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Sean M. Grimes
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 247
From: Lunenburg, MA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 03-03-2001 04:48 AM

I know that I may catch some crap for this - but the best hot sauce in my opinion is "Franks Red Hot" Tabasco is great - dont get me wrong. There is just something about Franks though that just makes my one and only favorite Bakelite diner food soo much more palatable.

Sean M. Grimes
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 247
From: Lunenburg, MA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 03-03-2001 04:51 AM

My favorite spot in NYC would be the Atlantic Grill. Great service and also a good location. There has not been many times when I have not made room in my schedule to stop by for my "Classy Dinner".

Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 03-03-2001 08:10 PM

BBQ and hot sauce. Hmmm. There's a US brand BBQ sauce with a bull on the label (the Guiness has erased my memory of the name). That stuff mixed with chipotle is amazing stuff to brush on whatever's on the grill.

Favorite hot sauce: El Yucateco green--made from habaneros. Or you can just go directly to the top of the Scoville scale and get Dave's Insanity Private Reserve. Just tell someone where you want the remains sent.

Come on ice cream!!!

Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-04-2001 12:16 AM

When it comes to hot sauce, you need to differentiate between the "red" pepper sauces and the "cayenne" pepper sauces.

"Red Hot" is a cayenne sauce. "Tabasco is a red pepper sauce. There is a distinct difference. I like the cayenne but I'm a red pepper man, myself.

Ummm... Ice cream? (Cheech and Chong) I can't eat milk products. If I did that'd be a real one-two punch to my gastrointestinal system.

Heyward Garner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 101
From: Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 03-04-2001 02:44 PM

Sorry, gotta defend Texas Pete!

I know it isn't the hottest Hot Sauce available, but I just can't handle hot and spicy foods. Had grilled chicken at Copeland's (New Orleans theme restaurant) the other night... Chicken was great, but I could only take about 3 bites because it was just too spicy for me. Texas Pete is mostly flavor, no "hot". That's why it works for me. Not to mention, it's my family business... =) On the topic of the peppers though, the Cayenne peppers are very sweet. (as far as peppers go), the red peppers are the common base for most hot sauces, like ours and Tabasco. If you're in for more flavor go with anything Cayenne. If you want spice, go with Red. If you want "Knock-You-On-Your-Ass" go with the Habenero... WHOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!

Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-04-2001 06:20 PM

Oh, I LIKE Texas Pete and other cayenne based sauces. I just said I prefer red pepper based ones.

I don't think Tabasco is more spice than flavor. There are some sauces that are but Tabasco is one of the few with the right balance.

If you want REALLY hot, there's this one "sauce" I've seen that's basically nothing more than pure oleo capsicum extract. It comes in a small medicine bottle with an eye dropper. If you get it on your skin it will cause a blister. You're only supposed to use one or two drops of the stuff in a whole pot of chilli or something like that. I'll have to go and look up the name of it again.

Heyward Garner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 101
From: Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 03-05-2001 11:12 PM

Dear God!

That's too much for me!

Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 03-12-2003 06:12 PM

The Zagat dining guide has put together a list of restaurant comments "Unfit for Print". They're all anonymous and they don't make it into the actual Zagat book but they easily describe the worst of the worst.

Special props to the Progressive Review for the link.

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Adam Fraser
Master Film Handler

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From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 03-13-2003 01:50 PM

The best chain restaurant I have ever eaten at is A&W, there are only two of them I know of in my relative area. One in Manistee, and one in Traverse City. If you like nice thick greasy hamburgers you have to go to one. Blows McD's out of the water.

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Claude S. Ayakawa
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From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 03-13-2003 02:18 PM

If you ever visit Hawaii and drive around in a rental car seeing the sights, we have Zippys restaurants all over the island of Oahu. I dont think they are on the other islands because I have not seen any. They do serve the standards such as Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and the house speciality - Chili Rice if you wish to eat only a snack. They also feature full breakfast, lunch and regular as well as Dr. Terry Shintani's specially prepared dinner entres for health conscious diners. Zippys is a family type establishment and the price is very reasonable. By the way, President Clinton and his family ate lunch at the Zippys in Hawaii Kai on one of his vacation trips to Hawaii.

-Claude

[ 03-13-2003, 03:28 PM: Message edited by: Claude S. Ayakawa ]

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Bill Gabel
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From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 03-13-2003 03:14 PM

My favorite BBQ place here in NYC is Virgil's on 44th betwwen
Broadway and 6th. [thumbsup]

http://www.virgilsbbq.com/

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Geoffrey Weiss
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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: May 2001

posted 03-13-2003 04:20 PM

When in Lexington, KY, get off I-75 at the "Kentucky Horse Park" exit and head west until it dead-ends (about 1/2 mile). Turn right and 1/2 mile on your left you'll find Sam's Diner. Mmmmmmm.

I've been listing places like this for years and have devised the "Hon"-rating, based partly on how many times the waitress calls you "Hon" during your visit.

In Louisville, KY my highest Hon-Rating goes to:
Twig & Leaf ("Tops in Food" since 1941)
Genny's Diner & Pub ("Home of the Sweet Daddy Platter"--If you can eat a whole SWP, it's free.)
Mark's Barbecue
Honey Creme Donuts (across the river in New Albany, IN--the best apple fritters in the city since Derby Donuts closed in 1988.)

Email me if you want directions or a personal escort to any of these places! [Smile]

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 03-13-2003 04:23 PM

Hey Bill, I go to Virgil's all the time....Probably sat next to you. I was the guy with the "Martini". Time for you to post your picture....Then I would say "HELLO". I was a regular in there when we were doing "E-Walk".

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Bill Gabel
Film God

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From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 03-13-2003 04:53 PM

Bob

Your that guy with all those Martinis in front of you at the bar. [beer]

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 03-13-2003 06:13 PM

That be me [Big Grin]

P.S. Should I tell Bill about "White Tower?"

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