1) Manny's Tortas: Great sandwiches. Right on Lake and 31st Avenue. 2) Midori's Floating World Cafe: Great Noodle Bowls, solid sushi. 31st Avenue 1/2 block south of Lake. 3) El Norteno: Good mole sauce, cheap mexican eats, nice patio, 40th Ave. S. and Lake.
These are all non-chain, local businesses that deserve your patronage, IMHO.
The relentlessly negative assessment in Gina Palandri's post I just don't buy at all. What's wrong with the Birchwood? You dismiss it without any explanation. The Chatterbox is a freakin bar and grill kinda place - if you want organic greens and tofu croquettes, I'm sorry. They also have a kick a** brunch on Saturday and Sunday, which is definitely "real" food and highly underutilized. If y'all show up and crowd the place out now, I will be severely p.o'ed, but they deserve better business for the price and quality.
I know that it is not in the target area, but I gotta add one more plug - Hell's Kitchen (downtown) BEST BREAKFAST EVER.
aaron klemz cooper
Relentless?? Ok-you want more explanation of my relentless self-indulged Food elitist snobbery:
1. My first visit to Mannys Torte: I ordered a sandwich, and it looked pretty good while they were making it. As they finished it the woman handed it to me and then took it back after speaking in spanish to the person who cooked it. I said whats the matter? The woman replied, the Mushrooms are moldy we will make you another one. was I hungry for this moldy sandwich now?? No....
2. Over and over, places that serve Sushi assume everyone wants fishy taste, fishy stock, and fish flavor fried into their food. I have tried it twice for Tempura, and other items. For whatever reasons they feel that fish flavor is fine for everyone. I don't. Fish stock is in everything, and then they fry the Veggie Tempura in oil that they fried fish in. It is possible to offer vegetarian items in an asian flare that keeps fish out. Jasmine Deli does it.
3. An El Norteno, bless those 2, they work so hard, have no employees, and are still open. The food is good, the wait is terrible. I try over and over to eat there. I have waited and dined there and it took about 3 hours. Great flan, great guac..but 3 hours??
4. Whats wrong with the Birchwood? just boring now, kind of a titch overpriced, weird hours, gone there many times and they are closed-I am glad they are still open-but it doesn't occur to me when I am hungry to go there. It's ok, I guess I am just personally tired of it.
And its ok to disagree about the Chatterbox. I have been there dozens of times. One can think its real food, because of the heavy cheese and sauces, but again watch for the Sysco truck to pull up and unload. I don't call that real cooking when the food is already prepared and baked off. And no, sorry I don't want organic greens and tofu. Its 2004 and people are much more creative than that. I want more than bad airline food. We have such diversity of people in all these neighborhoods that one would think that more people would agree. I want more bang for my good dollar too. I want more than prefabbed food service food. I want discrimination against vegetarians to stop. I want more than iceberg lettuce and a baked potato. There is effort out there with places like the May Day Cafe, the Seward Cafe Spokes Pizza, Singapore, Al vento-but not enough. Call me relentless if you want, but I'd say expecting more than slightly mediocre is my motto.
Gina Palandri
Standish
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