Your City's Signature Dish - Page 3

isaidso · #41 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Edmonton: Green onion cake tacos, pizza peroghies, that's at best what I can think of.

What do those green onion cake tacos look like?

softee · #42 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:45 PM**

Toronto has fantastic street hotdogs and veggiedogs that should be included as a signature food for the city.

isaidso · #43 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:46 PM**

And of course for Montreal it's the Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich. The one at Schwartz' is the best! There's also the one and only, Montreal bagel

Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich

Courtesy of ourlifeinasuitcase

Montreal Bagel, Fairmount Bagel

Courtesy of the Wandering Eater

Xelebes · #44 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

What do those green onion cake tacos look like?

A taco filled with some east asian medley of meat and vegetables and sauce in a thick tortilla. That asian medley can be korean bbq, manchurian, mandarin or such bbq.

dc_denizen · #45 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:52 PM**

Philadelphia has its own tradition of jewish delis: for example the 4th street delicatessen

cabasse · #46 Posted **May 13, 2018, 5:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by dc_denizen

katz's? i tried to finish one of those, my mere mortal body couldn't handle all that undercooked beef. something about it just wasn't sitting right with me on the way down.

dc_denizen · #47 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:02 PM**

^ yeah that's katz's...

I'm a huge fan of fine and shapiro on 72nd street myself.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura..._New_York.html

dc_denizen · #48 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:04 PM**

philly... (Jims)

dc_denizen · #49 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:06 PM**

this is making me hungry:

Baltimore:

dc_denizen · #50 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:10 PM**

madison, wisconsin would be fried cheese curds, I suppose

( somehow i managed to miss trying them at the farmers market on my last visit)

dc_denizen · #51 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:14 PM**

Washington, DC would be the chili half smoke from ben's chili bowl.

dc_denizen · #52 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:18 PM**

Central PA/State College, would be a hard one. Maybe ice cream? Myer Dairy and the Creamery are some of the best ice cream I've ever had..

http://www.centredaily.com/living/article42923382.html

dc_denizen · #53 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:34 PM**

for northern Ohio, I'm drawing a blank. something eastern european, like goulash?

anyhow that almost does it for the cities Ive lived in or am associated with...

dc_denizen · #54 Posted **May 13, 2018, 6:40 PM**

not sure how accurate this is:

10023 · #55 Posted **May 13, 2018, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by cabasse

katz's? i tried to finish one of those, my mere mortal body couldn't handle all that undercooked beef. something about it just wasn't sitting right with me on the way down.

Undercooked?!

First of all it’s cured and smoked, so it doesn’t even really need to be cooked. Guess you don’t like bresoala either. But beef should never be brown except on the exterior.

10023 · #56 Posted **May 13, 2018, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich

Courtesy of ourlifeinasuitcase

I have to admit that even in NYC, I would sometimes go to Mile End on Bond St for a Montreal smoked meat sandwich. Partly because it was a foodie place that wasn’t doing huge volumes for tourists, with more manageable portion sizes. But that stuff is definitely good.

If you want to know more than you ever cared to about the differences, read this:

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/06/...-mile-end.html

dc_denizen · #57 Posted **May 13, 2018, 7:52 PM**

New Jersey - pork roll egg and cheese?

Not sure I've ever had one, despite six years of living in NJ.

NJ would be something more Italian, I would think.

Buckeye Native 001 · #58 Posted **May 13, 2018, 8:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by BnaBreaker

Oh man, I'm a total slut for Cincy style chili. I'll never understand why so many people are so grossed out by it. In fact, my preferred way to have it is to buy Skyline Chili by the can, and take it home so I can ADD even more cinnamon to it, use nice cheddar etc.

I think the fact that it's got cinnamon (or chocolate in some cases) and is more of a meat sauce topping over noodles than what people generally think of as "chili con carne" in the United States is what grosses people out (this has been exacerbated because of articles written by the foodies at Gawker/Deadspin who bitch about how much Skyline repulses them). I used to make it all the time for college friends in California and most of them loved it.

I will do Skyline in a pinch (there's one five minutes from my grandmother's house in Newport, KY) and appreciate that I can buy cans of Skyline at Fry's grocery stores in Arizona (owned by Cincinnati-based Kroger), but my preferred chili parlor is Camp Washington Chili. Thank god round trip flights from Phoenix to Cincinnati have become somewhat affordable in the past several years...

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Originally Posted by dc_denizen

for northern Ohio, I'm drawing a blank. something eastern european, like goulash?

Pierogi?

benp · #59 Posted **May 13, 2018, 9:03 PM**

Buffalo - food so good it will stop your heart, and available nearly everywhere that sells food in the area

Buffalo Style Chicken Wings - deep fried crispy, coated in butter and Frank's Hot sauce, served with celery, carrot, and bleu cheese dressing - also some unique local and regional variations like the "Smitty" wings of South Buffalo

000_0234 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Beef on Weck - thin slicked roast beef on a kummelweck roll (kaiser hard roll covered in salt and caraway seed) served with horseradish

IMG_0535 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Fish Fry - traditional Friday Lenten fish fry, beer-battered haddock (formerly lake pike, sometimes cod), served with fries, coleslaw, usually choice of potato salad or macaroni salad

IMG_0439 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Honorable mentions:

Stuffed banana peppers - still growing in popularity, cheese stuffed and baked or fried, with unique local variations (like a clams casino stuffed version)

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Sponge candy - an ephemeral candy - chocolate covered "sponge" which is an airy delicate toffee that is typically only produced in cooler months (it doesn't ship well to warm climates) - available in different types of chocolates and prices - there are many, many candy shops and producers all over the city (shown: candy case at Parkside Candies)

Buffalo, NY Parkside Candies candy cases by army.arch *Adam*, on Flickr

Also lots of good ethnic foods available everywhere, especially during the summer festival season (May thru October) (shown: Italian sausage with peppers and onions)

IMG_2293 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Don't Be That Guy · #60 Posted **May 14, 2018, 3:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

And of course for Montreal, it's the Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich. The one at Schwartz' is the best! There's also the one and only, Montreal bagel

Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich

Courtesy of ourlifeinasuitcase

Controversial take, Joe's Smoked Meats is superior to Schwartz's. And Joe's isn't even in Montreal.

For Pittsburgh, it'll have to be Perogies. That or french fries on or with everything, which is surprising considering there's not a sizable Portuguese population here. So, I'll just go with perogies.