RTP-area local music and culture

["Jeremy Blair" <jerblar AT gmail.com>]

up-datable by the community with locations/restaurants and the already
mentioned feed back would be key.

On 2/24/06, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> Sorta like that, only it wouldn't be ugly, and it wouldn't claim that
> Priddyboys is worth a shit.
>
> ;-)
>
> Ross
>
> Mary Anne Barckhoff wrote:
> > Sorta like this?
> >
> http://triangle.citysearch.com/search?cw3=63&flavor_id=2&constrained=1&started=1
> >
> > grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote: Oh man, I registered rtplunch.com years
> ago in an attempt to force
> > myself to develop a site so I could remind myself where to eat in RTP.
> > It unfortunately suffered from mega-feature-creep in my head & so I
> > never convinced myself I had enough time to build it, so it remains
> > non-existent.
> >
> > It would know where all the restaurants are, and be able to do
> > googlemaps for them. It would know what time they all close (most close
> > at 2:00 in RTP but a few stay open later). It would be categorized by
> > cuisine, yes, and by price, and speed-of-service.
> >
> > It would know where I work & tell me how long it'll take me to get
> > there, eat, and get back.
> >
> > It would allow users to post reviews & comment on them. It would have
> > scans of take-out menus.
> >
> > See, this is why I never got around to building it; doesn't that seem
> > like it'd take forever? Although according to a Ruby On Rails demo I
> > watched a couple of weeks ago, now it would apparently take 15 minutes
> ;-)
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > Steven Keith wrote:
> >> The developers where I work hobbled together this tool for keeping tabs
> >> on where to dine for lunch in Raleigh. I think we need to build/revise
> >> for the joints listed on this thread in Durham/RTP/Chapel Hill. What
> >> attributes in a tool like this would be valuable to you?
> >>
> >> http://www.wheelolunch.com/raleigh/index.php
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne
> >> Barckhoff
> >> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:10 PM
> >> To: RTP-area local music and culture
> >> Subject: Re: good ethnic food in Durham/RTP area
> >>
> >> I think I'll have to try me some of that Korean BBQ for dinner tonite
> --
> >> I've never been there and it's right on the way home.  Thanks for the
> >> tip!
> >>
> >> Hey, while your dining about S. Durham, don't forget about Bombay
> Grille
> >> - in that little strip mall on Hwy. 54 in RTP in that "ditch" by the RR
> >> tracks.  Best Indian food around, I think.  Chicken Tikka Masala...Mmm!
> >>
> >> I've been wanting to find a good Thai restaurant around here -- most
> >> have been somewhat unsatisfactory to me, so I'm curious about that
> >> Sawasdee place -- but not sure I can stomach driving on Capital Blvd.
> >> for it (ugh)!
> >>
> >> mab
> >>
> >>
> >> grady  wrote: Yeah, Chosun OK is way more Korean than
> >> you might expect for a stripmall
> >> in south Durham; it's pretty good. I haven't been in a few months & I
> >> don't recall what if anything they had which was
> >> vegetarian/vegan-friendly.
> >>
> >> Next door to Chosun OK (this is a stripmall at the corner of 54x55, as
> >> Tommy said, the one with the Pizza Hut in the parking lot) is Spice &
> >> Curry, which is actually a pretty good Indian restaurant. It's owned by
> >> the same people who own the kickass Udupi in Cary. Udupi is
> >> all-vegetarian. Spice & Curry isn't, but there's a good range of stuff.
> >> I'm told the menu is better than the buffet, yet I keep doing the
> >> buffet.
> >>
> >> Cary is really the place to go if you're looking for Indian & Asian
> type
> >>
> >> food, though; there's a set of stripmalls centered around the corner of
> >> Maynard & Chatham which contain several good Indian joints (including
> >> the aforementioned Udupi), plus Korean & Japanese & I'm not even sure
> >> what-all else. You can hit it & then drive a long block south on
> Maynard
> >>
> >> and go see an Indian movie at the Galaxy Cinema, which also has a
> better
> >>
> >> arthouse-cinema selection than the lazy-by-comparison fare at Chelsea &
> >> Carolina.
> >>
> >> The African restaurant in Durham that Rossi mentioned was the
> >> now-sadly-defunct (so I'm told) Safari Cuisine. Those people were
> >> driving from Knightdale every day, too, which must've sucked.
> >>
> >> If you haven't been told about the "more Vietnamese" menu at Banh's on
> >> 9th Street on Wednesdays & Saturdays, just go. The vegetarian plate
> >> rocks my world, moreso on Wednesday (broccoli+tofu+bok choy+sticky
> rice)
> >>
> >> than on Saturday (substitute a spring roll for the veggies).
