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The best Italian food in the country may be in Providence, RI. I was there for a bachelor party with some friends (hailing from Boston and New York City), and we were all absolutely blown away by this little Italian deli that was located under the hotel. Enormous, cheap sandwiches that were absolutely to die for. Pair Providence with nearby New Bedford, and between the two you may have some of the best Italian, Portuguese, and Brasilian food in the entire country.
The best Italian food in the country may be in Providence, RI. I was there for a bachelor party with some friends (hailing from Boston and New York City), and we were all absolutely blown away by this little Italian deli that was located under the hotel. Enormous, cheap sandwiches that were absolutely to die for. Pair Providence with nearby New Bedford, and between the two you may have some of the best Italian, Portuguese, and Brasilian food in the entire country.
I wouldn't doubt it. The best Italian I have had (in the U.S.), while not in Providence, was in New Haven... so not your typical NY/Boston/Philly/Chicago...
Portland (Maine), not Oregon...awesome has plenty of great restaurants.
The food in these cities definitely compete with the big cities, there just isn't as *much* of them.
Perhaps it's not known in your circles, but this assumption is so wrong I don't even know where to begin.
There are very, very few cuisines that cannot be found here. Most surprising to people from outside the region is the abundance of absolutely outstanding Asian food here that, in my opinion can hold its own against any major American metropolis.
How could you possibly even know such things about a place you've never been to?
I agree that there really isnt much you cant find in Atlanta for ethnic food. Its the same here in Dallas. That being said, I dont know if I would go so far as to say that either is known for ethnic food. Personally the only places that I would say are know for ethnic food are NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, Miami, and Boston. In more recent years, you can throw Houston in there too. In the future, Dallas, Atlanta, and Seattle will join that list I think. Its still relatively new here.
Aren't we ALL a part of some sort of ethnic group? Doesn't every chef cook some kind of food? What does it even mean for a dish to be 'ethnic' when American cuisine itself is a mis-mash of different foreign influences?
What do people mean by "ethnic" when the contrapositive leads to a tautology? This makes no sense at all.
Cleveland, certainly. There are so many great ethnic restaurants here, because it's a city of old European immigrants. There are some great Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Italian, Irish and Jewish restaurants in the city. There are also a lot of new ethnic restaurants popping up, such as Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, Austrian, etc.
I second this but don't forget about all the great Puerto Rican food there too.
I second this but don't forget about all the great Puerto Rican food there too.
85% of Cleveland's Hispanics are Puerto Rican too....very strong influences here on the near west side.
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What are America's best ETHNIC food cities, outside of the big names (for the purpose of this thread, we'll say NY, LA, Chicago, Houston, SF, DC, Boston, Atlanta and Philly)? In my travels, I've been surprised at how few ETHNIC options many cities offer -- for example, New Orleans, a "food city," has a ton of southern/Louisianan options, but very little Indian, Mexican, etc. Outside of the big names, which of course offer a plethora of options, what cities have the most to choose from?
It is definitely Seattle Washington, Portland Oregon, and Honolulu Hawaii.
All three of these cities have plenty of great ethnic restaurants, especially for their population size.
The Thai, Indian, Italian, Chinese food etc. I had in Seattle and Portland is just as good as what I had in New York City.
Also, I tried Vietnamese and Indonesian food for the first time in Seattle and Portland which was a surprise.
Honolulu's very high percentage of Asians, and high amount of annual tourists causes Honolulu's food scene to become very cosmopolitan.
Aren't we ALL a part of some sort of ethnic group? Doesn't every chef cook some kind of food? What does it even mean for a dish to be 'ethnic' when American cuisine itself is a mis-mash of different foreign influences?
As a long time professional chef I agree with this completely. And to go further when people authenticity it drives me crazy. "Authenticity" assumes that cuisines are static, that if they continue to evolve after they leave the place of their origins they are somehow wrong. The only duty of food is to be good.
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