I wish there was a ______ in my neighborhood....
for me i wish there was a good bahn mi place within 5 miles of me....i know I'm grumbling but is about 25 min away...I'm willing to make the drive on certain occasions (twice a month)....what do you wish was at your back door?
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30 Comments:
My mother's kitchen!
kendraburt at 3:23AM on 07/22/07
Old school deli within walking distance. (Happily, my mom's kitchen is just 1km away.)
laura dot at 7:52AM on 07/22/07
I wish NYC was in my neighborhood!
charm city cupcake at 8:35AM on 07/22/07
A Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. I have to drive at least 30 minutes to get to either at the moment.
I'd also like a good Indian restaurant in my neighborhood.
hereandthe at 10:41AM on 07/22/07
Since I live in the West, I wish there was a Dunkin Donuts nearby...
GrizDave at 12:14PM on 07/22/07
Any decent mexican food, or mexican products in London! anything! (right now I import herdez salsa via my parents from Canada)
I also wish there was decent south indian, thai or sushi. There are lots of kebabs, fried chicken and fish and chips... but for me it isn't quite a substitute.
B
Hand to Mouth
Making Stock of the Situation
A blog for the penniless gourmet
handtomouth at 12:51PM on 07/22/07
Deli! I live in Atlanta and they don't have the concept of delis here. Quick in -- quick out. Good food.
danica at 2:53PM on 07/22/07
A good bakery that makes good danish rolls and coffee cakes. I have lived here in the south for many years and all you can get is french bread and raised donuts. Imagine? I go crazy in Chicago with bakeries all over with anything you want.
msbooch75 at 5:46PM on 07/22/07
Haagen-Dazs shop
JEP at 6:59PM on 07/22/07
Bagel shop!
SLOLindsay at 9:24PM on 07/22/07
Hi Danica—
I'm from Atlanta, and there are actually some great delis there: a ton of Columbian and Nicaraguan ones on Buford Highway near Chamblee-Tucker Road; Lee's Bakery (for excellent banh mi and 25c croissants) at Clairmont and Buford Highway; and Goldberg's Bagels (2 locations, but the one at Chamblee-Dunwoody and 285 is my favorite). You'll probably have to drive, because, well, it's Atlanta, but at least getting food's pretty swift once you walk in the door.
N
Hand to Mouth
handtomouth at 10:32PM on 07/22/07
I'll second the call for a local TJ's - it's 20 miles to my closest one. Still, that's better than the 75 miles it used to be.
I'd also love a Blenders in the Grass, a California smoothie shop that makes the most delicious chocolate peanut butter healthy shake thing you're ever going to have.
AdamH at 10:38PM on 07/22/07
I live in a small college town in the south, there is so much I miss that I'm sure I can't even remember everything: decent bagels, pizza, and wings top the list. I would really like a Thai restaurant (we have Mexican restaurants by the dozen), a decent deli, and a bakery with rye bread like Pumpernick and Pastry. Oh and a real meat market and a cheese shop! And while I'm dreaming, how about a Trader Joe's and an Ethiopian restaurant! Ha.
Library Lady at 9:21AM on 07/23/07
You know, I can't think of a thing. I've got TJ's and Whole Foods and a Farmer's Market every day but Thursday, and I'm a five minute walk from Chinatown. Or great pizza. Or deli. The only think I would like is a real bagel; haven't had one since 1981, but I guess that would involve time travel. Or a trip to Montreal.
Barbara Hanson at 9:32AM on 07/23/07
A great wine shop.
sawyerriley at 10:17AM on 07/23/07
A fish monger.
Colorado Jim at 10:42AM on 07/23/07
I'd like a high end supermarket or a big, reasonably priced health food store. In my neighbourhood there are plenty of Bengali-owned shops that sell, in addition to a great selection of spices in bulk, vegetables that don't have names in English. I also have a really underwhelming Tesco. But I want something big and beautiful that presents food in a way that is appealing. In Britain, supermarkets are so dingy and the food is presented so uninspiringly, one always feels as though one is settling as one heads for the till. I'd really like a branch of the Dutch health food chain Natuurwinkel. No one has the art of food porn down like the Dutch. When I go to Albert Heijn in Amsterdam, it's all I can do to stop myself from buying everything, even stuff I don't like, based on packaging alone.
Oh, also a great Thai place that delivers. That would be good.
caley at 10:55AM on 07/23/07
This was a great post idea!
I would love a good Indian food place by me. I love Indian curries and I can't find anything authentic in my area!
Chew on That at 6:36PM on 07/23/07
Varsity Drive-In. I have to go there everytime I drive through Atlanta. Hot Dogs with pimento cheese and a chocolate shake.
mrbadideas at 10:18PM on 07/23/07
It just occured to me today that there's no good fresh bread really close by to me. I live on the L train between the Graham and Grand stops, and there is a place over near Lorimer St, but thats like 8 blocks away. One within a three-block radius would really be convenient...
Wow, it also just occured to me that I'm pretty lazy.
Annmarie at 11:55PM on 07/23/07
Here in my arm pit of penciltucky we have nothing. I can drive to Wegmans or TJs or anyplace in a hour. I kid you not we have not anything worth eating in this town. I drive 45 mins to get a pizza. Of course so does Adam, lol.
JerzeeTomato at 7:43AM on 07/24/07
Heh. I would do a 45-minute drive for pizza, sure, Jerz. But I really wish I had an In-N-Out, a White Castle, and a Wegman's in my neighborhood.
Adam Kuban at 8:18AM on 07/24/07
In-N-Out!
rebeccadiamond at 4:33PM on 07/24/07
I have a Varsity Drive-In in my neighborhood! I feel so lucky that mrbadideas said that!
sawyerriley at 5:08PM on 07/24/07
My wife votes for White Castle as well (she's a Chicagoan and loves 'em), but I'd love it if there was a decent old-school butcher around me. I live in a fairly large metro area (south florida), but the butcher shops have all but disappeared.
I was re-reading Tom Colicchio's Think Like a Chef and wanted to make his "fresh bacon" recipe, but am having the hardest time finding someone who carries pork belly! I am guessing a real butcher would definitely have it...
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 5:10PM on 07/24/07
JIMBOYS
Tenbucc2 at 7:19PM on 07/24/07
Steak 'n Shake
flootsmith at 10:21PM on 07/24/07
Sonic.
After watching ubiqitous ads for this place on the NYC tv channels, my roommates and I are a little obsessed with Sonic. Of course, the closest one to us is about 7 hours away in southern Virginia.
Its probably pretty nasty, and I dont even eat fast food, but...all those ads...so far away...its gotta happen!
Annmarie at 2:36AM on 07/25/07
We recently got a Portillo's Hot Dogs about 40 minutes away -- can't wait to try it.
Otherwise... I live in the capitol of chain eateries (Orange County, CA), so my list is very, very, very, very long. But, the first that come to mind are:
- A real NYC deli (we've got one that comes close, but again, it's at least 40 minutes away).
- A real NYC pizza (again, got a decent one, but still not quite right).
- Anyplace that can make bread that tastes like Paris. Or a wormhole that would drop me there in a heartbeat whenever I want.
- A truly good Chinese restaurant so I wouldn't have to make the 90 minute drive to LA or catch a flight to the Bay Area.
LoCo at 3:42PM on 08/04/07
A good source of Chicago-style pizza here in Atlanta...
runningwithtweezers at 7:47PM on 08/12/07