> >>
> >> Pao Lim, over near Hepler's house (15/501 business in Durham, right
> >> before it doglegs into Forest Hills) is pleasant mid-scale
> >> Indian/Chinese fusion that costs a bit more & executes reliably with
> >> fresher ingredients etc. Nothing groundbreaking but always tasty, and
> >> they've got wider booze options than most Asian joints. There's also a
> >> new Thai place (Thai Cafe? maybe that's the one you've already been to
> >> -- it's Brand New) right down the street, as well as an Indian joint
> >> just up the street the other way. Hepler?
> >>
> >> I like the pho at 9N9 (corner of Miami & Alexander in RTP) better than
> >> the pho at Lime & Basil; my sources have lately informed me that Lime &
> >> Basil was sold & the new owners didn't get the pho recipe from the old
> >> ones. These people say it's not as good, but who knows, maybe I'd like
> >> it better now.
> >>
> >> I've had at least one tasty meal at the oldest Vietnamese restaurant in
> >> Durham, Kim Son, which is on Guess Road just south of I85 (as in it's
> >> the last thing you pass before you drive under the highway). That was
> >> like 8 years ago; I just don't find myself in that neighborhood that
> >> often.
> >>
> >> The best Thai restaurant in the Triangle is Sawasdee on Capital Blvd N.
> >> in Raleigh. It's in that same area as the Guitar Center & Tiger Direct
> >> (on the same side of the road) but it's sort of buried in this
> >> side-street stripmall. The sign on Capital just says "Thai Restaurant."
> >>
> >> Thai Palace in Chapel Hill is still just as reliably good as it was
> when
> >>
> >> you were at UNC.
> >>
> >> If you're traveling in RTP, Sarah's Empanadas is worth a stop. It's in
> >> Glenwood Commons shopping center on highway 55 about 2 miles south of
> >> that 55/54 intersection. It's empanadas and not much else, but they do
> >> have veggie empanadas (I think all the veggie ones have cheese,
> though).
> >>
> >> Not asian, though. They're not open for dinner, though.
> >>
> >> That's the same stripmall as the Park Diner, which means this is my cue
> >> to tell Bo that it's still there & as good or better than ever. Come on
> >> home, boy.
> >>
> >> There's also a Thai place (two, actually) in that stripmall, but I
> >> didn't think they were worth driving to. And yet another Indian buffet,
> >> which is owned by Dale, the guy who owns Dale's on 9th Street, which is
> >> serviceable but generic.
> >>
> >> Greg Cox, the food critic for the News & Observer, is actually a fairly
> >> useful resource when it comes to ethnic food. He has some blind spots
> >> (he seems to have a soft spot for some only slightly-above-average
> >> chinese food) but he sniffs out the new stuff fairly quickly & overall
> >> can be a pretty reliable guide, particularly if you're looking to know
> >> which of X cuisine is the best to try. http://www.triangle.com/dining--
> >>
> >> you can search the restaurant reviews & narrow it down by region &
> >> cuisine, and then sort on price or # of **s.
> >>
> >> Speaking of slightly-above-average chinese food, the homemade noodles
> at
> >>
> >> (oh crap, what's it called? Eastern Lights, I think) the chinese/korean
> >> joint next to the Sally Beauty Supply in one of the many stripmalls
> >> behind where South Square used to be are actually really good. The rest
> >> of the menu is spotty.
> >>
> >> I gotta go back to work, but that should get you started. Plus it's
> your
> >>
> >> duty to check out all the joints within 5 miles of your house & then
> >> report back to us.
> >>
> >> xo
> >>
> >> Ross
> >>
> >> tommy gibson wrote:
> >>> I'm a big fan of Jamaica Jamaica - the wait can be a bit long during
> >> the
> >>> lunch rush, but the food is consistently good.  Also, O.K. Chosun BBQ
> >> at
> >>> the corner of 54 & 55 (closest corner to I40 east).  It took some
> >> persuading
> >>> to get me to try Korean BBQ, but it's really quite tasty (and not too
> >>> expensive).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> rchrdlln AT gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> OK, I *know* this group has some recommendations for me. We have
> >> tried
> >>>> the Blue Nile and Thai Cafe, now we're looking for recommendations
> >> for
> >>>> other good ethnic restaurants: Ethiopian, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. Not
> >>>> really looking for recommendations for, say, Chinese or Mexican
> >>>> (although if someone knows of some incredible unknown place I'd be
> >>>> interested to hear it).
> >>>>
> >>>> Ross Grady, this means you. I know you know your way around an RTP
> >>>> restaurant or two.
> >>>>
> >>>> --R
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