Where Did You Eat Lunch Today?

[customtrim]

I eat at the same place day in day out menu changes every day some of the best home cooked meals I have ever had today was chicken,chorizo ribs,rice,beans and a homemade sauce that would curl your toenails

[holehogg]

Bet you know the chef personally. The service is great and prices reasonable.

[Troutman]

Man give me some of them ribs !!! Good looking hot sauce too !! You got some Hispanic blood in you brother?

[customtrim]

holehogg it is a combination of5 guys bring stuff each day

Troutman Pennsylvania Dutch and German

[MeatMonster]

At home , sandwiches using cold cuts from the weekends brisket!

[Troutman]

That, my friend, is always the best sammich in town, especially if its pastrami !!!

[Buck Flicks]

Our academy class graduates today, and they get to pick the big training & managerial staff lunch outing with them on their graduation day. They chose Twisted Root burgers, which is just down the street from our station. Pretty decent burgers. I got the hatch chiles and goat cheese. Tasty. Fried greenbeans and carrots instead of french fries.

I need to go to Houston and try out that Pinkerton's, looks awesome.

[VideoWolf88]

I've become friends with a local pitmaster and every week his joint has what he calls Food Coma Friday, where he makes a different special dish each week. Today his special is Bacon and Brisket sliders. Kings Hawaiian rolls topped with brisket, provolone, sour cream, and his Blue Collar bbq sauce.

[Troutman]

Wow what a mish-mash but I bet it tastes really good !!!

[VideoWolf88]

I did that to show off some of the brisket, which was buried underneath the cheese, sour cream, and sauce. It was delicious, but the special is aptly named. I get so little work done Friday afternoons.

[smokenoob]

Well doggonit, they were closed today....gotta go back on Wednesday and get my discount!

[Troutman]

Love the hurricane sign too! CCW special...lol !

[PJBowmaster]

Oh...I like this joint already!

[texastweeter]

Killing me... I only eat once a day at dinner.... Once I get the machine ready for work I let it roll all day long.

[fzxdoc]

That's how I roll as well, texastweeter . I just don't get hungry until close to suppertime.

Kathryn

[Skip]

We are in Savannah GA on a trip. At noon we ate at Paula Deen's The Lady and Sons . It was good. Asparagus & Onion Sandwich with Grits and Crab Cake, Couscous, Fried Collards And Asparagus. It was good.

[Troutman]

Used to enjoy her cooking show, kind of fell off the grid after her "incident".

[FishTalesNC]

We are insanely lucky to have a local seafood place right by us called The Salt Box. I’ve had seafood from MD to FL, and San Diego to San Fran and Chef Ricky Moore’s is at the top of the list. The menu changes daily based on what is caught locally. There are two options - the plate or the roll (sandwhich) and its always a calebash style (he’s from New Bern, NC). He’s been all over the world and competed on The Iron Chef, gets written up often as one of the best in the South, and his joint is 5 min away I just love it. Today I had the grouper plate, plates come with potatoes w/ peppers & onions and slaw. SWMBO wanted to try the fried broccoli too, usually we get the hush honeys (hush puppies drizzled with local honey). I’m so happy right now. And full.

https://www.saltboxseafoodjoint.com/

http://www.chefrickymoore.com/

[Troutman]

Bet that grouper is good, I love me some fresh caught !!! Oh yea and give me a dozen raw please, lots of hot sauce and lemon on the side.

[Troutman]

BTW there's a seafood place in Galveston, Texas called Fish Tales. Every time I see you post I think about that place. Place is so-so but the view is excellent.

[FishTalesNC]

Troutman it was heavenly! We got there 10 min before he opened and by the time we sat down the line was out the door. 11am on a Wednesday. Oddly enough his new location is right across the street from Foster’s (Sarah Foster fame), also a line out the door usually and parking spilling out onto the street. Glad Fish Tales has a redeeming quality!

[gwschenk]

Yesterday we walked over to the Santa Ana Elks lodge. Had an open face beef sandwich. Waaaaaay too much food!

[Troutman]

Were there fries and were the fries dipped in the jus?

[gwschenk]

Nope, open face. Roast beef on bread with mashed potatoes and gravy. Filling to say the least!

[Troutman]

Well in my quest for Houston's best bbq, another Texas Monthly standout is The Pit Room. Small joint located in the busy Montrose/Museum District, it only seats about 30-40 people inside. Limited parking means you have to park a block or two away and walk but after filling my gut that's not such a bad thing. But despite it's physical shortcomings, the place has some of the best or the best que in H-town....



..... these guys have some great made-in-house sausages along with some killer tacos ......




....but I usually come for the brisket. Wonderfully succulent, it's the bark that puts it over the top. Heavy in black pepper, it's hard well set with a great flavor all it's own.



The Pit Room is definitely a place to seek out if you're in town, just remember to go early or in the coolness of the evening when you can enjoy a beer on their outdoor patio !!!

Troutman Que Rating (10=Heavenly Perfection) = 9.8

[Obi-Dan]

Haven’t made it here either yet. You’re shaming me. That brisket looks great.

[sparetime]

Looking at all the pics I guess I need to get out more - I had some left over meatloaf in the my cubical at work

[Troutman]

OK well believe it or not I don't eat at bbq joints EVERY day (ran out of left overs and sandwich meat this week), but my next go to would be TACOS !!! Like I can eat tacos until sick, and often have (oh the gluttony and the pain). We have just tons of tacos joints here as well from large scale restaurants to taco stands to taco trucks, name your poison. They build them with everything imaginable. SO staying with my bbq joint theme, I went to Torchy's Tacos (popular franchise here in Texas) .....



....and ordered me two brisket tacos done completely different. Paired that with a local brew called Great White Heffy and enjoyed my Friday lunch. Cheers !!!

[Obi-Dan]

You should try Velvet Taco if you haven’t already. The brisket taco is divine.

[BriggsBBQ]

Velvet has some really good crafty tacos. My Mexican wife says they are not tacos but its in a tortilla is what I tell her.

[JonnyB]

Triplette's BBQ in Cadiz, KY. Went to get the pork belly, but they have pulled it from the menu for the winter, along with the chicken, sausage, and ribs. Only thing they sell now are the brisket and pulled pork. Probably won't go back unless they put those back on for the summer. I had the pulled pork. Good, but I can find good pulled pork anywhere around here.

[gwschenk]

No mutton?

[Troutman]

Man that sucks !! Guess you'll have to make your own and have sammiches from now until summer...which is not altogether a bad thing !!

[FishTalesNC]

Another out of this world place in Durham that actually started as a food truck - KoKyu BBQ: http://www.kokyubbq.com/

I have no idea why BBQ is in the name really, its more like Eclectic Asian fare, but man... this guy puts together some crazy flavors that work so well together! Its been written up in the New York Post and Rolling Stone among others, we find ourselves hitting this place at least once a month. Today I had the Pyongyang Hot Chicken sandwich (pictured), which has Korean fried chicken, gochuhang mayo, romaine, ssamjang, quick pickles, and pickled radishes - so far my favorite! My wife went with the Belly Banh (not pictured, she was not waiting!) which has pork belly, jus, cucumbers, chilies, pickled veggies and cilantro.

D. Lish. Us.

[Troutman]

Food truck to restaurant success seems to be the latest rage (ala Aaron Franklin for one). Food looks amazing, I love Belly Banh.

[FishTalesNC]

Troutman mine definitely was... can't vouch for how my wife's was, she didn't even offer me a bite!

[Dewesq55]

Five Guys.

[Troutman]

I love 5 Guys. Had a hot dog there yesterday,