The French War of 1918
French dip sandwiches Philippe the Original and Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet, Los Angeles, CA No one doubts the French dip sandwich’s city of origin – it was born shortly after the turn of the 20th...
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The 2010 Los Angeles County Fair Pomona, California As it has for generations before us, the thought of the county fair evokes images of crisp fall air, candy apples and cotton candy, midway games and...
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Drunk Food The Yard – Santa Monica, California Dean Vernon Wormer once advised, “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life”, but if you have made this your personal goal, then stagger over to...
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Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish South Pasadena, Florida The words “Ted Peters” don’t readily roll off the tongue when asked to name a renowned destination for seafood; “smoked fish” is probably not one’s...
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smoked meat Schwartz’s Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen Montréal, Québec, Canada Canadian popular culture has been fraught with conundrums throughout the decades – friendly debates that quickly escalate...
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Miller’s East Coast Deli San Francisco, California What kind of meshugeneh has the chutzpah to open a deli in San Francisco’s upscale Nob Hill neighborhood and brazenly sandwich “East Coast” in the...
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Lardo Portland, Oregon It takes thick skin to walk into either of Lardo’s Portland locations without somehow feeling that the name is a taunt directed at you rather than having been derived from the...
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800 Degrees Los Angeles (Westwood), California 800 Degrees has enjoyed robust patronage since opening its doors early in 2012, primarily for delivering decent, inexpensive pizza quickly under...
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The Dirty Mo at J Mo’s Sandwich Shack Carts on Foster, Portland, Oregon Portland’s food cart scene is as quirky as the city itself – it takes a special breed to command a trailer in the oft dark, damp...
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