# Types of eateries associated with a particular nationality **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634 "2014-04-21T20:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/1 "2014-04-21T20:59:28Z")
Italians have pizzaries. The French have bistros. Americans have steak houses. Both the British and the Irish have pubs. Who else? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/2 "2014-04-21T21:06:17Z")
Canada has doughnut shops. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/3 "2014-04-21T21:06:51Z")
Greeks have diners. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/4 "2014-04-21T21:07:27Z")
Mexicans have carts. Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/5 "2014-04-21T21:17:14Z")
The Vietnamese have pho joints. The Koreans have tofu houses (serving soft tofu soup), and specialty fried chicken places (serving crispy fried chicken to die for). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/6 "2014-04-21T21:22:35Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > The Koreans have tofu houses (serving soft tofu soup), and specialty fried chicken places (serving crispy fried chicken to die for). Korean BBQ is what I think of. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/7 "2014-04-21T21:26:13Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Mexicans have carts. Mmmmm. And taquerias. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/8 "2014-04-21T21:35:09Z")
Greeks have chili parlors. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/9 "2014-04-21T21:35:51Z")
Indian (particularly Ango-Indian): curry houses French/Belgian/general Francophone: brasserie Italian: trattoria American: diner, truckstop, buffet, barbecue Japanese: Izakaya, sushi bar ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/10 "2014-04-21T21:53:03Z")
Out here, Mexicans have [\bertos.](http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2008/10/21/20081021fakebertos1021.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/11 "2014-04-21T22:03:06Z")
Brazilian churrascaria Jewish delis Vietnamese pho house ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/12 "2014-04-21T22:21:22Z")
Chicago is dotted with German bakeries. There are other types of German restaurants, but the most I see are German. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/13 "2014-04-21T22:32:24Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Out here, Mexicans have [\bertos.](http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2008/10/21/20081021fakebertos1021.html) Same here. I’ve even seen one single location, in the space of ten years, go from Beto’s, to Alberto’s, to Berto’s, to Gual Berto’s, to Los Betos. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/14 "2014-04-21T22:35:30Z")
There are a number of Salvadoran [pupuserias](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupusa)near me. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/15 "2014-04-21T23:21:29Z")
Japanese noodle shops. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/16 "2014-04-21T23:31:56Z")
Jews have delis. They used to have kosher delis, but those are harder to find these days. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/17 "2014-04-21T23:45:57Z")
Chinese people have dim sum houses, hot pot joints and banquet halls. Cameroonians have omelet stands and grilled fish ladies. Indians have dhabas (roadside food stands serving travelers) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/18 "2014-04-22T00:58:14Z")
Germans have schnitzel haus. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/19 "2014-04-22T02:43:02Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Germans have schnitzel haus. And rathskellers. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634/20 "2014-04-22T10:39:10Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Canada has doughnut shops. I’d be even more specific and say Canada has Tim’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-eateries-associated-with-a-particular-nationality/686634.md?page=2)