Originally Posted by
MiamiFlyer
Guess I am the food junkie - have done short (sometimes just day or overnight) trips to/for
1. Chicago - Italian Beef (Al's), Greektown - many times
2. Milwaukee - Cheese curds, Pabst, and smoked chub
3. Austin - what else, and of course, the only Salt Lick I like (Driftwood)
4. Sacremento - Squeeze Inn (blame Guy and Diners/Driveins/Dives)
5. Memphis - BBQ (I like Interstate better than Redezvous)
6. Kansas City - BBQ (lamb ribs, but I don't remember where)
7. Phoenix - One of the few Roy's we hadn't tried yet - on July 3rd no less. Convinced the manager to buy us a round of drinks for having traveled further for dinner than anyone else that night. Watched the fireworks over New Orleans on the way home the next day.
There's others (lots of weekend trips, but not primarily for the food). But why leave home when you have stone crabs here, and I have become a Truluck's AYCE convert.
Well now I know what I am doing with that expiring WN old school awards. I've never been to a Trulucks. Normally when I am in FLL I'll eat at the Southport raw bar for my seafood fix. Usually hit Joe's or the Keys or the other side for stone crabs. I was just in the Fish House in early January and the App was $54 for the Jumbo's.
Speaking of triple D. I looking to go to the Blue water grill in San Diego. And lastly when you hit the south side of Chicago there is a place called Calumet Fisheries on east 95th st. right at the base of the bridge.
http://www.calumetfisheries.com/ Greatest smoked chubs IMO and killer fried shrimp and smelt. Its a take out place. Actually Ill eat on the hood of the car. But I grew up on the east side so I have little or no manners
