# What is considered "American food"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-american-food/235092 "2004-03-18T21:36:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-american-food/235092/21 "2004-03-19T08:00:47Z")

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Why do you say pizza is american and not italian?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-american-food/235092/22 "2004-03-19T10:45:58Z")

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We invented cheeseburgers! And, er, Hot Pockets, right?

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-american-food/235092/23 "2004-03-19T11:11:50Z")

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There’s a restaurant chain in Dublin called “Eddie Rockets”.

It’s done up like a '50s diner, with old-style jukeboxes on all the tables and modernist decor throughout.

On the menu are things like burgers, hot dogs, fries, fried chicken, club sandwiches, chilli, some salads, and malt shakes.

It’s entirely Irish owned and run, but the theme is 100% Americana (or a stereotype thereof).

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**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-american-food/235092/24 "2004-03-19T11:13:08Z")

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Here in Paris we have a little place known as ‘Joe Allens’ which is marketed as a New York style restaurant.

For me it seems pretty good compared to the places I’ve been to in the states and would say that it’s what we would call typical American food.  
Here’s the menu…(3 years old)

> **[Joe Allen Restaurant | New York City](https://joeallenrestaurant.com/paris/japarmenu.htm)**
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> Joe Allen Restaurant, a NYC dining destination since 1965. A pre-theater and post-theatre dining institution, a local's place and Broadway insider hangout.

> **[Joe Allen Restaurant | New York City](https://joeallenrestaurant.com/paris/japarbrun.htm)**
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> Joe Allen Restaurant, a NYC dining destination since 1965. A pre-theater and post-theatre dining institution, a local's place and Broadway insider hangout.

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