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Topic: Favorites

Dining Out Favorites

Do you have a favorite old school/retro restaurant you still return to every so often?

By sean collins
Casamento's  would be the savory restaurant I go back to in New Orleans and Angelo Brocato's is the sweet destination I go back to all the time.  I love changing my menu as much as I do, but I love... more »

Last updated: Mar 4 2012

 
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Everytime i return home to Philadelphia i make a point to visit the Melrose Dinner on South Broad Street (everybody who knows, goes, to Melrose...is the jingle) Its a great old restaurant where the... more »

Last updated: Mar 2 2012

 
Dk
  • David Katz
  • Executive Chef/Owner
  • Philadelphia, PA
Oh yeah. The Pub in Pennsauken N.J. The place is awesome. All the meats cooked on charcoals and 2 huge salad bars.

Last updated: Feb 27 2012

 
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I love the Coq D'or at the Drake Hotel. Also, Hackney's on Harms, eating outside in the summer drinking Vodka Lemonades after golfing. Still a favorite place even though I don't golf anymore.

Last updated: Feb 27 2012

 
Charlie6
  • Charlie Berg
  • Sommelier
  • Michael Mina Bourbon Steak DC
  • Washington, DC
My wife and I still like going to a little Vulcan oven pizza joint that was the only place we could really afford in our first year together. We'd sit outside in their picnic-table dining area, sha... more »

Last updated: Feb 26 2012

 
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I love Jeri's Grill on Western And Fullerton. Service with a smile. Old school Diner. The best diner patty melt anywhere.

Last updated: Feb 26 2012

 
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  • Hugh Amano
  • Chef
  • Food on the Dole
  • Chicago, Illinois
Jeri's Grill on the corner of Montrose and Western! Straight up diner food, full of sass and all the Americana you could want in each bite. The best.

Last updated: Feb 26 2012

 
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Mary yoders amish kitchen! cant beat hot turkey sammy on white bread with gravy all over it!

Last updated: May 18 2012

 

Last updated: Mar 4 2012