Most of the menu is straight-up Creole, among the best in town. You will likely have to wait for a seat, but the Maple Leaf Bar is half a block away, so it’s no big deal. [Eater 38 Member]
Fried chicken was phenomenal. Mac and cheese was meh. Potato salad and fried okra were very good.
Best Fried Chicken: Willie Mae's Scotch House. It's right around the corner of from Dooky Chase. They're famous for their fried chicken. It started off as a Scotch house.
They have the real deal, authentic muffulettas and po'boys here. You won't find anything else quite like it in Philadelphia. Read more.
The chicken and andouille gumbo was great. Wait staff is friendly and offers free samples
You must try the Train Wreck Po Boy or the Jambalaya bowl. Be sure to get a loaf of cornbread! The Train Wreck Po Boy is an excellent hangover cure.
Can't go wrong with the fried shrimp or fish. The gumbo is the best I've had outside of the South.
Cajun/Creole eatery with Fresh seafood with a Louisiana flavor...fresh water crawfish, crab, gumbo, catfish.... Mmmmm.... Read more.
The Acapulco Bowl is like a deconstructed wonder burrito. Fill your belly with brown cilantro rice, greens, black beans, corn, guacamole, and salsa fresca, and add soy pepper-beef for a meaty kick.
Po'boys filled with either fried shrimp or fried oysters, veggie muffalettas and braised short ribs stuffed inside of challah bread are all available with a bag of Louisiana Zapp's Potato Chips. Read more.
Chicken and Beef are to die for. I wish I loved the Po' Boys here (bread flown in weekly from New Orleans), but it really wasn't that filling.
Go for the sundae. The whole place is vegan (toppings, whipped cream, hot fudge). Heavenly. Might be better than Van Leeuwen!
The Chicken Sweet Potato fries looks yummy. It uses free range chicken, chipotle peppers, tamarind and nuts but omit the cheese if you are a non-dairy person. The Rajas fries look interesting too.
Won the 2010 Food War for the sloppers burger. They use cheese on the burger patty and also shredded cheddar on the burger and then a scoop of the chilli is poured over the burger.
3rd stop in Heat Seekers episode. One of the hottest pizzas in the USA with ghost peppers and Evil Dust.
1st stop in the Heat Seekers episode. Must try the Dragon Toe which are habanero peppers stuffed with scallops and wrapped with bacon, and then grilled.
You dont have to be vegan to enjoy Sticky Fingers Bakery. The shop even does wedding cakes! Read more.
Fantastic vegan/gluten free chocolate cakes and cupcakes. Special ordered the v/gf chocolate/hummingbird cakes tons of times. Extremely quick turnaround. Love them!
The Peanut Butter Bomb is life-changing and the Cinnamon Roll caused me to go into a blissful giggling fit. The best vegan bakery in the country, hands down. Go here now!
Featured on Eat St. The Gazpacho (non-dairy) looks good. So does the chicken soup. It's a must visit when I visit Portland.
Reader tip: a Korean-Mexican fusion foodtruck with heavenly kimchi fries and Korean tacos. Read more.
Featured on Eat St. This is Korean Hawaiian fusion food. The tacos here really looks amazing. There is the spam sushi and the kimchi fried rice too.
Chef Iliana de la Vega operated a world-famous restaurant in Oaxaca. Lucky for us, she made the move to Austin, where her classically modern restaurant and traditional Mexican cuisine are a huge hit.
Featured on Eat St. The best Mexican food in Austin (maybe even in the US) and it's in a truck. Her name is the Iliana De La Vega and she is not just an expert but the expert in Mexican cuisine.
Apparently the mole sauce could be made out of 100 ingredients. Illiana says forget what you know about Mexican food because it is natural, lots of vegetables and fresh.
They have an all-vegan dessert menu, which include vegan cheesecakes of various flavors, mousse cakes, cupcakes and cookies.
In Food Wars TV show, they emerged runner-up for best steak in Omaha to the winner, Caniglia's Venice Inn. The latter closed in May 2014 so Piccolo Pete is the steak place to flock to now.
The company has also started make vegan flavors using cocoa butter, coconut milk and cashew milk as a base. Among the vegan flavors, salted caramel and chocolate are the most popular.
Apparently they have vegan ice cream available but it is not that clearly mentioned.
