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To all those who like Subway...
Subway is about a 3 on a 10 scale as far as food goes, and certainly doesn’t merit discussion on chowhound (IMO). However, my morning commute used to require me to pass by Subway (in a skyway indoors). I, too, can’t...
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the greatest louche lowbrow dive beers of all time?
and Asteroids! Ten Cent beers are even better than free beer. My local Irish blue collar watering hole that I stop by when I am too lazy to commute to the City still had Schaeffer on tap in two buck pints until recently......
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Incensed with Whole Foods: Enough Incompetence!
I could get at the old Bread & Circus. Sigh... personally, I think it’s my family’s fault they sold out – my kids were little & we’d feast on the free samples practically everyday in the Newton store, on...
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Recession Cuisine
Thanks again for so many great ideas – in response to Sam – we are debt free (well almost – after years of prepaying we have 10 months left on our mortgage), eat our own food, much from our own garden, my...
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'Foreign' food that's better in the US
. You need to find a neighborhood with some kind of manufacturing, wherehousing, office type jobs... and if people have to commute far enough that its impractical to get back home for comida.... then that is the right conditions...
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Indian Restaurants near K of P
haha, my home and work locations are great, but i’ll bet you wouldn’t envy my commute between the two!! devi is 100% vegetarian, so i’d have to say you’ll get at least as many vege dishes, if not more. my...
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Dieting Foodie??? (moved from General Topics)
the success I have. I was at a high of 234# in May this year and by October I was at 205" My target weight is 200# and that last 5# is being stubborn but I refuse to be obsessive about it. I am enjoying my food and I exercise (I...
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NY Hound considering move West, need help and convincing
For food, the Richmond a great neighborhood, not only for Asian, but for Eastern European. But yeah, I work in downtown SF, and my public transit commute from the East Bay is faster and easier than some of my co-workers who live...
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Tipping: Settle this for me once and for all PLEASE
possibly, but with a 150 mile round trip daily commute I have alot of dining options, and only 2 places I wont return to for poor service, most places I go the servers do a good job, and I leave happy, and they get the 20% tip or...
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Food prank -- pulled on you or by you
the recipe, I chopped up the little peppers, and I threw in a little extra for good measure. My poor husband, who was gone for a good 14 hours a day in those days due to commuting, came home ready for supper, and I proudly served...
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Teapot with internal mesh basket - should I get one?
that has a flip-up spout cover like those found on Peet’s or Starbucks commute mugs; this works just fine for my dancin' longjing tea leaves. The other one was similar, but had a plunger built into the lid and is designed...
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Is Trader Joe really that amazing??
of the way as the only one in the Pittsburgh area is probably 30 miles from our house. But now one of us works just a couple miles from the store, so it’s not such a big deal to make a run over there on the way home from...
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New poster in desperate need for help with itinerary in SF/Napa!
Depends on where you mean by “Napa” (the city or the valley) but 2.5 hours should be adequate (you’ll be going opposite to the commute/weekend getaway traffic). The visiting NY hound I took to the Cheeseboard...
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Number of McDonald's visits in the last 5 years
locations don’t always have the long drives/commutes that we in California do. From Southern California, we think (almost) nothing of a 3-4 hour road trip to Vegas; or the couple hours to/from San Diego, to/from LA and...
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The line between homemade and...not so much.
You noticed the pic of the smoker on my deck eh.., ? I have been getting better and better with the smoker as it gets “seasoned” with use. Re: Costco its a short trip compared to my daily commute of 140 miles round...
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