/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18796435]

ITT: actually good local places
Tourist normies come to east TN/SW VA and eat a 16 dollar mediocre burger when pic related is where all the locals dine

[Anonymous No.18796478]

>>18796435
Pals is decent. But for the most part Tennessee is easily one of the worst states in America for dining out. There's a very tiny exception, but for the most part it's fucking BAD. The majority of towns have at best fast food and a Chinese place that's failed 3 of the last 10 health inspections and it's currently only open by a passing grade of 71. If you're "lucky" enough to have a mom + pop diner it'll be exclusively Sysco slop and they will NOT be able to cook over easy eggs. Love me Tennessee, but 99% of good meals in this state are made at home.

[Anonymous No.18796546]

Sucks that the old man died, it was cool to see him out front making the cones

[Anonymous No.18796559]

>>18796435
I'm from church Hill TN originally but I'm working in DC and you have literally no idea how much I fucking miss pals, the closest thing is this place called ollie's trolley and the double cheeseburger is 15 fucking goddamn dollars, how much is a double big pal with cheese now? Like 7 8 9 bucks?

[Anonymous No.18796577]

>>18796559
$5

[Anonymous No.18796793]

>>18796559
>church Hill TN
Is that where Church’s Fried Chicken is from?

[Anonymous No.18796831]

I lived in Knoxville for 4 years for grad school and not once did I hear about this. Tell me more

[Anonymous No.18796942]

>>18796831
It's just fast food the way it's supposed to be. Nothing special, except it is. Fast, cheap, tasty. The best part is the sauce that has liquid smoke.

[Anonymous No.18797819]

>>18796478
>Tennessee is easily one of the worst states in America for dining out.

can echo this. Love visiting the state but the food is absolutely god awful. Straight up slop, and usually super bad for you as well.

[Anonymous No.18797836]

For me it's Larry's dog house.

[Anonymous No.18797885]

>>18796435
Trying to "be like the locals" is usually not something to be admired.
Real people in said local area are not eating the tourist shit of the area. They are eating common sloppa just like everyone else, because money, indeed, is an issue.
If you are traveling, be a good little tourist and eat from the menu that was promoted.

[Anonymous No.18797937]

[Anonymous No.18798073]

>>18797885
I don't know about you but the tourist restaurants here are shit. Shitty food that's overpriced managed by people that absolutely hate the locals. Funny enough to the contrary of the anons saying TN has no good food spots, I have to cross over into TN to eat anywhere worth spending my money on.

[Anonymous No.18798122]

>>18796435
from Nashville and Nashville has plenty of good food. I worked food in the city for a while. Good shit to be had there

[Anonymous No.18798682]

>>18796942
>sauce that has liquid smoke
The sauceburger sauce? That shit burns my nose.

[Anonymous No.18799560]

>>18798122
Where do you recommend? My girlfriend lives there and would love to take her around the best spots.

[Anonymous No.18799573]

There's a fish and chips truck that comes around every so often. It's called On the Hook or something like that. Really good

[Anonymous No.18799586]

>>18796478
Honestly everything from Upstate north to indiana down to kentucky is mostly food wasteland. Driving across PA you come across nothing but mcdonalds, subway, or a diner if you’re lucky

[Anonymous No.18799629]

>>18799586
Kek yeah it all sucks. starve, not even going to try argue, you seem retarded,

[Anonymous No.18799637]

>>18799586
Seriously you have no idea what you are talking about

[Anonymous No.18799681]

>>18796478
What the hell are you talking about? Pretty much every city has their own food they like to eat that's good for eating out. Memphis has its barbecue, Nashville has hot chicken and Knoxville has some decent hole in the wall burger joints.

[Anonymous No.18800431]

>>18797836
That cartoon hot-dog is asking for it

[Anonymous No.18800440]

>>18796435
We had an awesome place in south tier NY right on the PA border but covid killed it, the remindes me to put eggs on my shopping list. Damn that place Corbin's did a mean reubin and it was just a block or so away from me so easy walking distance. The place is still there it's just perma-closed.

[Anonymous No.18800463]

The best burger in Seattle

[Anonymous No.18800585]

The best booger on the Atlantic

[Anonymous No.18800597]

>>18800585
... even after being caught on camera doing lines of coke and smoking crack on camera the fuck still got re-elected after serving his prison sentance, that's washington dc for you, our seat of government

[Anonymous No.18800677]

>>18799681
The Burgers? Burger Boys? What else is there?

>inb4 stock and barrel

[Anonymous No.18800703]

they all hand batter the fish but the few that hand batter the chicken strips are god-tier

[Anonymous No.18800834]

>>18796435
Genuinely kino store design. Where I live (New Zealand) it would be tagged on, though.

[Anonymous No.18801767]

Harry's Cafe de Wheels, Sydney, Australia
Excellent meat pies. Expensive tho.

[Anonymous No.18802558]

>>18800834
Someone climbed the hotdog and fell off, pretty rough fall, I couldn't find the video though.

[Anonymous No.18802588]

I have to drive through Yakima, WA from time to time and Miner's is the only reason to ever stop there. Gigantic burgers, great onion rings and top tier shakes.

[Anonymous No.18802619]

>>18802588
Oh shit, I ate there once. Good hamburger. It's weird to say, but I like how huge the inside is. Reminds me of a time when restaurants weren't quite so cramped for efficiency.

>>18796435
Here's a bakery I like a lot. It's an older one as well.

[Anonymous No.18802929]

>>18797836
Place went to shit after Larry left

[Anonymous No.18802971]

>>18796478
No BBQ?

[Anonymous No.18802980]

>>18796435
Pink’s Hotdog in LA is, without a doubt or a shred of irony, one of the best hotdog places in the world

[Anonymous No.18804560]

>>18802980
Looks tasty, too bad I'll never willingly go to California

[Anonymous No.18804738]

I've posted this before but Hot Dog Annie's baby.

>>18801767
I fucking love 'arry's. I'm so confused that the one at Capitol Square closed but is still a mediocre pie/dog place.

In any case I really love the dogs †bh. The one in Newcastle is in a beautiful spot.

[Anonymous No.18804800]

>>18799560
Acme Feed and Seed and The Southern Steak & Oyster. Both owned by Tom Moralas. Tom does catering for big Hollywood movies like Forrest Gump and did the catering for one of the former big music venues in town

[Anonymous No.18804812]

>>18804800
nice dubs, me. Also for Acme you don't need reservations, for Southern Steak and Oyster you absolutely do

[Anonymous No.18804827]

>>18804812
Sounds awesome, standing in line like a califag waiting for a table. Thanks but no.

[Anonymous No.18804836]

Gotta love how those tables are pushed in mathematically close to each other so there's stupid noise and you cant have a conversation with someone else unless it's overheard. And they expect tips.

[Anonymous No.18804851]

>>18804827
obviously at Acme you wouldn't be standing in line because I said you don't need reservations, at Steak and Oyster you wouldn't be waiting in line because you have a reservation

[Anonymous No.18805483]

I thought you guys liked local places

[Anonymous No.18805535]

>>18804800
Didn’t chuck used to own that one?

[Anonymous No.18805864]

>>18800597
That kicks so much ass lol

Anyway Bill Gray's in Rochester NY is amazing, truly The World's Greatest Cheeseburger.

[Anonymous No.18805911]

This place, huge burgers all kinds and real onion rings and thick milkshakes

[Anonymous No.18806094]

>>18804738
why can't they be bothered to bake buns that don't look disgusting?