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"Chicken Out"
Who has been to this amazing mexican resturant on Burton, just west of 131? I know that Chicken Out isn't it's real name, but when I lived in town... that's the name that was always on the sign. If it's still there, you people should really go check it out if you haven't. They might have put up a real sign by now though... so i guess only knowing it as Chicken Out isn't really going to help you on this one. If you're down there though... check it out
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Didn't Uno's invent Chicago-style pizza?
Uno's founded 1943 (source: unos.com)
Giordano's founded 1974 (source: Giordanos.com)
All that said, there's a chance I suppose that Giordano's will come here eventually too. They have multiple locations in Florida now so clearly they're no longer a Chicago-only chain any more than Uno's.
According to Wikipedia, yeah... UNO's invented chicago style pizza. but honestly, i don't care who came first. I do know that every UNO's I have eaten at pales in comparison to the smaller chicago style pizza chains and local restaurants in the city. Maybe UNO's was great too at one time, but I'm sure (like most other chains) that when it became corporate or a chain or whatever, that it lost a lot of quality. I mean, people outside of the midwest probably wouldn't know what good chicago pizza is or isn't anyway. if UNOs shows up in a town where there was nothing like that before, I'm sure people would love it. There are a TON of Chicagoans in the area though... besides the fact that a lot of Grand Rapidians go there pretty often. If they opened a Giordanos (it does actually have some restaurants outside of IL), I can pretty much guarantee it'd get more business than UNO's.
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Yeah, beside Big O' there really isn't much in the way of sit down pizza places downtown.
if UNO opens, it will be a discrace to everyone in the area who knows how great REAL chicago pizza is. What they need to do is open a Giordanos!!
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Has anyone ever been to Jimmy's Grill out toward Lowell? I loooooooooooooove that place <3
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If Salt Lake City, Orlando, and Green Bay can have major league sports teams... I don't see any reason why it's impossible for GR. Especially if it's NHL.
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they should at least expand the south end so that it's a complete arena. don'tcha think?
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They are open! Goody for us northenders - another good restaurant! Saturday was their first weekend and we went for lunch. A bit disorganized, but the food was really good.
what do they have?
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My favorite sushi at Mikado is the spicy tuna roll. Their dragon roll is awesome (you have to ask for it... and it is expensive, but well worth it).
BF
is it the red tuna minced and mixed with wasabi?
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I posted this in a related thread, but thought maybe I should post it here also:
I guess they are planning to update the current Amtrack site rather than relocate it closer to the Rapid Central Station. I thought it would be nice if the Train/Greyhound/The Rapid stations could all be in the same spot?
Quote from the Business Journal this morning:
"Members of the Grand Valley Metro Council recently approved an agreement with the Michigan Department of Transportation that will lead to a makeover of the Amtrak station at 431 Wealthy St. SW."The complete article is here: http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/ArticleArchive/20...oard+Amtrak.htm
that'd be nice and would make a lot of sense. it's too bad we can't take a train directly from GR to detroit though.
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suushi <3
One thing I need to learn, is there a certain term to refer to the rolls of suushi? Every time I order it at a resturaunt, I get straight-up raw fish and nothing else... not even suushi, really. Wasn't that called Sashimi? Been a while since I researched that.
My favourite place to eat downtown is still Marado Sushi. That Miso was totemo oishii~! ('very delicious' for 99% of the people here)
Cut out those greens (I don't mind greens, I just hate those two with a passion) and I would be all over chirashizushi.
like i said... sushi has noting to do with the fish. it's all about the rice first of all... however else you prepare it just determines what kind of sushi it is. Raw fish is Sashimi, correct. If you're asking for sushi and gettign sashimi then they don't know what they're doing and their sushi probably isn't really worth your time.
since you're intrested... check out these kinds of sushi
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Yes, we got Chinese takeout from there. Lunch buffet is $6.99 and Dinner was something like $10.00. They had quite a bit of Sushi in the buffet, all included. We plan to go back and check it out. Nice view of the neighborhood.
Back to you dbrok.
sushi on a 6.99 buffet??? is it good???
it's really intresting... the trends in Grand Rapids. I noticed last march that Meijer sells sushi in their front counter area now. A few years ago it seems like everyone in the area was scared of the stuff. raw fish and SEAWEED? OMG!!
it's weird how things change... for the better though. I'm glad to see that parts of the US are opening up to non-chinese asian food. I just hope we don't Americanize it more than the CA roll has already (there is real sushi similar to CA rolls).And... incase people don't know. sushi does not necessarilly always have fish (and when it does, sometimes it's even cooked). Sushi is just the rice. "Vinegar rice". There are a lot of great sushis that are just piles of ride with whatever on it.
for instance... Chirashizushi.
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I'm listenin to dat Treal crunk music bra!
like this one?...
is it musical?
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The London Apartments - Romanticism Aside
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i do believe that Springfeild is planning a monorail
"cue singing"
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Thought I'd keep with the creepy building theme. Sorry, I spend a lot of time in the "creepier" parts of the city . I like the grittiness of this shot. (and the Korean banner.)
how funny that i know exactly where that is (behind Scavenger Hunt, Skelletones, etc on Division... right off the north side of Cherry). And that banner is totally NOT in Korean
it's weird how things change... for the better though. I'm glad to see that parts of the US are opening up to non-chinese asian food. I just hope we don't Americanize it more than the CA roll has already (there is real sushi similar to CA rolls).
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