# The best \ in town! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752 "2009-10-30T18:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/21 "2009-10-31T14:21:07Z")
Tacos…(on soft corn shells) look to see if the double wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/22 "2009-10-31T17:11:06Z")
> [@Winkie](#): > > [ul] > [li]Santorini - in Fountain Square (my personal favorite)[/li][li]Aesop’s Tables - on Mass Ave[/li][li]Hella’s - on Westfield, just south of 86th[/li][li]Athens on 86th - on 86th by St. Vincent[/li][li]Greek Islands - I haven’t been to this one, but I think it is just south of downtown[/li][/ul] > And in the “more mediterranean than greek but should still have the standards” category are the Canal Bistro in Broadripple, and the Mediterranean Grill in Avon (if you still consider that in town). If you are willing to venture slightly out of town, I hear that Zorba’s in Zionsville is quite good as well. Yeah, but to actually see if the gyros are good, you would have to make a quick road trip to Bloomington to compare them to the ones at the Trojan Horse… truely the best I’ve had. I can tell you a place not to go… it was on Michigan Rd I think, in a strip mall with a Mexican Grocery. They used sour cream instead or Tziki (sp?) and it was truely disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/23 "2009-10-31T23:32:12Z")
Go for breakfast and order eggs benedict. Are the eggs cooked just right? Is the hollandaise homemade or institutional? Did they just slap some ham on there or did they lovingly warm some Canadian bacon in butter until the edges just start to brown? Is the English muffin tough and bready, or toasty and tender? How are the accompanying home fries, and did you have to pay extra for them? I have done this test at breakfast joints in my area and found the perfect one – homemade English muffin, lightly toasted; delicately frizzled Canadian bacon; beautiful yellow hollandaise with distinct butter and lemon tastes, poached eggs with a slightly runny yolk, home fries that needed no salt and pepper but helped mop up the extra hollandaise. Mmmmm. Breakfast orgasm on a plate. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/24 "2009-11-01T05:07:05Z")
> [@Proudest\_Monkey](#): > > , home fries that needed no salt and pepper . You had me drooling until you said this and then I knew it was some kind of legend like the Holy Grail or something. ---
**Author:** ![Cherrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Cherrie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherrie)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/25 "2009-11-02T16:39:50Z")
My vote is Pho, a vietnamese speciality. I myself am on a quest here in Austin to find the best Pho is town. Unfortunately, the best I’ve had is way far south of my home so it’s a rare treat. But it has been a delicious quest for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/26 "2009-11-02T17:25:34Z")
> [@Winkie](#): > > I would vote for a fish and chips comparison - although that is pretty bar food-ish, and the variation in offerings would be high, so I’m not sure it would be a good fit. I can barely afford a full week of restaurant food - no need to add in the cost of cholesterol medication on top of it! 🙂 (Though I do love fish & chips…) > [@](#): > > [li]Greek Islands - I haven’t been to this one, but I think it is just south of downtown[/li] I highly recommend it, though if you’re in that area, might as well travel the extra mile to go to Santorini’s - they’re my favorite as well. If I go gyros, I’ll throw in the Bosphorus as well for a Turkish take on the dish. [QUOTE=Spud] Whatever you decide, please share your results since I live in the same place as you… also, care to share who had the best Pad Thai? [/QUOTE] Jasmine Thai, up on 86th Street. Though that was pre-Thai Smile 2, which I’ve heard great things about. And I’d probably put Siam Square in Fountain Square above Jasmine as well now. [QUOTE=Cherrie] My vote is Pho, a vietnamese speciality. [/QUOTE] Oooh… I’m not sure I could put together 7 vietnamese restaurants in this town. I can think of 3 off the top of my head - it’d be a (delicious) stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/27 "2009-11-02T18:03:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Jasmine Thai, up on 86th Street. . Is that by Moon Dog (roughly 86th and Gray)? Someone just the other day recommended a Thai place there but couldn’t remember the name. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/28 "2009-11-02T18:12:34Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Is that by Moon Dog (roughly 86th and Gray)? Someone just the other day recommended a Thai place there but couldn’t remember the name. That’s the one. Portions were good sized, everything was fresh, and they have a much thicker peanut sauce which I really liked. (And their fried bananas were fantastic.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/29 "2009-11-02T20:53:32Z")
> [@BrandonR](#): > > Don’t they kick you out once you hit 16 though? That’s OK, he’s only having 7. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/30 "2009-11-02T21:48:37Z")
Cheese cake. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/31 "2009-11-03T20:33:36Z")
I’m always on the lookout for the best baked French onion soup. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752/32 "2009-11-03T21:21:59Z")
Looking for the best fried chicken in DFW, myself. Brother’s is in the lead, so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-in-town/515752.md?page=1)