is still open on 11th Street.
