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FearlessF

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« Reply #336 on: April 14, 2025, 11:11:46 AM »
brother and I tried the Portillo's Grapevine - not good, won't go back
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« Reply #337 on: April 14, 2025, 11:43:08 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on April 14, 2025, 11:11:46 AM
brother and I tried the Portillo's Grapevine - not good, won't go back
What did you order?
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #338 on: April 14, 2025, 12:07:32 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on April 14, 2025, 09:07:05 AM
I-4 sucks.
I've driven it a few times over the years from Orlando to North Port and it seems OK to me.  I keep hearing it's awful.  I'm probably a bit early in the day.

There is a Portillo's across from where we stay in Orlando and I've tried it twice.  I think I order the wrong things.  Or something.

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« Reply #339 on: April 14, 2025, 01:16:51 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on April 14, 2025, 11:43:08 AM
What did you order?

Regular Italian beef sammich with sweet & hot peppers, cheddar cheese and standard gravy

not much beef, not many peppers and not much flavor
now the place had just opened in the last few weeks or a month - maybe working out the kinks
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #340 on: April 14, 2025, 01:20:45 PM »
Beef, giardiniera, and wet is how to order. 

No cheese, ever.
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« Reply #341 on: April 14, 2025, 02:07:29 PM »
don't think giardiniera was an option in Grapevine
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #342 on: April 14, 2025, 07:18:43 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on April 14, 2025, 01:20:45 PM
Beef, giardiniera, and wet is how to order.

No cheese, ever.
So close.... but cheesehead here needs cheese, otherwise yeah.  Wet 
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #343 on: April 15, 2025, 04:54:30 AM »
It's "interesting"? how one hears about "X" all the time, and then one has "X" and thinks "Meh", fairly often, or worse.  Think Coors beer back in the day, or In and Our burger, or Cincy Chili, or whatever.  Here I kept hearing about Bones steakhouse, so I took the wife, and it was fine I guess, but nothing unique or special other than that it was packed on a Tueday night with folks who looked like they were more interested in being seen than dining.

In Cincy the top place was called the Maisonette, labeled one of five real five star places in the US.  I went once, and the service was impeccable, the food was good, I wasn't any expert in French cuisine of course.  $$$  Never went back, it closed a while back.

I'm hesitant to really call out anything as being "truly special" because others will have expectations often dashed,
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #344 on: April 15, 2025, 08:02:30 AM »
it's tuff to meet or exceed lofty expectations
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #345 on: April 19, 2025, 08:38:14 AM »
BATON ROUGE - A locally owned restaurant will be featured on Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" on Friday night.

A crew shot the episode at Iverstine Butcher during Superbowl weekend.

Owner Galen Iverstine said he is hopeful that the episode, premiering at 8 p.m. on the Food Network, will bring more business to locally owned restaurants like his. Iverstine says he thinks the handmade aspect of their restaurant is what made Fieri want to feature their restaurant.

Iverstine told WBRZ that, when he first received the email from Food Network producers asking about featuring his restaurant, he thought it was a scam. When he discovered it was the real thing he said the feeling was surreal.

The family-owned restaurant opened as a butcher shop in 2016 and added table service in 2022, offering handmade Southern staples.

Ivertsine's is one of three restaurants in the capitol area featured on "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." Fieri also visited Dempsey's and Phil's Oyster Bar, whose episodes aired earlier in April.

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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #346 on: April 19, 2025, 08:47:27 AM »
I fear my "standards" have gotten too high over the years, which is not entirely bad I guess, but way back in the day, my idea of a nice meal was at Red Lobster or equivalent.  I recall on special occasions taking my kids to Benihana (which they really liked).  (I took my wife back there a few years ago in Cincy and it was awful, nobody working was remotely Asian).

There are places near us where I enjoy the experience but it's rare I eat something and think "Wow, that was unique and great and I wouldn't be able to fix it at home.".

I think this is one reason I like good French "cuisine", making it at home usually would be complicated and with no certain success.  

My wife fortunately has started really liking my "Mexican spaghetti", which I call "chili".  I dialed back on the chili powder, she's not much for spiciness.  I'm happy to eat that at home without dining out.  Anyway, if I'm spending $100+ somewhere I'd prefer being somewhat wowed.  

I have not had really good seafood in ages and ages, even at the beach.  I have a feeling most places just use Sysco and get frozen whatever.  Yes, I know I haven't found the right places.  Maybe my memory is deficient.  Hilton Head has a couple places that are good, but they do a lot of fried whatever which is kind of cheating.
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #347 on: April 19, 2025, 08:57:35 AM »
Went to Cooper's Hawk yesterday. They have good food and are very consistent. We are wine club members.
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #348 on: April 19, 2025, 09:04:33 AM »
They have one in Cincy I went to once with friends who perhaps oversold the place.  It was fine, I thought, never went back.  I see there is one north of us here.  The traffic around there is ridiculous (?) but I drive further north for pitching lessons at times so we could stop by for lunch coming back.  Traffic usually is "OK" after 9 and before 3.


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« Reply #349 on: April 19, 2025, 09:13:44 AM »
The food is good and it's very consistent. I know what to expect and I'm never disappointed. That's why we go.

We have a choice of two. One in Fort Myers and one in Sarasota. We generally go to FM.
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