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This thread is interesting because it shows the differences between some foods as well as how people can expect the food to be the same in other place..
If you walk into a store here in NM and ask for a bagel with "schmear" they'd look at you funny (though we do have a bagel place in ABQ.. haven't been there, though, but they use the word "schmear")
Pizza isn't always going to be the same, either. We have a place here in NM called Dion's that's pretty damned good, but then I've had pizza in Chicago and that was pretty damned good too
You guys come here and ask for a light coffee, I'll go there and ask for a chile relleno
Given the large number of immigrants (including my family) from Europe, that isn't surprising that it made its way to NYC and NJ. If you Google it though, lots of sites talk about vinegar on fries at the shore.
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Originally Posted by Rachael84
I asked my husband if he's ever heard of people putting vinegar on fries here. He said he only heard of them doing that in England, lol.
I think Vinegar on fries is rare in the US, but not uncommon in all areas. In Chicago it's something you would never see unless you went to an authentic English Pub. In Cleveland, were I'm originally from, it is pretty common. A lot of restaurants would put out vinegar on the tables for fries. I always imagined it being more of a New England or East Coast thing, but I can't say so myself.
I think Vinegar on fries is rare in the US, but not uncommon in all areas. In Chicago it's something you would never see unless you went to an authentic English Pub. In Cleveland, were I'm originally from, it is pretty common. A lot of restaurants would put out vinegar on the tables for fries. I always imagined it being more of a New England or East Coast thing, but I can't say so myself.
Yeah, I was just going to say in Cleveland, Canton, and even Columbus it seems to be a pretty common thing for people to put vinegar on fries.
Heh.. you guys are finding out that food is different in other regions! Crazy, right!?
Aaaaanyways...theres this place here in the Pike Place Market called I Love New York Deli. Its run by this guy from Brooklyn and they recently expanded to a couple more storefronts. I found it comparable (not QUITE though) to Katz's.
Hey guys I am a local, but I do have to say that sometimes it can be just as hard to find good pizza and bages IN NYC!! There are soooo many fakes/frauds/posers/copycats/fly-by-nights/tourist traps/straight crappy places in NYC, that I sometimes have a hard time getting a decent meal!
Sure there are TONS of places and every kind of food to eat here..but how many are actually good and worth eating? The truth...is few and far between...and they are oftentimes hard to find. I can't say NYC having 500 bad pizzerias and 10 good ones is much better than Anywhere else in America having 10 bad pizzerias and 1 good. Nevertheless, if you want to talk honestly...I have had way more bad meals in NYC than bad meals anywhere else...mostly because of the so many bad places here.
Let's also note that I don't understand the crazy obsession with pizza/bagels/etc. I have had good pizza in NYC, and good pizza elsewhere...I like pizza as much as anyone and will spit out a bad slice..but the whole pizza/bagel obsession is kinda weird. Really people..it's just a pizza or bagel and going to other places and sayng "this is crap..NYC XXX is the best" is the reason why NYers have a bad rep..it's rude, and oftentimes wrong as taste is subjective (assuming the food isn't spoiled of course). I have been known to order Papa John's (gasp) ..although I do have a couple good pizza joints by me.
depending on where you buy a sandwich...Hero, Hoagie, Sub, Grinder, Wedge, Po' Boy
When I first moved to the Midwest I was shocked to see that in many Italian restaurants, sausage/pepper/mozzarella/red sauce sandwiches were actually called (*****) I won't repeat it because where I'm originally from (Upstate NY) that word is a slur for Italian.
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