I guess we'd all like a restaurant that does things exactly to our specifications and is within walkable distance from our house besides. But to say "yuk"--the hold our breath until we turn blue response--simply because it isn't a reality seems just a tad self-involved and elitist to me. I've got to tell you that, for me anyway, this has been a hell of a thread to read over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Britt Robson Lyndale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Palandri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:43 PM Subject: [Mpls] Defining whats "good" in Mpls restaurants > > > As I have read through posts; I still say "yuk". The point of my post > intially was raising the standard or bar of what we have to eat in our > neighborhoods. And other than a place I have never been called First > Course, and reminded that Singapore would be good to try again: I am > afraid that I need to define the word "good". Almost all the of the > mentioned restaurants simply heat up prefabbed food service food. That's > not really cooking. Pizzas with prefabbed ingredients like crust, and low > quality cheese food product is not pizza. The bar-restaurants in our > neighborhoods fry prefabbed food. The Birchwood cooks real food, but I > think its lost it's excitement and I cannot say theres ample choices > anymore. The Chatterbox, while they douse all their food in cheese or > sauces, it's food service food reheated. Its not real cooking. I cannot > even speak of Pizza Luce and be civil, so I won't. I think in these some > nitch neighborhoods we deserve to ask for more than slightly mediocre. We > deserve cooked real food, and choices. In some cases we deserve full > liquor, thats not with inflatables scaring us at the doorways. I still > cannot express my dire disappointment in the Rail House. While I read > that Caselendas/Duigis(which by the way had real pizza) is $$$ to bring up > to code, I sure which someone would. I cannot imagine the Nile/Providence > uses that whole parking lot except on election day. The only thing I can > also suggest is for those of you who have not tried a Spokes Pizza(which > is only operated thurs-sat I think)-it is real Pizza. With high quality > mostly organic ingredients not junk that the US Foods or Sysco dropped > off. Other than that-I am sad we are forced to settle with yuk. > Gina Palandri > Standish > wishing I had a website called www.badfoodsucks.com > > > > > > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
