Bear Down Wildcats

Jefe wrote:Finally got to Rollies Outdoor Patio for lunch. Dad and I split the 5 Beef Rollies with Rojo/Queso sauce and Sonoran Chicken Flat Rojo Enchiladas and they were incredible. They have a little cooler filled with homemade salsa that was delicious too. If you're ever at 12th/Irvington you gotta go. This is our 3rd Mexican lunch of the week. 2 to go!

Longhorned wrote:They look amazeballs. Does the disposable plate hold up to the plastic knife as you cut into them?

Longhorned wrote:I tried that new Istanbul restaurant on Speedway and Country Club, along the block I usually refer to as Disappointment Row.

Jefe wrote:Haven't been to either and both are on my list. You here for the RB game? I somehow got row 1A behind the basket

UAEebs86 wrote:Went to Anello for dinner. Thought it was OK but nothing to write home about. A little pricey, individual pizzas run 14 to 19 bucks.

We ordered two Margharita pizzas, one with prosciutto.
Pizzas come out super fast from the brick oven.

Had a Italian liqueur called Sfumato Rabarbaro. Interesting.

No sign on the building so you might miss it. On 6th and 6th (the nexus of the universe?)

97cats wrote:Anello Pizzeria or Fiamme Pizza?

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

97cats wrote:Anello Pizzeria or Fiamme Pizza?

Fiamme is great pizza.

UAEebs86 wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

97cats wrote:Anello Pizzeria or Fiamme Pizza?

Fiamme is great pizza.

That's the next place I'm going to try.

Saw Rocco's is moving into a bigger place which will be nice.

ASUHATER! wrote:...is it because Chicago pizza isn't actually pizza?

dovecanyoncat wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:...is it because Chicago pizza isn't actually pizza?

That's my general attitude, but we hashed it out here, sort of, a while back and there's sufficient support for certain examples of it that I probably should give it a try in the future. Probably.

UAEebs86 wrote:

dovecanyoncat wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:...is it because Chicago pizza isn't actually pizza?

That's my general attitude, but we hashed it out here, sort of, a while back and there's sufficient support for certain examples of it that I probably should give it a try in the future. Probably.

There' are thick and a thin Chicago style pizzas. Rocco's, Rosati's, and Giordano's have both.

UAdevil wrote:Chicago deep dish is really just pizza casserole.

Longhorned wrote:The best delivery and take out pizza in Tucson is a caramelized Detroit style pizza that’s a complete secret because the regional chain that makes it doesn’t even want you know about it. I won’t say either because nobody believes me when I tell them.

Longhorned wrote:The best delivery and take out pizza in Tucson is a caramelized Detroit style pizza that’s a complete secret because the regional chain that makes it doesn’t even want you know about it. I won’t say either because nobody believes me when I tell them.

pc in NM wrote:

Longhorned wrote:The best delivery and take out pizza in Tucson is a caramelized Detroit style pizza that’s a complete secret because the regional chain that makes it doesn’t even want you know about it. I won’t say either because nobody believes me when I tell them.

Isn't Little Caesar's Pizza from Detroit?

Longhorned wrote:

pc in NM wrote:

Longhorned wrote:The best delivery and take out pizza in Tucson is a caramelized Detroit style pizza that’s a complete secret because the regional chain that makes it doesn’t even want you know about it. I won’t say either because nobody believes me when I tell them.

Isn't Little Caesar's Pizza from Detroit?

I may misremember, but I think Little Caesar's was actually good in the 1980s.

dovecanyoncat wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:

dovecanyoncat wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:...is it because Chicago pizza isn't actually pizza?

That's my general attitude, but we hashed it out here, sort of, a while back and there's sufficient support for certain examples of it that I probably should give it a try in the future. Probably.

There' are thick and a thin Chicago style pizzas. Rocco's, Rosati's, and Giordano's have both.

If I possessed better than a Boomer's memory I would have retained that because I think it came up in the discussion. But isn't it still sorta doughy and heavy and in excess of mass, like augmented breasts, and likely to induce food coma given that you stop putting pizza in your pie-hole not by choice but because it's all gone?

ByJoveByJingle wrote:If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson NOT to go to . . . I would nominate Oreganos. A friend came in from San Diego over the weekend for the football game. He picked. Rubbery undercooked chicken and al dente pasta (in a bad way). Yuck.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson NOT to go to . . . I would nominate Oreganos. A friend came in from San Diego over the weekend for the football game. He picked. Rubbery undercooked chicken and al dente pasta (in a bad way). Yuck.

