(07-20-2015 08:08 PM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 07:36 PM)AppfanInCAAland Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 06:59 PM)DrGonzo Wrote:  Seriously, in Boone, avoid franchise restaurants.

Didn't you recommend Mellow Mushroom and Macados in the best places to eat thread? I like those places but they are franchise/chain restaurants.

Mellow is one of a handful of franchises that are worth a trip, and the Boone location is really cool. I thought Macados was one of a kind.

Macado's is a college-town chain I believe. The original is in Blacksburg, VA.

People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

The Phlegmatic Fungus' pizza is better than all of the major delivery chains.

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

Avoid Austin!

Avoid the Holiday Inn in Monroe.


I'm not a Troy fan because of wins and losses.

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

I've eaten at some highly touted pizza place in New York once (don't even remember the name of the place honestly) and wasn't impressed. Honest to goodness my favorite pizza is the frozen pizza that Wal-Mart sells.

Then again, I'm immune to the placebo effect of fine dining and non-chain restaurants so I'm probably biased.

Stay in a cabin in the Boone area. If you stay in a hotel/motel, by all means, do not stay at Boone Trail Motel. I stayed there once because a backpacking trip got rained out. I never took my shoes off, because the carpet was sticky, I slept in my sleeping bag on top of the bed and would be repulsed when I woke up and part of my arm was touching the bed, and the grout in the shower was black(not by design). There are several places in Blowing Rock I would not eat, but pretty much anywhere in Boone is good. I'd agree to not eat at the national chains with the exception of Mellow Mushroom. I would not eat at Macado's based on stuff my wife told me when she worked there. I also heard the rumor about Murphy's taps, though I believe they clean them now. Murphy's isn't the same though since Bear got fired as a result of racial profiling by the A.L.E.

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

Lupi's in Chattanooga (at least Downtown) is the BEST pizza I've ever had.

I was told about it by somebody who had a son that lived in Nooga for a while. Tried it on our last trip while playing UTC. WOW. Nothing compares since, MM doesn't come close.

If those guys ever get into the Belt or if you travel through (Actually a great town to visit, lots of fun things to do in that town) - do yourself a favor and try Lupi's Pizza.

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

eagleskins is from up north.

(07-21-2015 08:18 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

It's all in the water and produce. South Jersey pizza stinks compared to North Jersey because of the water.

Yankee country grows the best Tomatoes, Peppers, Garlic.

Fresh ingredients and the water.

This is also a major reason why bagels are great in NYC/North Jersey area as well.

(07-21-2015 10:41 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 08:18 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

It's all in the water and produce. South Jersey pizza stinks compared to North Jersey because of the water.

Yankee country grows the best Tomatoes, Peppers, Garlic.

Fresh ingredients and the water.

This is also a major reason why bagels are great in NYC/North Jersey area as well.

Man, that's the most rediculous thing Ive ever heard. I'll feed you a tomato down here that will make you slap Ya mama. I eat them like apples.

(07-21-2015 09:07 AM)The4thOption Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

Lupi's in Chattanooga (at least Downtown) is the BEST pizza I've ever had.

I was told about it by somebody who had a son that lived in Nooga for a while. Tried it on our last trip while playing UTC. WOW. Nothing compares since, MM doesn't come close.

If those guys ever get into the Belt or if you travel through (Actually a great town to visit, lots of fun things to do in that town) - do yourself a favor and try Lupi's Pizza.

If I'm ever in the area I'll give it a try.

(07-21-2015 10:44 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 10:41 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 08:18 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

It's all in the water and produce. South Jersey pizza stinks compared to North Jersey because of the water.

Yankee country grows the best Tomatoes, Peppers, Garlic.

Fresh ingredients and the water.

This is also a major reason why bagels are great in NYC/North Jersey area as well.

Man, that's the most rediculous thing Ive ever heard. I'll feed you a tomato down here that will make you slap Ya mama. I eat them like apples.

I'm not trying to slam the south. Their produce is excellent on numerous items. There's nothing like a sweet Vidalia onion!!!

I've had tomatoes in the south (lived there for 10 years and worked on a farm as well) and they don't compare to New Jersey. There's a reason why such a small state (also the MOST populated per sq mile) is one of the top 10 leading producers in the country of certain vegetables and fruit.

I'll also take a shrimp/oyster from Gulf or Carolina's/Georgia. Hands down

We have blue claws and clams along our 120 mile coastline

http://jerseyfresh.nj.gov/facts/

(07-21-2015 08:22 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

I've eaten at some highly touted pizza place in New York once (don't even remember the name of the place honestly) and wasn't impressed. Honest to goodness my favorite pizza is the frozen pizza that Wal-Mart sells.

Then again, I'm immune to the placebo effect of fine dining and non-chain restaurants so I'm probably biased.

Spent a half decade in Manhattan. Couldn't tell you a pizza place that I was particularly impressed with other than Patsy's. Before that, I lived in San Diego. Every time I go back, I must make a special trip to get a slice from Bronx Pizza there.

I think Popeye's and KFC is good eats...... lol

(07-21-2015 10:52 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 10:44 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 10:41 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 08:18 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

It's all in the water and produce. South Jersey pizza stinks compared to North Jersey because of the water.

Yankee country grows the best Tomatoes, Peppers, Garlic.

Fresh ingredients and the water.

This is also a major reason why bagels are great in NYC/North Jersey area as well.

Man, that's the most rediculous thing Ive ever heard. I'll feed you a tomato down here that will make you slap Ya mama. I eat them like apples.

I'm not trying to slam the south. Their produce is excellent on numerous items. There's nothing like a sweet Vidalia onion!!!

I've had tomatoes in the south (lived there for 10 years and worked on a farm as well) and they don't compare to New Jersey. There's a reason why such a small state (also the MOST populated per sq mile) is one of the top 10 leading producers in the country of certain vegetables and fruit.

I'll also take a shrimp/oyster from Gulf or Carolina's/Georgia. Hands down

We have blue claws and clams along our 120 mile coastline

http://jerseyfresh.nj.gov/facts/

Creole tomatoes are damn good...I'm not talking the crap you buy in the grocery store, I'm talking side of the road and farmers markets. I promise you they taste just as good as any tomato you have ever eaten. We have extremely nutrient rich soil, especially the closer to the atchafalaya and mississippi rivers. There is a reason we supply half the country's sugar and almost all its rice.

(07-21-2015 10:44 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 10:41 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 08:18 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 07:07 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 02:29 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  People like Mellow Mushroom? Awful pizza.

I love it when Southerners talk about Pizza and Northerners talk about spicy / fried food!

Pizza in the south SUCKS ........ Anything that resembles Italian is a no go in the south. Olive Garden is garbage!

Restaurants in the north can't cook spicy / fried food for $***. Yankees think Popeye's and KFC is good eats. lol

What about when Northerners or Italians open up pizza joints in the south? They all of a sudden suck because they are in the south? That's redonk.

It's all in the water and produce. South Jersey pizza stinks compared to North Jersey because of the water.

Yankee country grows the best Tomatoes, Peppers, Garlic.

Fresh ingredients and the water.

This is also a major reason why bagels are great in NYC/North Jersey area as well.

Man, that's the most rediculous thing Ive ever heard. I'll feed you a tomato down here that will make you slap Ya mama. I eat them like apples.

I'm right there with ya.

(07-21-2015 10:56 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  I think Popeye's and KFC is good eats...... lol

Yeah I didn't get that... One of my favorite placed in new orleans is popeyes on canal st... Best popeyes you will ever eat. Popeyes is good sht