Comments on: Neighborhood Food

By: psu

psu — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:37:42 +0000

With all due respect, LuLu’s is crap. Except for a couple of noodle things that aren’t completely terrible.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:47:39 +0000

What about Lulu’s? I agree it can’t hold a candle to Rose Tea, but it’s still pretty cheap and good.

By: Amos the Poker Cat

Amos the Poker Cat — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:47:34 +0000

Benoit, the correct quote is “I was struck at the mediocrity of food offerings anywhere in PIT”.

Hmm, seeing Napoli, and Mineos mentioned, I tried googling Tleaves, but I did not find any article about the best ‘Za in PIT. Now there is a rant waiting to happen. Vincent’s anyone? Well, the old Vincent’s when he was still there.

By: Amos the Poker Cat

Amos the Poker Cat — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:29:10 +0000

Zaw’s rates a “good”? Really? I tried them years ago, and found it a pretty standard PIT mediorcre chinese.

I can’t believe all the praise about Sam’s. Standard issue cheesesteak grilled by the uninterested 20-somethings. Industrial frozen fries dumped out of SysCo bags. Ho. Hum.

Five Guy is yet another entry into the “premium” burger chain, ala Steak N Shake. Premium means not as horrible as the big 3, McD, BK, Wendy’s, mainly because everything is MTO. So hot fries everytime. Except, why would you buy their fries when the twice cooked spuds at the dirty O are available?

I notice no mention of Lulu’s. Ick. A true abomination, a lame hippie molestation of my favorite asain food. Pho. Be bim bop. Pud Thai. All horribly mutilated into bland safe PC hippie slop.

By: Benoit

Benoit — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:27:31 +0000

What rates as “expensive”? I normally eat lunch for $5 at the place that changes name every other year (Eat Unique, currently), Veracruz, Ali Baba, and… well, everywhere else sucks.

But I have to agree that I was struck at the mediocrity of food offerings near CMU campus when I first moved here.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:35:13 +0000

Mi Mexico died? Was the office move responsible for that?

By: bbum

bbum — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:22:37 +0000

Does 687-1189 still work (or did Larry and Carrol’s finally get closed)?

Cheeseburger Hoagie or Taco Wedgie were my favorite staples of indigestion.

By: noah

noah — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:07:22 +0000

good god, don’t forget italian village…

By: psu

psu — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:53:53 +0000

I don’t mean to claim that Oakland is *bad*… I just miss my old haunts.

By: Adam Rixey

Adam Rixey — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:18:28 +0000

Consider yourself lucky. I miss being able to walk to Oakland for lunch. All I have now within walking distance is a government cafeteria (ugh) and a 94th Aero Squadron (much too pricy, and kinda ugh). The University of Maryland is a few miles away, but the food choices around there make Oakland seem like a paradise.

I would so kill for Sam’s to expand down here. You all are getting Five Guys, I think it’s a reasonable trade.