Defunct Restaurants

[smdavis65 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by David

Does anyone know if these restaurants are indeed defunct:

Aloha Restaurant
Aloha Restaurant, California, MD - Southern Maryland Online

Hot Noodle Restaurant
Hot Noodle Restaurant, California, MD - Southern Maryland Online

TIA!

I ate at "New York Buffet", which was the same as Aloha Buffet and an hour later I was ! I'm just sayin'...

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Bloha was absolutely horrible.

[chernmax (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsbob

Sounds like a perfect description of NY.. so they nailed it!!

I would put the worst Chinese restaurant up against the best one here in Southern Maryland and it would still loose hands down, same with the Pizza!!!


So Bob in your extensive travels, how many times have you been to New York???

[navywife1984]

Originally Posted by GWguy

Hot Noodle went belly up a while ago. There's a new restaurant there now, don't know much about it.

I think I read on the forums a while back that it was going to be the same owners at Hot Noodle, but please don't quote me on that, I could be incorrect.

Originally Posted by chernmax

I would put the worst Chinese restaurant up against the best one here in Southern Maryland and it would still loose hands down, same with the Pizza!!!


So Bob in your extensive travels, how many times have you been to New York???

I love my food, and loved NY. I love Philly more.

Rick's has the pizza, Cerro Grande has the Mexican and Okada has the Japanese. Emily's for lumpia. I make the best cheesesteak.

Best for the area...IMO.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by chernmax

I would put the worst Chinese restaurant up against the best one here in Southern Maryland and it would still loose hands down, same with the Pizza!!!

Well, you're wrong. I went to a noodle bar in Chelsea that made me want to gnaw my arm off. And there are several pizza places in NYC that can't hold a candle to Rick's.

AND, while we're at it, Rick's has a better cheesesteak than at least two Philly joints.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by chernmax

how many times have you been to New York???

Numerous times.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by chernmax

I would put the worst Chinese restaurant up against the best one here in Southern Maryland and it would still loose hands down, same with the Pizza!!!


So Bob in your extensive travels, how many times have you been to New York???

Bee ess.

Pizza place on 23rd.

Chinese place on, if memory serves, 7th and 23rd or so.


I actually was happy with the pizza because I was in a 2am state of hunger, though it was pretty crappy. The Chinese place was just tragic.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

AND, while we're at it, Rick's has a better cheesesteak than at least two Philly joints.

...you disparaging General Grants?

[Beta84]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Well, you're wrong. I went to a noodle bar in Chelsea that made me want to gnaw my arm off. And there are several pizza places in NYC that can't hold a candle to Rick's.

AND, while we're at it, Rick's has a better cheesesteak than at least two Philly joints.

Rick's???
Obviously there are places in Philly or NYC or wherever else that won't have as good of pizza or cheesesteaks or chinese food as the "best" in other locales...not everyone can be great, especially when you have random people in that city making the city specialties to lure in tourists. But I've been to a ton of places in NYC with better chinese and pizza than anything this area can come close to offering.

Rick's cheesesteaks are ok, but I've had better without ever having been to Philly. Okada is a pretty good Japanese place, so we have something in town at least. None of the other Japanese places are that great (especially Asahi...I mean, seriously?). And I haven't been to Salsa's yet, but the rest of the Mexican places around here aren't anything special. They're all 'ok'.

But then again, once you're used to something, then having something that tastes different may not hit you the same way it would hit other people experiencing it for the first time. That's the only reason why I can explain Asahi, Cerro Grande, and Monterrey's are so popular