Alieberman wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson NOT to go to . . . I would nominate Oreganos. A friend came in from San Diego over the weekend for the football game. He picked. Rubbery undercooked chicken and al dente pasta (in a bad way). Yuck.

If you are dumb enough to order chicken at a pizza place you kinda get what you deserve.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson NOT to go to . . . I would nominate Oreganos. A friend came in from San Diego over the weekend for the football game. He picked. Rubbery undercooked chicken and al dente pasta (in a bad way). Yuck.

If you are dumb enough to order chicken at a pizza place you kinda get what you deserve.

Haha, fair enough. I mean it was technically pasta + chicken. But the pizza is what some of you call pizza casserole and it takes 50 minutes to prepare. I don’t plan my life ahead far enough to wait an hour to be fed at a restaurant.

Alieberman wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson NOT to go to . . . I would nominate Oreganos. A friend came in from San Diego over the weekend for the football game. He picked. Rubbery undercooked chicken and al dente pasta (in a bad way). Yuck.

If you are dumb enough to order chicken at a pizza place you kinda get what you deserve.

Haha, fair enough. I mean it was technically pasta + chicken. But the pizza is what some of you call pizza casserole and it takes 50 minutes to prepare. I don’t plan my life ahead far enough to wait an hour to be fed at a restaurant.

They do also have thin crust for all of you anti Chicago Deep dish fools!

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Went to Agustin Kitchen tonight. The locale was a revelation. Didn’t know Tucson had cool spaces like that. Divine place to be on a beautiful fall evening. The salad was ok, the mezze was an absolute train wreck, but I’ve become used to that since moving back to the US. But thankfully the Achiote pork was tasty as hell. Would definitely go back and try some other menu items.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Went to Agustin Kitchen tonight. The locale was a revelation. Didn’t know Tucson had cool spaces like that. Divine place to be on a beautiful fall evening. The salad was ok, the mezze was an absolute train wreck, but I’ve become used to that since moving back to the US. But thankfully the Achiote pork was tasty as hell. Would definitely go back and try some other menu items.

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Went to Agustin Kitchen tonight. The locale was a revelation. Didn’t know Tucson had cool spaces like that. Divine place to be on a beautiful fall evening. The salad was ok, the mezze was an absolute train wreck, but I’ve become used to that since moving back to the US. But thankfully the Achiote pork was tasty as hell. Would definitely go back and try some other menu items.

Coronet moved to what's supposed to be quite the space. I'm trying it on Saturday night. Loved the old location, too.

scumdevils86 wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Went to Agustin Kitchen tonight. The locale was a revelation. Didn’t know Tucson had cool spaces like that. Divine place to be on a beautiful fall evening. The salad was ok, the mezze was an absolute train wreck, but I’ve become used to that since moving back to the US. But thankfully the Achiote pork was tasty as hell. Would definitely go back and try some other menu items.

Coronet moved to what's supposed to be quite the space. I'm trying it on Saturday night. Loved the old location, too.

Yea let us know, I was thinking about checking it out too

Longhorned wrote:Jewel's Noodle Kitchen for handmade dumplings, noodles, and savory pies. It's pretty amazing. Something that, outside of northern China, you'd expect only to find in New York City. There's no way this place isn't about to explode, so get there soon. They don't speak a fucking word of English. And they're in a really ugly strip mall, which is always a good sign for food.

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ByJoveByJingle wrote:A Chinese student in my studio went last night:

“I just got back from the restaurant. I brought my friends from the northern part of China, since this restaurant is the northern chinese food. They (the experts) said its authentic but not as good as their families do. I dont eat this kind of food a lot so i would say its good, but i def wouldn’t eat often. i will give 7 out of 10. my friends said only 5 out 10.”

He said the dumplings were quite good.

Longhorned wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:A Chinese student in my studio went last night:

“I just got back from the restaurant. I brought my friends from the northern part of China, since this restaurant is the northern chinese food. They (the experts) said its authentic but not as good as their families do. I dont eat this kind of food a lot so i would say its good, but i def wouldn’t eat often. i will give 7 out of 10. my friends said only 5 out 10.”

He said the dumplings were quite good.

This is so baffling. Why would they compare the food in a dumpling and noodle shop to home cooking? I've never been to northern China, but I guess it's possible they don't have dumpling and noodle shops there, and it really is just a New York and Hong Kong thing.

Longhorned wrote:We’re at Indian Twist. I’m not disgusted or anything, but it is the worst Indian food I’ve ever had. Every single dish is equally bad.