3 Favorite Restaurants

What's your 3 top restaurant eateries?

Mongolian Barbecue
Fracanos (Amazing Pizza)
Main Street Pub (Great to go after a night at the bars to calm down and eat)

Fast food: Arbys, Backyard Burger, Wendys

Sit-down: Red Lobster, Ryans (cant think of a #3, I don't eat out much)

In those orders.

A local Mexican place called el azul...good stuff. Applebees is good but I wouldn't consider it in my top 3...
After that, I really don't care. Everything to me is either overpriced or crappy...there was this really nice hotel in the south side of charleston that had a very nice restaurant in it, though...the hotel closed and the restaurant went with it...Don't even remember the name of it, now...Good food, a little pricey but it was well worth it. The staff was awesome....

sorry for not mentioning anything no one has heard of except applebees LOL

I've never went anywhere really nice.

The only place I've been to that is worth mentioning is the Athenian in Seattle. Crab cakes NOM NOM NOM.

Anthony's Runway 84 (if you're ever in Ft. Lauderdale you need to eat here)
Anthony's Coalfired Pizza (best pizza ever)
J. Alexanders

Chick Fil A

Dave's Famous BBQ, Chinatown Inn, Chillies.

O'Charlies (best potato soup evvvaaarrrr)
Olive Garden (best salad)
Buffalo Wild Wings (great place to hang out, drink, and watch sports)

Chains:
Olive Garden (addicted to their Spinach-Artichoke Dip)
Applebee's
Carino's

Local:
Peerless (Grecian place, owners are close family friends, best food around here, pretty pricey)
Gourmet & Co. (Even pricier, weird entrees like duck and venison)
Dixie Barbeque

Fast food:
Chick-Fil-A
Hardee's
Pal's (Another local place)

Places that I frequent regularly...
Steak n Shake
White Castle
Penn Station


Favorite places to go
The Hickory (historical rib/steak place in Dayton)
O'Charley's
Chili's

Places to hang with friends
Buffalo Wild Wings
Applebees
Steak N Shake


As you can see... a lot of my places are meant for decent cheap food in the middle of the night...

Flemings Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
PF Changs

Or if I don't feel like spending a crap ton of money....

Monk's Bar & Grill in WI Dells
Trolley Dogs in Kenosha
DeRango's Italian Restaurant in Racine.

My number one is Fuddruckers which is no longer around in my area, so I have replaced it with...


The Thurman Cafe http://thethurmancafe.com/
They have been featured on the Food Network multiple times


Then
City Barbecue www.citybbq.com
And
Olive Garden (Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo, YUM!)




A couple others that are high in the list are Applebbes for their cowboy burger, and boneless honey bbq wings, and Outback for their RIBS! I'm hungry now.

That burger looks like it would make me sick for weeks.

Top three i would say-

Double Dogs
TGI Fridays (sizzling chicken and cheese FTW grilled chicken)
Raffertys (sp)- Best chef salad i have EVER eaten.

robbie wrote:

TGI Fridays (sizzling chicken and cheese FTW grilled chicken)

I love the Jack Daniels Steak, but the closest one is Knoxville :/

TAJRogers wrote:

My number one is Fuddruckers which is no longer around in my area

Still have one here, and all their burgers are delicious. Only place around with a Buffalo Burger, but it's too small for me usually. 1lb. burger ftw

We have a TGI here in BG. Love it always.

lbjshaq2345 wrote:

TAJRogers wrote: My number one is Fuddruckers which is no longer around in my area Still have one here, and all their burgers are delicious. Only place around with a Buffalo Burger, but it's too small for me usually. 1lb. burger ftw

TAJRogers, nice. I get the half pound triple cheese blue plate with an oreo shake. There is one left in the Dayton area, which is like an hour and a half/two hours away from me. I miss it

1. Benihana (or Arirang)
2. Wasabi (local japanese place)
3. Pakalolo Sunrise - Some little place in Hawaii

1. Famous Daves
2. Chik-fil-a
3. undecided

i like food to much, therefore have too many places to list.

Hibachi is up there though, mmmm sooo good. I do live in northern NJ therefore our pizza is better than what all you other nubs eat

Anthony's Homeport
Macaroni Grill
mama's Fish House (Maui hawaii)

02BlueStang wrote:

mama's Fish House (Maui hawaii)

Heard of that place, it's crazy. Advanced booking for months. I take it it's good?

I personally loved Shaka Pizza on the island, thought the NY style pizza from there was better than what I get in north jersey / NYC!

Kris wrote:

02BlueStang wrote: mama's Fish House (Maui hawaii) Heard of that place, it's crazy. Advanced booking for months. I take it it's good? I personally loved Shaka Pizza on the island, thought the NY style pizza from there was better than what I get in north jersey / NYC!

Go for an early dinner and its first come first served...usually pretty quiet and relaxing as they own their own private beach and its an open window restaurant...Great service, awesome food....expensive though...2 people will run you 175-250.

