Have Travel, Will Eat, CB's guide to eating good Options

[Comptine]

Have you traveled to another place and didn't really know what to eat? Ever wondered what places were the best to eat at? The cheapest? Well, since CB has so many people from many different places, I thought people could post up their location and their favorite places to eat.

Guidelines:

• Please state your Location
• Don't just name to place. That isn't very informative. Give a little title that describes why it's so great.
• Write a short summary of your experience there or describe the food or the atmosphere
• Recommend something from the menu you like
• Provide a price guideline. Even if the food is to die for, how many Cbers can afford a $100 burger?
• If you can, provide a website for people to check out.
• If you discover a new yummy place, don't hesitate to edit your post. Just PM and I'll note the changes. I plan to place all the recommendations in the first post.

Location: New York City

Best Winter Comfort Food All Year Round: Say Cheese!
649 9th Ave, Between 45th and 46th Streets
I love this place. It's a little off the way from Times Square but it's prices are a lot cheaper than the food there - although it is not Mickey D's cheap. It is so good. There's one waiter and he is the nicest, happiest server I ever had. What could be better than a warm sandwich with gooey cheese? They also have a yummy tomato cheddar soup but not everyone would like it. My friend and boyfriend described it as "pizza soup" even though they liked it. You can get the soup and a sandwich for less than $10. It's an okay sized restaurant. It's very colorful and artsy.

Little Nook of Frozen Delight: Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
65 Bayard St., Between Elizabeth and Mott Streets
I cannot count how many times I walked past this little shop in Chinatown before discovering it. Even now, when I know where it is, I can still miss it. It has a huge menu of flavors. They range from good ole' vanilla to bizarre wasabi. It's cute that they classify "asian" flavors as regular and regular flavors as exotic. It's not exactly cheap cheap but it's well worth it. I think it's like $3 for a scoop but it's a big, heaping scoop. There's no place to sit so you can take your cone on the road and lick at pure frozen goodness. I had cherry pistachio and almond cookie. The cherry pistachio was so good. I finished the cone in like three minutes. The almond cookie was sweet but not as good. My friend had pumpkin pie which tasted like a cold, creamy ginger cookie with a nice fruity sweetness to it. And the green ice cream is highly recommended.

Great Place to Have a Fun Meal With Friends: Salon de Tapas
190 Sullivan St, Bleecker St
My boyfriend took me here and I've only been there once but it was a good experience. I recommend tapas because you can sample many different dishes at low prices. It would be a great dinner option for a large group of people. The portions are pretty big. My boy and I were surprised how big they were. We had the escargot (which served like twenty, huge shells. it's was really delicious without that sandy, bitterness a lot of snails have - $6), the quail (my boyfriend went crazy for this lemony dish. the only thing he complained about was bones- $8), the lamb chops (so tender and moist. lick your fingers good- $9), and the calamari (this i do not recommend. it was floury and had little taste. the sauce it came with tasted bottled- $6). The bill was $44 for four entree sized dishes. It's very small and cozy with dim candle lighting. It's very Spain village feeling. It also has a gorgeous garden in the back but I didn't have an opportunity to see it since it was winter.

Names of the restaurants are clickable.

[mznikki]

Omg great idea btw. i love the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory espcially the mellon or mango.

Location: North Jersey

Natalie's of Ridgewood
17 S Broad St, Ridgewood, NJ
One of my best friends brought me to this place for dinner about 4 years ago, and I been going there ever since. It is a small cafe/ restaurant, casual, very friendly atmosphere, and great for lunch or dinner espcially when its great weather so you can sit outside to eat. It serves a variety of foods, including American, burgers, Italian, and sandwiches. The menu includes a great selection of hot and cold wraps filled with fresh ingredients like veggies, chicken, turkey, and/or tuna; pizzas; homemade soups and chilled salads; Italian specialties and pastas; and more. Also, there are is a great seleciton of home made desserts that are to die for. The service is great, very personal, the head chef/ owner comes out to chat which is nice. The price range is about $10-20, depending on what you order. They are well known for thier butternut squash soup, and I highly reccomend it, it is one of my favorites there. Also I reccomend any of thier hot wraps especially thier honey wrap which is a hot crispy wrap filled with thinly sliced steak, pepers, and onions with thier home made potato salad on the side.

Wasabi Restaurant
848 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
Family friend invited us to this restaurant 5 years ago, and it is another one of my favorites. It is a Japanese restaurant, with a sushi bar of course, and it is great for lunch or dinner. The parking is great, espcially because in Ridgewood its a nightmare to find parking. They have a great menu for lunch specials, and I have to reccomend their chicken teriyaki. Their prices are also resonalbe, it is about $9-15 per person, just about depending if you go for lunch or dinner, it is more expensive for dinner though.

Minado
1 Valley Road, Little Ferry
Click the Restaurant to see the webiste. It does have several locations. A great Japanese Seafood Buffet restaurant. My family brought me about 3 years ago for my cousin's birthday dinner. It is crowded during dinner time, but dependin on the day you go it isn't so bad, even when its packed, it's fine, because its so big. They're good for lunch and dinner. Lunch costs you about $15 and dinner costs about $25. Dinner is great because they have better hot food like short ribs and crepe, and more hand rolls to eat! Lunch is also fine, they also have hot food but still a pretty good offering of sushi. It's in a nice, big and clean space with good service. Also their desserts are really good, light and small cakes, but excellent. They have really good soup, which they make for you fresh, along with crepes during dinner time. There are many birthdays celebrated here, and its great for a lot of guests, but you definately need to come on an empty stomach, and be prepared to feel really full afterwards.