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The Armadillo Grill in downtown Carrboro, North Carolina, advertises as "authentic Tex-Mex". To be as generous to them as I can be, they are fucking liars who will burn in hell for all eternity. I have had spicier vanilla ice cream than their hottest salsa, and don't get me started on the enchiladas.  The Shiner Bock is real, so there is that.

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Dart Bowl enchiladas. Lately they’ve sucked. Tonight it took an hour and twenty minutes to get a lukewarm plate and they delivered them on styrofoam. They can’t get anybody to work for what they’re paying and it shows. Tonight there was one person cooking and one person running between the cafe and bar.

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9 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

The Armadillo Grill in downtown Carrboro, North Carolina, advertises as "authentic Tex-Mex". To be as generous to them as I can be, they are fucking liars who will burn in hell for all eternity. I have had spicier vanilla ice cream than their hottest salsa, and don't get me started on the enchiladas.  The Shiner Bock is real, so there is that.

Remember your past, and be happy.

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Chinese food.  It's either amazing or very meh.  No middle ground, and the "amazing" places are the ones that seem least likely to be, so you gotta try 'em all.  Which leads to disappointment more often than not.

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9 hours ago, CurlyDumps said:

Bloody Marys. Salt on the rim is the first sign it’s gonna let you down. 

Definitely going to disagree on that.  I've had some terrible Bloody Marys, but salt on the rim is not an indicator.  One of my favorite ones on the planet (Whistle Binkie's pub, Rochester MN) comes with salt on the rim.  It's a damn near perfect mix, and it's served with a pickle, olive, hunk of pepper jack, and Grain Belt chaser for $2.50 on Saturdays.

 

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2 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

I should add cheesesteak too. Maybe it's just me, but this may be the most overrated "must have" food.

There are a few places that do them really well. Well, I should say, a few cooks who do them really well. The same place that was great "just last week" may suck if it's the wrong person's shift.

But in general, yeah. It's amazing how a sandwich with so few ingredients can vary so wildly in its execution, but there you have it.

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3 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

Chicken fried steak.  So many places serve dried-out slabs of flavorless meat with a loose flavorless breading that sloughs off as soon as it is touched.  They cover it with enough bland gravy to hide the fact that the underlying CFS is completely uninteresting.  It can be just so sad.

Spot on. My folks were in town in July and before they headed out we went to Ozona for lunch on Saturday. Hadn't been in ages and have always loved their CFS so I decided to order it. Was incredibly underwhelming for exactly the reasons you mention but I'll add chewy and tough when it comes to most of these.

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11 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Spot on. My folks were in town in July and before they headed out we went to Ozona for lunch on Saturday. Hadn't been in ages and have always loved their CFS so I decided to order it. Was incredibly underwhelming for exactly the reasons you mention but I'll add chewy and tough when it comes to most of these.

That's terrible to read, because my experience with Ozona was always the opposite.  Granted, I haven't been there in five years, but damn that's disappointing.

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Ceviche

 

This is my favorite food dish when it is made correctly, yet the vast majority of establishments and people completely fuck it up by marinating the seafood in lime juice for entirely too long. I've gotten to the point that I ask for a taster of it at any restaurant before I order it. If they won't provide it, I just won't order it.

There are two places in town that I have found that do this correctly nearly every time; Salt Trader and Monger.

If you know of any others, I'd love the suggestions.

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Wings.

I'll eat about any wing at the right price, but there are a lot of times when some aspect of them is clearly off, be it lame sauce, too little meat, or improper cooking.  Good wings are about my favorite thing.  I really hate it when a place just serves what amounts to crappy fried chicken and passes it off as wings.

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15 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said:

Crab cakes - It’s to the point where I basically won’t order them anymore. I’d rather make my own with jumbo lump and as little breading/filler as possible. I can’t stand crab cakes with that flaky backfin meat and 50% bread and filler. 

 I can put you on 4-5 different places where the crab cakes will change your life.  It's a Mid Atlantic, East coast thing.....

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15 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

The Armadillo Grill in downtown Carrboro, North Carolina, advertises as "authentic Tex-Mex". To be as generous to them as I can be, they are fucking liars who will burn in hell for all eternity. I have had spicier vanilla ice cream than their hottest salsa, and don't get me started on the enchiladas.  The Shiner Bock is real, so there is that.

Haha. "Authentic Mexican food" on a sign in the Carolinas.  99.9% of the time this is completely false advertising.

Years ago, a Texas GC paid my company to do a clay tile roof in  South Carolina because no locals knew how to do it.  I went over there with my tile crew of all Mexican especialistos to do the work.  After driving the whole way these boys were hungry for some food. Right across the street from our motel was Jimenez (or some such) Family Authentic Mexican Comida Deluxe Taqueria Restaurant and Cantina.  So, 12 hungry tile guys and me stride in and get seated.  Senor Jiminez, I noticed, suddenly had a stricken look that was ashen white as the blood drained from his face.  Curious, I thought. 

As the food hit the table and the boys dug in I knew why Senor Jiminez had  that sick look on his face.  The food was spectacularly awful. He'd been foisting complete crap on the South Carolina rubes and with real Mexicans in his joint he was completely busted. 

My guys were pissed, went crazy and were cussing out his sorry ass left and right.  Total pandelerium. They had that fool hopping and skipping. It was glorious.  We were there about 2 weeks and the food quality went up. I don't know if it stayed improved or not after we left.

/csb

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1 hour ago, Orange&White said:

Ceviche

 

This is my favorite food dish when it is made correctly, yet the vast majority of establishments and people completely fuck it up by marinating the seafood in lime juice for entirely too long. I've gotten to the point that I ask for a taster of it at any restaurant before I order it. If they won't provide it, I just won't order it.

There are two places in town that I have found that do this correctly nearly every time; Salt Trader and Monger.

If you know of any others, I'd love the suggestions.

polvos in wells branch.  i know what you'll think when you pull up to strip mall heaven, but give it a shot.  it's been a minute but it's always been good.  wish i could say the same for their other dishes.

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2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

There are a few places that do them really well. Well, I should say, a few cooks who do them really well. The same place that was great "just last week" may suck if it's the wrong person's shift.

But in general, yeah. It's amazing how a sandwich with so few ingredients can vary so wildly in its execution, but there you have it.

It’s because beef cooked medium or well sucks ass. It’s why it is terrible on a pizza. (Especially the grade you are getting)

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12 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

I should add cheesesteak too. Maybe it's just me, but this may be the most overrated "must have" food.

The best cheesesteak I've had is waay, waaaay, waaaaaay the fuck better than the best crabcakes I've had...and a shit-ton cheaper.

 

Granted, it was in Philly and that's a hellova commute...but dayum a properly made cheesesteak is a glorious sammich.

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