Ya' want something REALLY GOOD? What local delicacies do you like in your area?

[ocdart]

We have a small chain of Cuban bakeries here in SoCal, Porto's Bakery and Cafe, that makes killer sweets, breads and other things.
A couple of my favorites are their Cheese and Spicy Pepper Potato Balls (I don't think they're really very spicy so don't let the name scare you off). They're made from a potato puree filled with mozzarella, parmesan, asiago, ricotta, roasted serrano, poblano, red and yellow bell, and coated with a crispy panko crust. Available all year.

During Lent they feature their Seafood Potato Balls filled with calamari, shrimp and scallop, with garlic, cilantro, lemon zest, and tomato sauce.

During the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays they feature Turkey Potato Balls that are like a miniature Holiday dinner with turkey, dressing and gravy filling (no pic).

Their year-long regular potato balls (papas rellena) are filled with Cuban-style ground beef with onion, bell pepper, olive and Spanish seasonings (no pic).

Check 'em out at www.portosbakery.com.
If you're close enough to one of their SoCal locations, you can order online and they'll ship all over the country - arriving frozen in a styrofoam box with a hunk of dry ice. You bake them yourself.

Good stuff!

 

[diymirage]

i love pigs in a blanket
they are impossible to find here

dont get me wrong, everyone sells em...but no one get em right

except for de boer bakkerij

those are as close as you're gonna get

 

[greymouser7]

Grilled Brisket cheese sandwiches, barbacoa, local tacos, food here is so great,

when I moved here, I became the skinny guy, AND taller!

people here stop to help you change your tire, care for their elders, don’t interrupt, are super polite, relaxed-way easy going!!!

I love it here!

 

[RustyRatRod]

The baked chicken from the Ingles is good.

 

[Demonic]

Crab cakes from Box Hill Pizza in Abingdon or G&M Restaurant in Linthicum Heights.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

We got Apples & more apples

 

[Divenut]

Chicago style Italian Beef sandwiches and hotdogs.

 

[sireland67]

Pepperoni rolls here, they are delicious.

 

[toolmanmike]

Pork tenderloin and onion rings here.

 

[Back in Time]

Nothing Local but when I lived in Colorado there was a place that made the Best Krautburgers ever.

 

[Back in Time]

Pork tenderloin and onion rings here.

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That looks good..My Mouth is watering

 

[barbee6043]

Grilled Brisket cheese sandwiches, barbacoa, local tacos, food here is so great,

when I moved here, I became the skinny guy, AND taller!

people here stop to help you change your tire, care for their elders, don’t interrupt, are super polite, relaxed-way easy going!!!

I love it here!

That is because you are FAR enough away from the nuts in Austin area~~!! ha

 

[barbee6043]

Boiled crawdads. You ain't doing it right IF you don't suck their brains out!!??? right!?

 

[pishta]

IN n OUT burgers....not my favorite but they are known nation wide. We know better.....'The Habit' is way better and cheaper! Peter's Gourmade are the best burgers bar none around here. 1 shop only. Those Cuban potato balls sound great!

 

[greymouser7]

That is because you are FAR enough away from the nuts in Austin area~~!! ha

Thanks GOD for small favors and the BIG ONES!!!!!

 

[66fyssh]

Boiled crawdads. You ain't doing it right IF you don't suck their brains out!!??? right!?

Pinch the tail and suck the head

 

[Unconventional]

IN n OUT burgers....not my favorite but they are known nation wide. We know better.....'The Habit' is way better and cheaper! Peter's Gourmade are the best burgers bar none around here. 1 shop only. Those Cuban potato balls sound great!

The original Habit in Goleta is the best of the lot. Must be the extra 40 years worth of grease in the grill area .
The newer stores just don't compare

 

[cosgig]

Miller burgers! @krazykuda ?

 

[krazykuda]

Miller burgers! @krazykuda ?

Yep, been there, great burgers...

There was also a place in Detroit near Highland Park that had great burgers also... I forgot the name...

 

[hemi71x]

The Greek population around my area, have really good Baklava.

 

[Slap Stick]

Here in STL it's toasted ravioli with marinara sauce on the side.

 

[ocdart]

IN n OUT burgers....not my favorite but they are known nation wide. We know better.....'The Habit' is way better and cheaper! Peter's Gourmade are the best burgers bar none around here. 1 shop only. Those Cuban potato balls sound great!

The closest Porto's to both you and me is the one in Buena Park on Beach Blvd.
They have outstanding carrot cake too.

 

[66fyssh]

Here in STL it's toasted ravioli with marinara sauce on the side.

That sounds good. Making me hungry!

 

[Ddaddy]

In the Philly area it’s cheesesteaks, hoagies and strombolies...

Not to forget, soft pretzels...

 

[dirty white boy]

i live in bbq country, every body got there own way to bbq pork and i like most of them!! got lil restaurant down town run by local family dose grilled tenderloin dipped in sawmill gravy on a fluffy cat-head biscuit thats just plan dilishish!!!! use to be, any lil mom n pop dinner that had some big trucks parked round back would have very good food but all thats a thing of the past....