Fans pack this cheery nook with sidewalk seats at Uptown Plaza for innovative, round toasted sandwiches with a variety of fillings. French, white and whole wheat bread is baked in specially designed cylindrical pans, is sliced and inserted in the Zookz machine. Thinly sliced meats, cheeses and other fillings are added, covered and cooked, resulting in a sandwich sealed around the edges and melted inside. In 2013, Zookz-Sandwiches was awarded the Reader’s Choice award for Best Sandwiches in the Phoenix area by “Phoenix Magazine.” Zookz sandwiches blend crunchy textures and savory fillings with artisanal sauces to create a delicious taste experience. Try the No. 20: thinly sliced turkey, bacon, avocado, tomato and shredded cheddar.
In a city full of innovative dishes, Bar Mut is considered one of the city’s best tapas bars. Tucked behind Avenida Diagonal in the heart of the Eixample neighborhood, its gastronomic experience attracts celebrities, well-heeled and deep-pocketed locals. Opened by Quim Diaz in 2005, the bar’s name is a play on the word vermut (vermouth). The intimate retro space is packed with antiques, bottles lining the walls, etched glass, bronze fittings and marble-topped barrels. Tapas range from wild sea bass to the finest Iberico hams, cheese, meats and salads, all accompanied by an excellent wine list and a comprehensive range of spirits. Catalan dishes listed on chalkboards around the bar range from carpaccio of sea urchin to fried eggs with foie gras on montaditos (tapas-size baguettes), wood oven-roasted scallops, braised oxtail and steak tartare. Try the bar’s signature dish: huevos fritos with poached egg, prawn, thin fried potatoes and chorizo sauce. Book well in advance. The website only shows an art film of trendy people drinking and socializing. Call instead. Pro tip: Ask to be put on the list for drinks at Mutis, the semi-secret cocktail bar upstairs that resembles a 1920s Parisian burlesque.
Billed as “Home of the best grilled chicken in Metro Detroit,” this family-owned Mexican restaurant is in the heart of Mexican Town just two blocks from Clark Park. Taqueria El Rey is famous for its grilled chicken. Whole chickens, coated in a secret mix of adobo spices, are roasted low and slow over an open-pit fire of all-natural hardwood charcoal. The result is mouthwatering delicious. Fans also rave about the flan. Made fresh it sells out daily. Customers also recommend the tacos and the horchata. A great value, a Whole Chicken Dinner (10 pieces) served with rice, beans, tortillas and salsa, is $11.50. A Half Chicken Dinner (five pieces) with rice, beans, tortillas and salsa, is $7.
Invented as a midnight snack for revelers at the Brown Hotel, no visit to Louisville is complete without eating a Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich of sliced turkey, covered in Mornay sauce, accompanied with tomato slices, sprinkled with Parmesan and baked or broiled on Texas toast until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown and bubble. The sandwich is then topped with paprika, parsley and bacon strips. Sometimes known as a Kentucky Hot Brown, the sandwich was created at the Brown Hotel by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926 as an alternative to ham and egg late-night suppers. A variation of traditional Welsh rarebit, it was one of two signature sandwiches created by chefs at the hotel shortly after it opened in 1923. When Schmidt created the Hot Brown, sliced roast turkey was a rarity, as turkey was usually reserved for holiday feasts. After its debut, it quickly became the choice of 95 percent of customers to the hotel's restaurant. The Hot Brown has been featured in episodes of “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay,” “Chopped,” “Southern Fried Road Trip,” “Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo” and a Louisville-themed episode of “Man v. Food Nation” and more.
In the heart of the Old Quarter of San Sebastián, Gandarías is a mandatory stop on the best routes for warm and cold pintxos in the city. Situated along Called 31 de Agosto, the bar specializes in bite-sized portions of Basque goodness, including Iberian hams, meats and other traditional style pintxos. What to order? The grilled sirloin steak, served medium-rare, with green pepper and sea salt. The place is so well-known Anthony Bourdain recently dropped while filming “A Cook’s Tour.” Unlike most pintxos bars, Gandarías has a restaurant in the back, with an extensive traditional Basque menu and a wide range of national and international wines. Open all day, it is advisable to make a reservation for dinner.
Entering Grossi Florentino is like stepping into classic Europe; a place where tradition and progress intertwine to create a sanctuary for food, art and wine. It is one of the quintessential dining experiences in Melbourne, an elegant establishment since 1928, and highly awarded. The Grand Room evokes the Renaissance era. TV celebrity Chef Guy Grossi is famous for his Ravioli All'Uovo, a cracking dish featuring egg yolk, smoked ricotta, butter, sage, amaretti, aged balsamic and Parmigiano-Reggiano. It’s a must-try dish when visiting Grossi Florentino and an indulgent dish with all the things we love: smoky butter, runny egg and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
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Surely this is too simple a dish to be featured. But Embla on Russell Street is a serious foodie destination and a finalist for Best New Restaurant in Melbourne in the Age Good Food Guide 2017. One of the hottest restaurant/wine bars in Melbourne, Embla champions a refined, yet more relaxed style than most. Many diners claim the Half Roast Chicken is the best they’ve ever had. Simply pour the chicken gravy over the chicken and enjoy the roasted garlic cloves. Embla is the sibling of much acclaimed The Town Mouse, but has also received a chef’s hat in its own right. Co-owner Christian McCabe and Chef Dave Verheul have struck a chord with their wine bar and wood oven combination. Just to get a table here is an achievement.
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Get ready to step back into the 1950s. This is arguably the best well-known restaurant in Louisville. Open since 1942, the drive-in with curb-side service and counter dairy bar is famous for the Whizzburger. The double-decker burger comes with special sauce (similar to tartare sauce), lettuce and cheese on an old-school sesame seed bun with an extra bun in the middle. A great value, add an order of crinkle fries and a drink for a little over $6. Just don’t forget your Benjamins. This is a cash-only establishment.
When you see the two crashed cars collided out front, grass seating, ping-pong tables and the flock of hipsters sipping their house-made tonic and vodkas on the huge patio, you know you’re in the right place. Open since 2011, this hip bar and eatery in the NuLu market district serves some of the best pizza and drinks the city has to offer. At lunch, don’t miss the Everything “Bagel” Pizza (Shuckman’s smoked salmon, fennel, sesame, poppy seed and herb cream cheese and hard-cooked egg) should be a necessary factor of your experience here. Top it off with some warm beignets, powdered sugar and preserves. You might never want to leave.
Bold colors, limited seating, masks and paintings of Lucha Libre wrestlers are the first things you’ll notice walking into this tiny taco shop in the electric neighborhood of the Highlands. Fernando, Christina and Yaniel Martinez are wrestling up some serious Mexican food. Life really doesn’t get better than biting into one of their Baja fish tacos (beer battered-cod fried to perfection with spicy aioli and pickled red cabbage), and realizing you haven’t even began eating your elotes callejeros (corn on the cob with mayo, Cotija cheese and pequin peppers).