Tyler makes some great points. I have to say that a number of my favorite places, which are favorite both by virtue of excellent (or at least excellently repeatable) food and affordable prices, conform almost exactly to his parameters. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I live way out in the 'burbs and love ethnic (okay, Asian) food. Let's see, some of my personal best bets for cheap and wonderful eats, most of which I believe are highly rated by The Man himself,
A&J (ethnic strip mall with no anchor)
China Star (non-ethnic strip mall with no anchor)
Minerva (off rotation for the moment due to extreme GREASE issues; non-ethnic strip mall with no anchor)
Italian store (strip mall; is Giant an anchor?)
Bombay Bistro (stand alone)
Pad Thai (strip! no anchor)
Rabeing (strip! no anchor)
Thai Square (line of run-down stores that resembles a strip mall)
Pho 75 (strip! no anchor, unless you count Rays the Steaks)
Minh's (1st floor of an office building)
Woodlands (strip mall, but can K-Mart really be called an anchor anymore?)
Four Sisters (ethnic-iest! strippiest! anchored by other Viet restaurants)
Taquiera el Poblano (strip mall; no anchor)
Kabob Palace (barely a strip mall)
Inexpensive restaurants that don't really fit the Cowen mold:
Eamonn's (Old Town)
Nooshi (DC)
Hmmmmm, still thinking...
2 comments:
Negril. You left out Negril, baby. Don't you love the fish sandwich of glory anymore?
Ahhh, that's right, I forgot about SS! Which, of course, means Negril and Mandalay. Bad me!!! And also Cafe Parisien and Crisp & Juicy.
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