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Grampart's list is a good one -- but incomplete: if you like locally-owned Mexican there's the Taco Shop (one location on S University, by the I94 exit, the other on N University and 4th Ave) is a good alternative to the Taco Bell/Johns chains, and they have 'grinders' (a sub sandwich). On Main Ave, between 8th and 9th street, is Mexican Village, a sit-down akin to Paradiso or ChiChis, with very good food, 1/2 price appetizers after 9, and cheap margaritas on Tuesdays. To add to the Pizza list is Duane's House of Pizza (one on S University, around 16th ave, and one on Hwy 10 in Moorhead) -- it's got lots more devotees than Happy Joes. Krolls, on Grampart's list, is excellent for local food; there's several around town. For nice, spendy, sit-down restaurants, you can't throw a stone without hitting a fancy restaurant in the revitalized downtown...I haven't heard anything bad about any of them.