What's your all time favorite restaurant outside TV land?
 

We might be doing a road trip this summer and we like to stop and sample the local cuisine. I hope everyone is open by that time. Tell us what your favorite restaurant is that is local, no chains or franchises, just local.

Sanibel Island. FL - Traders: TRADERS SANIBEL
I'm somewhat biased here because I used to do their creative advertising when they owned three unique restaurants: Sunshine Cafe, Twilight Cafe and Moonlight Cafe, which they sold and then opened Traders.


Cape May, NJ - 410 Bank St. | Cape May, NJ

West Chester, PA - Limoncello Ristorante & Caterers | Catering | West Chester & Chester Springs, PA

Maine: Fresh Maine Lobster | Beal's Lobster Pier This is where we learned how to eat lobster, from two elderly (well, at the that time) Maine women who had fun watching us try to eat them. This restaurant is on the Southwest Harbour side of the island.

Share your favorites from around the country or beyond.

Romeo’s. Omaha Nebraska. Abuelo’s In brick town OKC. County line barbecue, Austin Texas.

Favorite Restaurant
 

Berns Steak House
Tampa,Fl

There are restaurants outside TVLand?

Cool, I will have to look into that!

Who was that guy in the past always told us about great restaurants? Also told how bad Village restaurant were.
Remember he was continuously getting SHORT pour on his drink orders.

Ms. Lucy’s in Coral Bay, St. John USVI. You didn’t ask how far outside the bubble?

True, but I did say road trip. Miss Lucy's looks like my kind of place, tight on the beach.

Restaurants
 

Tark's- Dania Beach, Florida
Chick and Ruth's Deli- Annapolis, Maryland
Geronimo Restaurant Santa Fe, NM
Turners- Leesburg, Florida
Henry Social Club-Columbus, IN
Koishi Fine Chinese & Sushi Bar-Charlotte, NC
Vegetarian Palate- Brooklyn, NYC
Totonno Pizzeria Napolitano-Brooklyn, NYC
Gallo Nero- Portland, Oregon
Shari's Cafe and Pies-Portland, Oregon
River House Seafood-Savannah
The Soda Fountain at Woolworth Walk- Asheville, NC
The Dining Room at the Biltmore Estate-Asheville, NC

Orange County NY
 

Catherine’s in Goshen ,NY

Angelos in Monroe NY

Highbridge in Valley Central

G&M Restaurant - Baltimore MD ---- best crab cakes in the world.

Louie and Ernies pizza. Crosby Ave The Bronx. NY

Arthur Bryant's BBQ, 17th & Brooklyn, Kansas City, MO. Best (real) barbeque on the planet. Period.

Cafe Murano Altamonte Springs Cafe Murano | Altamonte Springs Italian Restaurant

Sandy springs guaranteedgakaiser's chop houseif you don'agree the cowboy steak's terrific, send me the bill!

Hall’s Chop House - Charleston, SC

Ophelia’s on the Bay
Siesta Key FL
Great food, on the water
Worth the $$

Food Shack, Jupiter, Florida

Daddy Jacks -Indianapolis - try the crispy Grouper
The Friendly- Zionsville IN

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If you like good old fashioned down home cooking, especially breakfasts try Mary’s Place in Belleview and Mary’s Kountry Kitchen near Tavares. Both are hole in the wall joints with excellent home style cooking. The are also not part of a chain. They just happen to have the similar names and aren’t related.

Chick and Ruth's closed a few years ago...

By far the best restaurant in the state is Oscar Penn’s in Inverness.

We always enjoy Miz Kathi's Cotillion Southern Cafe in Wildwood

Our favorite outside TV but somewhat local is The Goblin Market in Mt. Dora. As for one of our all time favorites in the country it has to be The Peking Gourmet Inn, 6029 Leesburg Pike, Fall Church, VA. This restaurant is just onside of Washington D.C. and is famous for their Peking duck. I have traveled to China, San Fransisco and grew up in New York visiting China Town frequently and have never had a better Peking duck. The Peking Gourmet Inn serves 200+ ducks a night and raise their own ducks and grow all of their own vegetables. It's a must if you're in the area.

We have been to Peking Gourmet several times, including for a wedding prenup dinner (in the back room!)! It is definitely one of our all time favorite best restaurants!!!

Lazy Days, Islamorado, FL Keys, (at the beach), The Landings, Newburgh, IN (at water front) best key lime pie MM20 Mama's Fl Keys,-going outside the country Servicemen's Club, Nowra, Australia (best buffet I've ever had).

Roberts Dania Beach Florida.
Fish lips Port Canaveral.

The millionaire submariner.

Sargent Recruiter's, Paris, Fr

I have to jump in on this one!

My absolute favorite as well. Here’s a fun fact that not everyone will care about.

This is a small restaurant with lots of tight seating. The kitchen is tiny. On Chinese New Year - believe it or not - they prepare 1,500 Peking Duck meals on that one day of the year.

This is my number one restaurant of all time. If you love Chinese food and find yourself within a 2 hour drive from this restaurant - you must detour and stop in. You will not regret the experience.

Hand and Foot in Corning, NY - A very different, interesting menu (no burgers) with beers from craft brewers from around the country.
The Boat House Bistro in Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Any Supper-club in Wisconsin! Stiff drinks, big juicy steaks and lake perch frys!! Yum 🤤

Geo’s Italian restaurant located 1block north of 466 on 301. Only open for dinner on Thursday Friday and Saturday, open for lunch Monday thru Saturday. Old time Italian deli and deserts sold behind the counter. Good Sicilian style pizza. (You have to ask for the Sicilian style). Great lunch menu with great prices. Their meatballs and Marinara sauce are very good.

I thought that Angelina's won tge best crab cakes in MD. award every year. They were the best I ever had.

The Pink House - Savannah. GA
Alicante's Mediterranean Grille, Mendon, MA (a few towns outside Boston)
The Old Yarmouth Inn, Yarmouth, MA (Cape Cod)
The Peninsula - Charleston, SC
Opa's Taverna - Orlando
My Big Fat Greek Restaurant - Ft Lauderdale
Mark's Steakhouse - Ocala
Zeb's - Colorado Springs
Barnacle Billy's - Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ME

happy trails!

Blackwater, 45 minute drive to the river

Frank Pepe's Pizza - New Haven Ct. Possibly the best pizza you'll ever have.

Ted's Restaurant - Meriden Ct. Get the steamed cheeseburgers and thank me later.

Patty' Pantry- Dorchester Ma. A take out counter in the back on a C-store. Lot of food for the price my go to's are the steak tips or the meatloaf.

Sullivan's - Castle Island, Boston Ma. A seasonal take out stand where you might just have to wait in line a bit.

Oakwood Smokehouse

Oakwood Smokehoue and Grill in Leesburg, family owned there are five different locations. Best ribs around!

Since you will be in Cape May, NJ, try Charlie's Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point, NJ. It's up the Parkway, first exit after the Great Egg Harbor Bridge. You may also try The Anchorage and Gregory's. All three places make up the "Beer-muda Triangle" in Somers Point.

Charlie's is known for its wings and can get crowded on the weekends.