Cities that surprise you with unique ethnic foods (live, restaurant)

[urbanmyth]

Cary, North Carolina - home to Ethiopian, Nepalese, Peruvian....and more than just one of these.

[jabz1964]

I still haven't found an alternate US city that is better than Detroit for middle eastern food. Any suggestions?

[MrJones17]

Lynchburg, VA

You would NEVER think there's so much decent ethnic food in a small town like this.

Korean, Mexican, Greek (possibly the best I've ever had), Japanese just to name a few that come to mind.

[KathrynAragon]

Here in Tyler, TX we have some excellent locally owned ethnic food restaurants, and our metro area is only about 225k. I think our close proximity to Dallas may have something to do with it.

Indian, Greek, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, and of course Mexican. Also Filipino, Hungarian, and upscale Mediterranean, and I'm sure I'm leaving some out!

Yum. Now this is making me want to go out to eat somewhere!

Asian food of all types is very popular around here. What I'd like to see is a Black Sea style restaurant, sort of a cross between European and Middle Eastern. YUM!

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Try again:

Largest Pakistani communities in the US by metro area:
NYC: 79,347
Houston: 31,029
DC: 30,243
Chicago: 26,096
Dallas: 17,084
Los Angeles: 13,921
San Francisco: 9,396
Baltimore: 9,335
Atlanta: 9,318
Philadelphia: 8,365

While I didn’t agree with that posters comment, you should educate yourself before making such comments.

From the Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Americans

Within the greater metropolitan area, New York City itself hosts the largest concentration of Pakistani Americans of any U.S. city proper, with a population of approximately 194,000 as of the United States 2010 Census, primarily in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn

This is footnoted with a credible citation


You provide no citation for your numbers. The ad hominem attack is pretty pathetic and probably violates the terms of service here.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Not Reno, that's for sure. Although I did find a Basque restaurant in Elko - I wouldn't say it was super tasty but it was interesting to try.

This wasn't "authentic", but I had some really good Korean tacos in St. Louis once. (Well, University City - still counting it.)

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

From the Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Americans





This is footnoted with a credible citation


You provide no citation for your numbers. The ad hominem attack is pretty pathetic and probably violates the terms of service here.

Your numbers are from 2006. Lets try something more current.

Heres my source. Straight from the census itself. Knock yourself out:

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...SDP1Y2018.DP05

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Cape Verdean and Haitian and Brazilian food is plentiful in the Boston area.

What sets Boston apart with Brazilian food is I've found in many other cities they usually have the big production Brazilian churrasco or boojee chain joints. Boston has has the hole in the wall neighborhood Brazilian restaurants and they always have the best food. I dig Oliveira's in East Boston, they had awesome grilled meat and amazing desserts.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Desert_SW_77

What sets Boston apart with Brazilian food is I've found in many other cities they usually have the big production Brazilian churrasco or boojee chain joints. Boston has has the hole in the wall neighborhood Brazilian restaurants and they always have the best food. I dig Oliveira's in East Boston, they had awesome grilled meat and amazing desserts.

Yep. t's more a part of the natural fabric of things less of an 'adventure' if you get me..

[_Buster]

Lao cusine in Pittsburgh , not sure if this is new but probably better than previous

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsbu...t?oid=16200230