TRogers wrote:

The Thurman Cafe http://thethurmancafe.com/ They have been featured on the Food Network multiple times Then City Barbecue www.citybbq.com

Mine are
Big Al's Italian beef (Chicago, IL)
Thurman Cafe (Columbus, OH)
Hyde Park Steakhouse (Columbus, OH)

If I had to choose between spending $150 at a great steakhouse or $250 to fly to Chicago for Al's beef.. I'd be in Chicago in a heart beat.

Runners Up:
Corky's (Memphis, TN)
City BBQ (Columbus, OH) <-- Their pulled pork was a little dry last time I was there.

There's probably 50 or so on my list, but I'm a fat guy who travels a lot.

Fast Food:
Chipotle
Pawbowsky's
Lenny's

Sit Chain Down:
Samurai
Buca Di Beppo
Bone Fish Grille

Local:
Google these choices and you will see they are GREAT!
Gus's Fried Chicken
(World renowned fried chicken for over 100 years, I would suggest the original place in Mason, worth the drive... only two locations ever...Was wrote up as one of the top 10 places in the world to travel to and eat. GQ and many others wrote reviews on Gus's... drinks some chicken and drink a beer!)

Rendezvous's BBQ
( Awesome dry rub ribs, OMG! My cousin married the lady who owns the place, and we had a bachelor's party start off eating good food there for free I didn't want to leave! )

Neely's BBQ
(Grew up in memphis with one of the Neelys and he brought BBQ to school before they were as big as they are now... They even have a TV show now! Still small with only two or three locations but the food as ALWAYS been great! The ribs and the beans which made them famous... GAH! I want to go to Memphis to eat tomorrow ;/ )

chicagosfinest wrote:

TRogers wrote: The Thurman Cafe http://thethurmancafe.com/ They have been featured on the Food Network multiple times Then City Barbecue www.citybbq.com Mine are Big Al's Italian beef (Chicago, IL) Thurman Cafe (Columbus, OH) Hyde Park Steakhouse (Columbus, OH) If I had to choose between spending $150 at a great steakhouse or $250 to fly to Chicago for Al's beef.. I'd be in Chicago in a heart beat. Runners Up: Corky's (Memphis, TN) City BBQ (Columbus, OH) <-- Their pulled pork was a little dry last time I was there. There's probably 50 or so on my list, but I'm a fat guy who travels a lot.

Corky's??? I need to take you to a real memphis BBQ joint ;)

Flemings Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar =mega expensive
Some local 50s diner(Aken can agree with how much I love that place)
Texas road house. Simple. Tastey. Penuts. Need I say more?

I love those huge potato fries...just like 1/4th a potato sliced into a triangle...those things are frackin awesome.

El Toro (Fried Chimmichanga)
Gross Burger (Tripple Cheese Burger)
Buffalo Wild Wing (Terriaki Wings Are My Addiction)

Kabuki's Sushi < Omg so good..... >
Claim Jumper
House of Prime Rib < seriously I couldn't walk when I left this place. >

kornholio788 wrote:

Flemings Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar =mega expensive Some local 50s diner(Aken can agree with how much I love that place) Texas road house. Simple. Tastey. Penuts. Need I say more?

It's called Douglas Ave Diner, and yeah Korn doesn't shut up about their hashbrowns.

jol102001 wrote:

Olive Garden (best salad)

This is funny that everybody says this. I work at the "OG"... the salads are no different than what you buy from the food store. We don't make our own, but everyone just thinks its so much better than everyone elses. The only place that makes their own that I know of is Texas Roadhouse.

My top three are:

Texas Roadhouse (Awesome everything)
Hibachi (Japanese place)
Buffalo Wild Wings (Food is not so ok, but its a great place to chill)

o6blink wrote:

jol102001 wrote: Olive Garden (best salad) This is funny that everybody says this. I work at the "OG"... the salads are no different than what you buy from the food store. We don't make our own, but everyone just thinks its so much better than everyone elses. The only place that makes their own that I know of is Texas Roadhouse. My top three are: Texas Roadhouse (Awesome everything) Hibachi (Japanese place) Buffalo Wild Wings (Food is not so ok, but its a great place to chill)

Yeah, i know a salad is a salad, but it's the dressing... i don't know if you put just enough dressing or what but it's off the hook

oh, yeah.. it's the dressing then.

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Hooter's, Waffle House, or Denny's yet? I freakin love me some Hooter's wings with a pitcher of Yuengling...

Bobby Lee wrote:

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Hooter's, Waffle House, or Denny's yet? I freakin love me some Hooter's wings with a pitcher of Yuengling...

Hooters and Denny's ftw...

never been to Waffle House...

but seriously, Hooters for food is really good, most people will be like 'OH YOU JUST SAY THAT!!! Youre there for the ****!' in all seriousness... the burgers/wings are the ****, **** are a bonus.

And red robin, i love me some Red Robin.

Schlotzskys
Sambinos
Moes

tgifs
applebee's
HOOTERS

1. Timberlodge Steak House
2. Red Lobster
3. Olive Garden