St. Louis, Missouri

-Pappy's Smokehouse- Best BBQ in St. Louis from the pulled pork to their ribs. Their ribs are served without sauce and with an amazing rub.

-Espino's Mexican Bar and Grill- This is not your typical mexican restaurant, although they do have your typical mexican cuisine, they almost always have some fabulous specials with a mexican flair. They also have an impressive tequila list and some of the best margaritas I have ever had. I just dined their tonight and had Sea Bass with a apricot jalapeno chutney.

-Annie Gunns- In my opinion, Annie Gunns is the best fine dining St. Louis has to offer. It is quite a bit cheaper then Tony's, the goto fine dining restaurant in St. Louis, and has fresher food. Annie Gunns is one of the few places I feel comfortable ordering oysters.

Traverse City, Michigan

-Trattoria Stella- Located in the basement of an old mental institution, this restaurant offers tons of history and a great food. They have a new menu every night that features the freshest food from local producers.

What local delicacies you recommend to out of towners?
 

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So, a FTer is in your town and wants to sample something local. What would you recommend?

Here in CAE I would recommend shrimp and grits, pimento cheese and the local BBQ varient.

DTW, I would suggest our Coney Island hot dogs and possibly Middle Eastern food.

I would try to take that person to a local Southern California Farmer's Market.

LAX: In-n-Out :P

Also, one of the multiple ethnic neighborhoods in the greater LA area, such as:
- Little Saigon (OC)
- Little Tokyo (Downtown LA)
- Little Osaka (West LA)
- Little Ethiopia (West LA)
- Thai Town (LA)
- Little India (Cerritos)
- Koreatown (Downtown LA)
- Glendale for Armenian (Little Armenia is in Hollywood)
- Alhambra for Chinese
- Westwood Blvd. in West LA for Persian
- Olvera St. in Downtown LA for Mexican

Specific cuisine-wise:
- Bacon dogs from the cart vendors
- Street tacos from the food trucks
- French dipped sandwiches from Philippe's
- Chicken & Waffles from Roscoe's

What local delicacies you recommend to out of towners?
 

SAN - I would recommend trying a California Burrito from any hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint

Well, in Biggleswade, there is only one local speciality: the Bedfordshire Clanger. A distant relative of the pasty, but aimed at agricultural workers rather than miners, it's a suet pastry containing pork or gammon at one end, and apple at the other. And something of a mess where they meet. It's actually not bad as these things go, as long as you get it from Gunns of Sandy and not the awful version on sale at Dunstable Downs.

Otherwise, just sample the local produce - this is fertile land. Simple pleasures, like carrots and eggs straight from the farm and, at the moment, some truly outstanding asparagus. Perfect griddled with a little chilli - another item that is fast becoming an unlikely local speciality.

I would take them for the best Mexican food I have ever tasted at Templo del Sol in Riverside, CA. (been eating there for 34 years and never had a bad meal)

Empress Pavilion in L.A. China Town for Dim Sum.

Tommy's for the messiest hamburger in town.

Any place in Alhambra kicks Empress Pavilion's shins (and overall, SF wins the general dim sum battle over LA). IMO of course; I also purposely left Chinatown off my list.

Tommy's, how could I forget? But it HAS to be at the original shack in the Rampart district.

For food, agreed. But there is something about being in a restaurant that seats 1000 people and has a crowd outside that is really something to see. Never fails to impress visitors.

That reminds me, add to the LA list... sharing a Dodger Dog with 50K+ of your closest friends.

Dungeness crab and sourdough in SF.

It's the only crab that I actually enjoy and get it every time we visit. Good choice

Kansas City - so no question BBQ. Probably Fiorellas Jack Stack where they could also have the Crown Prime Rib and burnt ends.

NYC - bagels, Papaya King.