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From Eating Out

The Tastiest Streets in the U.S.

Tremont Street in Boston's South End - Hamersley's Bistro, The Butcher Shop, B & G Oyster, Pops, Picco, Garden of Eden, Sibling Rivalry, Tremont 647

BostonZest at 2:27PM on 04/06/08

From Required Eating

If It's Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?

I would have to question the impartiality of UC Davis and Iowa State -- the other "experts" mentioned, each is a state agricultural school established to support their local food producers.

I can't imagine a study coming out of UC Davis that wouldn't support California's agriculture industry.

It is good to raise questions about how we obtain local produce. But there are also those of us, in urban settings, who walk to the farmer's market, join CSAs and don't even own a car.

BostonZest at 11:47AM on 12/11/07

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From Eating Out

The Tastiest Streets in the U.S.

Eat Street in Minneapolis. I'm there at least once a week.

LiveToEat at 12:00PM on 04/07/08

From Eating Out

The Tastiest Streets in the U.S.

Yay! Nolensville Road! The only thing that would have made it better would be mentioning the international market and all the excellent taco stands.

brandi at 11:40PM on 04/06/08

From Eating Out

The Tastiest Streets in the U.S.

Yeah Roosevelt Ave.!

Sorry, felt the need to insert the obligatory NY arrogance. In all seriousness, it's definitely deserving of the mention, but Mott Street should be on there as well; I haven't been to most of the others mentioned in the comments, but I've heard amazing things about Ann Arbor, Michigan.

kfarrel3 at 5:35PM on 04/06/08

From Eating Out

The Tastiest Streets in the U.S.

A bizarre list in a host of ways. Seems to me, by the time you'd named the first seven, you might not even have left NYC yet. From there it's not awfully likely your next target would be, uh, Houston. As for Seattle's Fremont Ave. (which I can see from my house), anyone who'd include it on this list just ain't been around much.

Barry Foy at 3:53PM on 04/06/08

From Required Eating

If It's Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?

I think there's an interesting difference between the perception about what's more green and any given product's actual impact on the environment, which is a pretty complicated calculation.

At first glance, local really seems like the right choice, but is it the right choice in every situation?

Should I choose to eat dangerously overfished local cod or go for certified sustainable wild Alaskan salmon?

Quinoa is a hardy Central and South American crop that grows with a naturally bitter layer that protects it from pest damage. It travels farther than New Jersey corn, but it has far less ecological impact at the source. How do you run an accurate calculation to compare that?

missginsu at 3:52PM on 12/11/07