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Comfort food with an old unremodeled interior
The Tune Inn and Sip N Bite look like they exactly fit the bill. Thanks! Any others? It amazing with two cities as old as Baltimore and D.C. how few old looking unremodeled places there appears to be. Places that are primarily bars as well are also of interest (I guess Tune Inn fits that bill). A place with a true Baltimore Steak Sub (with the hot pepper relish) would be great about now.
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Tune Inn
331 Penn SE, Washington, DC
Comfort food with an old unremodeled interior
My nirvana for restaurants is good old fashioned American food like a hot turkey sandwitch or meatloaf in an very old restaurant with an unremodeled well-worn interior (you know dark woods, red leather semi-circular booths, old neon sign). I'm in the Washington DC-Baltimore area for a few days and would love to find places fitting this description.
Looking for "old school" restaurants with old fashioned American comfort food
These are all great suggestions. Thanks. Can anyone add places with this additional element - I love to eat my comfort food in a restaurant with a very old, unremodeled interior - the more old and worn the better. Dark woods, leather circular booths, heavy coffee mugs, neon sign - you know I'm sure the kind of place I'm talking about. It seems like so many old New York places are remodeled.
Looking for "old school" restaurants with old fashioned American comfort food
I will be spending a week in Manhattan soon and would like to eat in classic old restaurants or even greasy spoon diners that serve classic comfort food like hot turkey sandwiches, meat loaf, real mash potatoes, etc.. Also places that have historic dishes like Welsh Rarebit. And old dark wood interior with red leather booths wouldn't hurt as well!
Memories of the Windsor Restaurant!
The exact (still existing!) restaurant you want is La Dolce Vita in Beverly Hills - dark, romantic, semi-circle leather booths. Great service. Great wine selection and delectable italian food. As close to the Windsor as you are going to get these days. Very old fashioned. Frank Sinatra music playing in the back ground.
For a ton of other, still existing restaurants in LA (that were established before 1970) see www.latimemachines.com But La Dolce Vita will definitely fit your bill.
DRUG STORE LUNCH COUNTERS IN DENVER?
Are there any remaining drug store lunch counters or soda fountains left in Denver. It might not be haute cuisine, but I love the old grill cheese sandwiches, hot turkey sandwiches, chocolate sodas, etc. that seem to only be done right in a Drug Store Lunch counter.
Greasy Spoons In Denver
These are really great suggestions so far. Thanks! I generally find that if a place has an old neon sign out front and has been around at least forty years or more, the "cuisine", whether American Comfort food, Mexican, Chinese, Italian or what have you is going to be great. I'm looking for really old mom and pop places I guess.
Greasy Spoons In Denver
I'm going to spend a week in Denver metro area and would enjoy going to old iconic or landmark restaurants. Usually they are greasy spoons with great hamburgers, meatloaf and other comfort food or alternatively old school red leather booth places with fresh baked bread, great steaks, etc. Any suggestions?
Russian Restaurant - Mom & Pop
I'm looking for a Russian Restaurant with reasonable prices, preferably in the Hollywood area. Sort of a mom and pop place. Not upscale with authentic food.
Any suggestions?
Greasy Spoon - Dallas/Ft. Worth
I am going to be in the area for a week and I am looking for old or iconic restaurants, greasy spoons or what have you where I can eat good old fashion home cooking like a hot turkey sandwich, good burgers, etc. An old interior that hasn't changed since the pre-cambrian days is icing on the cake. Such places must exist!
Thanks!
Comfort food at Old School or Historic Restaurant
I'm spending a week in Dallas and Ft. Worth. I like to find the classic old places that have good old American comfort food - classic burgers, a real hot turkey sandwich, meatloaf, a great steak, etc. If it's got an old dive ambiance or an old school red leather booth interior - that makes it all the better! Any suggestions?
Old School Restaurant in San Diego
Taking a quick trip to San Diego and looking for old school restaurants or coffee shops - the older the better with good old American comfort food like a real hot turkey sandwich, meatloaf, etc. Wouldn't hurt if it had some old school ambiance like semi- circular leather booths, dark woods - I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Anywhere in San Diego County
ISO Hollywood eateries w/ history
Some possibilities: Patsy D'Amore's Pizza in Farmers Market (the first Pizza in Los Angeles); El Coyote - last meal for Sharon Tate, the first booth to the left in the "Old Room" of Musso's - Charlie Chaplin's favorite booth, the first booth going down the stair at the Prince Restaurant (with the plaque Drury Lane) - where Jack and Faye sat in the Restaurant scene of China Town); the HMS Bounty - each booth has a plaque for the 50's stars that ate at those booths. The Rainbow Bar and Grill where Monroe and DiMaggio had their first date.
