scrawls.

scrawls

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21.9.06

a quick review of places to eat in mostly Bryan, Texas

Ninfas is the place that has discount margaritas and fajitas on Tuesdays and where we go with the cadre of internationals, and we all order the same thing, every week. If we ever had the same wait-staff two weeks in a row, this would become easy for them.

Caffe Capri. Italian for $10, better than and with shorter wait times than the pretty much only italian alternative in b/cs at this point, Olive Garden, and without the roaches of johnny carino's. M always gets the cajun tortellini and he is usually right about it.

Square One. Comparable, but inferior, to Caffe Capri. Has steak, though, which some people like.

The Cajun Shack is not its official name. i think its official name is Hebert's. maybe. but it is The Cajun Shack nonetheless. Funky hours as far as not being open whenever school is not in session but when they are there they are good. they sell you a little styrofoam cup of red beans and rice for lunch and it's just perfect.

Cafe Eccel is snooty and not worth it. The Blue Baker has better wood fired pizzas and la Bodega has better everything else and the sandwiches are nothing to write home about, because they're fucking sandwiches, only they act like ... whatever. Blah.

Bodega is across the street and you know you're in the right place when you're surrounded by little crooked chrome chairs trying to surround a burrito the size of your head.

the Blue Baker has the bestest bread and, as it happens, decent sandwiches. And the pizza, which has a fantastic crust. Now i'm hungry.

Fritella is utter crap. They call it italian but it really can't be considered as such, because it tastes exactly like Chef Boyardee, and Chef Boyardee does not an eight dollar plate of spaghetti make.

Los Nortenos is where one goes for breakfast tacos. it just is.

Haiku, the sushi shop next to Albertsons. mmm, sushi. note: do not eat the Northgate sushi. they will tell you it is the same, but they lie.

Fitzwillys has the best burgers. Period. (Notwithstanding it is unfortunate that they (meaning the Cowboy's Choice combo meal) don't come with Shiner, they come with Ziegenbock, but the burger itself makes up for it.)

Christophers. Blue cheese steak is to die for. fantastic desserts, too. Wine is expensive. but when you have a thing to celebrate or a person to impress or something, Christophers is quite simply where you go.

Madden's. Being the new kid in town and directly competing with Christophers is an interesting business plan. i'm not sure b/cs has the clientele for two. noting that i had a cousin with a restaurant nearby and it closed in six months. that there isn't really anywhere else, but the one time we were at christophers the tables were nearly empty, so ... anyway. if m can talk me into it then we will see how it goes.

The Blue Heron was a nice seafood place - i say was because i highly doubt they'll be there in a year: fine dining and strip malls just don't mix. but it'll be good while it lasts.

Pho John's, which has vietnamese noodle soup, Shiracha chili sauce, and The Purple Stuff. i get #27. Best egg rolls in a (minimum) sixty mile radius.

the Pita Pit has good falafel and good hummus. And delivers.

the Hookah Station has better falafel, but does not to my knowledge deliver.

The Fox and Hound is the place that has seventy-four different kinds of beer on tap. And has bar food. Decent bar food. And you can lie to yourself and say the popcorn chicken salad with the egg and the cheese and the crumbly bacon and the honey mustard dressing is good for you and maybe if you're really good you can believe it. Two dollar pint night is on Thursdays. Once they bumped it up to $2.25, and nobody went. yeah, that didn't last. $2.

The Spice Bowl, which is a very nice Indian buffet for lunch, and which i have been to once for dinner, and it's better for lunch. Mmm, nan.

Freebirds. Burrito as big as your head that is better the next day. seriously. plus you can't eat the whole thing anyway.

scrawled @ 22:55