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Well first of all I was excited to eat at Bobby Flays place so I had high expectations but that shouldn't a affect my review. I ate at the Lake Grove restaurant. I ordered a blue burger medium rare, a dark chocolate shake and onion rings. The burger was actually raw! and the bottom half of the roll was not usable because it was saturated and I was unable to pick it up. I sent the burger back and this time I got one that was well done. They can't seem to get the cooking process right. Even that bottom half of the roll was wet. The shake was nothing more than ice cream stirred up to be soft, it was too thick to drink, and surprisingly for that price ($5.00) it was pretty small. The onion ring order was also small for the price and not so great, not crunchy or that tasty, rather bland. I have to say for the value, the whole meal was definitely not worth the price and the atmosphere was very cold and uninviting. I will definitely not be visiting this place again and I will not recommend this place to anyone either. I can honestly say that burger king is better than this place. Sorry Bobby, I think you better visit this location and straighten out your good name.

In SO FL, where the Latino population is quite large, almost any sandwich you order from an authentic place has commercial potato sticks on it as a matter of course. This is NOT true for the traditional Cuban sandwich, but for pretty much any other kind you get potato sticks. Kobey's (sp?) is one popular store brand here, but the quality varies dramatically from can to can. Sometimes they are fresh and a tiny bit under-cooked, pale and tasty. Many times they are over-cooked and and darker and lose that fresh flavor for one that is slightly, well, flat with a distinct aftertaste. So, the burger-with-chips is not at all unheard of idea.

All I want is a farm. In my fantasies, I'm a farmer with a pickup truck and a combine and I grow corn and pumpkins and then sell them to the farmer's market. Also, the farm has a u-pick-it thing going on.

Pretty sure this is because I grew up in Indiana :)

my boyfriend and i have this all planned out, assuming we get through college and law school and make enough to support this idea- we want to go to sugarhill, georgia, which he heard is the city that is expected to grow the most in the next decade, and create a huge restaurant/brewery. ( He's in charge of the brewery part.) We've started cooking already to come up with ideas- I'm not sure you could classify it into any one genre or cuisine, as of right now we've been focusing on common foods but changing them up- we plan on making various flavors of "gourmet" classics like mozzerella sticks and potato skins, a bunch of unique desserts and drinks good enough to return back for, and kind of an eclectic mix of anything else that sounds good. He works as a waiter now so we've also already decided we are being very strict with our interview process so we have good service, which will make our restaurant even more enjoyable.

It's a nice dream..

A super hot dog stand. Me being a winning chili cook, I would limit the menu to a great verity of hot dogs, hamburgers and chili. Dave

I would start a food label selling my condiments - bbq sauces and salsas. I have already been contemplating starting selling these at the farmers markets next summer.

I have also always fantasized about having a sandwich shop/deli in a college town featuring lots of uniquely awesome sandwiches, salads, soup of the day, good coffee, and crazy good iced teas. have a cool cafe with internet access, display local art, play cool music.

That or a gelato shop. Seems like anyone who has this idea should totally do it because there could never be too many gelato shops :)

A great, gelato/frozen yogurt/bakery. On a busy street in a nice neighborhood.

Ok so I have this dream of opening a cookbook shop--all cookbooks from around the world, some very obscure like church potluck books from the 1940s or books from distant lands--and vintage recipes from other centuries, all in a little shoebox of a place, along with a section for vintage cookware and tools.

Sigh.

I'd have a combination of a paperback book store/kite shop/coffee and tea with small snacks establishment in the beach town of Duck on the Outer Banks, NC.

This way, I could read to my heart's content, drink coffee/tea/snack in my kite selling store. Best of all possible worlds in one of my favorite places in the world. The OBX is a great place for kite flying ~ always windy!

Current fantasy: brewpub and pizzeria, with everything made in house. I mean, you are making the beer from scratch, shouldn't the dough, cheese, sauce, and sausage be made that way too? (I am actually writing a business plan for this one. Maybe my fantasy can become reality!)

To the Serious Eaters who offered some advice, we went with the Pulled Pork, and it was a hit. Some baked beans, some slaw and salad, and ice-cream for dessert. Awesome meal, and even the kids loved it. Lot's of left-overs, so we can have the in-laws over for lunch tomorrow.. thanks to all for the tips... that's why this is always my first stop for all things food related.

I would be a professional meal planner. I don't know if "Fixing Dinner" is on the air outside of Canada, but Sandy Richard goes to homes, finds out their challenges with cooking at home, learns their food preferences and cooking abilities, and then develops recipes and a plan so they can cook at home more often. She teaches them a few recipes to get rolling, and then leaves them for a few weeks to try the plan. I'd take that gig-it's like problem solving and cooking all in one-appeals to my analytical brain that likes to cook and help people!

I had this discussion with my boyfriend a few weeks ago. I told him that I would just LOVE to open up a little "picnic store." Basically, I'd source the best ingredients/products, keeping it as local as possible. I'd carry small but very good breads, wines, cheeses, and possibly a few meats and a selection of desserts made by a local bakery. Anything you'd need for a really simple but really satisfying, spur-of-the-moment picnic.

He burst my bubble when he said this is what Surdyck's does.