Old School Restaurants in Phoenix area
Just checked it out on the web. Sounds just like what I'm looking for. It's not gourmet but I love good old American comfort food, 50's food like quasi-Polynesian Chinese food at Tiki places. Any Tiki places or drug store food counters left? Funky old Chinese places?
Old School Restaurants in Phoenix area
I'm visiting Phoenix and love old school restaurants - the type where you get the great homemade sourdough bread, maybe a true hot turkey sandwich, killer martini's, etc. Ambiance with old red leather booths, etc. Any recommendations? I'm willing to travel to Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, etc.
Old School Restaurant - American comfort food
Visiting D.C. and Maryland from LA. Looking for good old fashioned American comfort food like a good hot turkey sandwich, chili, club sandwiches, great burgers, and other artery clogging delights. Prefer to eat same in an old school (really old, not 50's recreation) retro restaurant with well worn interior. Anything from drug store lunch counter to an old clubby dark wood and red booth place. A local institution, iconic place would be great. Any suggestions much appreciated.
Looking for an UNUSUAL restaurant
El Chavo Mexican Restaurant on Sunset definitely fits your criteria - sort of a psychedelic Diego Rivera style, big place with parking in back and very reasonably priced. Food is at least decent. The Prince Korean Restaurant (7th & Catalina) probably also fits your criteria but only if you like Korean food. Plenty of Room but you might have to divide up in booths. Can't beat the ambiance. Prices are reasonable if you share enormous plates. Venice Room Perhaps. Not extremely unique but close. I think Miceli's in Hollywood (Las Palmas branch) would fit the bill if you reserve a big table. Sit upstairs near the piano.
Your favorite simple, yet AWESOME, dish at an LA eatery?
Perhaps not haute cuisine but:
Baseball Steak - HMS Bounty
Blueberry Pancakes - Pacific Dining Car
Korean Fried Chicken - The Prince
Hot Turkey sandwich - Musso and Franks
Caprese Salad - Miceli's
Any Pizza - Patsy D'Amore's in Farmers market
Dal Rae
If you loved Dal Rae, while you are in Pico Rivera you should try Clearman's Steak 'n Stein (might be on the edge of Whittier) - another really retro place with great ambiance and excellent steaks. Dal Rae was fairly recently remodeled, so Clearman's will really take you back!
Does LA have cool SUPPER CLUBS for dinner and dancing?
Alas, in a town that once had hundreds of supper clubs - the pickings are now slim. For a while there was the wonderful Moonlight Tango Cafe on Ventura Blvd. but I'm pretty sure that's gone. I think your best bet if you don't mind cutting a rug with a lot of wild and crazy seniors is the Alpine Inn in Torrance. Great big bands and surprisingly good German food at very reasonable prices. You might also look at www.latimemachines.com which lists a lot of old restaurants that might have dancing.
Affordable Sashimi
I love to eat massive quantities of Sashimi, but it's usually so overpriced in most Japanese Restaurants - What's the best deal on a Sashimi plate in LA metro where I will not have to visit the hospital afterwards! I thinking a fairly filling plate for under $15.
LUNCH NEAR THE PANTAGES IN HOLLYWOOD?
The Palms Thai Restaurant, Miceli's Italian Restaurant, Musso and Frank Grill, Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, it all depends on your tastes.
Recommendations on classic, "old LA" restaurants
I've heard rumors that you can still order cans of the "hot" fudge on the internet.
Recommendations on classic, "old LA" restaurants
Yeah, LA Time Machines is a site on history rather than food per se, but you will literally find at least 50 old LA restaurants with pictures that fits the bill for this posting (all of which are still open).
My personal favorite, although it's not Westside is the HMS Bounty. Great hamburgers and definitely cheap. Real 1940's throwback. Super friendly place.
Recommendations on classic, "old LA" restaurants
All good suggestions except CC Browns closed at least 15 years ago!
Cheap ethnic food in walking distance to Olive and 6th downtown
There seems to be a paucity of good ethnic food downtown. I would especially like to find any of the following (preferably within walking distance of 6th and Olive for a lunch break - Korean or Indian - but any really good ethnic food would do. And keep in mind Grand Central Market is hard to do on an hour lunch break!
Any suggestions?
where should i eat downtown today for a late lunch on a college budget
Clifton's if you stick with specials or
Wow Sushi on Hill Street and 7th
Restaurant with Karaoke or just good cross-cultural experience
Can anyone suggest an ethnic restaurant, preferably with Karaoke, that's also a great cross-cultural experience in LA Metro? I looking specifically for a Korean or Japanese place where immigrants enjoy interacting with Americans - a really friendly place (of course with good food) where people put up with American's trying out their broken Korean or Japanese. There must be a few such places in LA, as opposed to my more common experience of polite service but fear of any interaction.
Help!