DF Mavens serves some of the finest 100% non-dairy ice cream / frozen desserts. Their menu boast an array of “Grab and Go” beverages and food, teas, juices, soups, ice Cream, shakes & frozen bars
Flavours of their dairy-free ice creams include: Del Lago Chocolate, Peanut Butter Fudge Mash, Sicilian Hazelnut Truffle, New Orleans Salted Praline, Alphonso Mango, Key Lime Creme and Mint Almond.
Named one of America's Best BBQ by Budget Travel. There is no wrong choice here. "The Big Three" is the best way to get a mix of what makes Slow's so awesome. Don't forget a side of their Mac-n-Chees
Try the honey glazed pork tenderloin with peach and salsa as featured on Chuck's Eat The Streets.
Biltmore Estate was home to the biggest house when it was built many years ago in 1966. It had boasts one of the first experiments on sustainable agriculture.
If you dare, try the tacos with chiles torreados, ultrahot chiles grown in Armando De La Torre's backyard, sautéed until they practically melt from the heat, served in a fresh tortilla. Read more.
Hot means super spicy. Don't put too much salsa or it'll overpower the flavor.
Won the Food Wars for best buffalo wings in Buffalo, NY and possibly in the entire USA. Their wings are crispy and they have heat levels from Mild to Death.
Featured on Unique Sweets TV show. Their popsicles look really appetising and thru have dairy-free (non-dairy) and vegan options too.
The Brussels waffle looks really interesting and delectableas featured on Unique Sweets TV show.
The Coconut Cream donut and the Carrot Cake donut as featured on the Unique Sweets TV show look and taste really good!
A flavor for every emotional malady. Crème brûlée if you are having a bad day. Vegans should check out the cashew milk.
All the desserts here are complete vegan. Featured on Unique Desserts. Must try the orange lime raw vegan cheesecake and cocoa mousse cake!
The caveman muffins are dairy free and are the treat of choice for those health conscious as they have no refined sugar and flour. The are like muffin-shaped protein bars.
Featured on Unique Sweets TV show. They have a few vegan flavours (like japapeno lime) of ice cream out of the 500 flavours since they first started in 2009.
Check out Aiko Pops as it was featured on Unique Sweets for ice pops come in radical flavors like Raspberry and Sweet Corn, Mango and Green Chile and Grapefruit Rosemary Read more.
The reviewers in Unique Sweets were praising the desserts here. I like the olive oil cake. Find the recipe here: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/orange-olive-oil-cake-recipe.html
Don't be afraid to be adventurous - the crazy flavors are the best. Try pineapple chili, avocado, corn, rose petal or hibiscus. Don't forget cash (or a check), they don't take cards.
They make the best fruit cake made from dates, figs, apricots, and four different types of nuts called Love Load. It is the best fruit cake. And it's dairy-free (non-dairy) too!
Featured on Unique Sweets, this is a 100% vegan dessert shop that uses specializes in using peanut butter. Try the chocolate bomb brownie and the peanut butter buttercup.
The Jerk Chicken Sandwich looks absolutely sumptuous, as shown in Eat St. The Jerk sauce is spiced with habanero. Do take note that there is cheese in the sandwich for those who don't take dairy.
You'll love the porchetta sandwich...it's #12 on 7x7's Big Eat SF 2010. Read more.
Featured in Unique Sweets. Most of the pastries here are not vegan but one that seems to be is the Olive Chocolate Wafer with Moroccan olives that has a chocolatey flavour.
This is one of the top 5 vegan bakeries in the US as mentioned by this article at www.happycow.net/blog/5-top-rated-vegan-bakeries-in-the-us/
Apparently this is a vegan bakery. Their baked goods are rather sweet from what I read.
Featured in Unique Sweets. The chocolates in their look amazing! There are vegan options too.
Soft-serve made with goat milk, it turns out, is a very good thing. At Victory Garden, it gets the French Riviera treatment in flavors like rose petal and stone-ground dark chocolate. Read more.
Featured on Unique Sweets S1. The Apple Fritters looks quite good. Not sure whether it is dairy free but I would try it one day.
Featured on Unique Sweets. The Lemon Meyer Blueberry Galette looks good so does the Cherry Balsamic Brownie. I think the latter is more dairy free than the former.
Best of Miami 2013- Best Popsicles: Feverish Pops. Vegan friendly, organic and with the option of an extra alcoholic kick, try the Peanut Butter and Jelly or Chocolate-Banana-Sea Salt. Read more.
In addition to being vegan and gluten-free, items are baked without chemical sweeteners or refined sugars.
Happens during Mother's Day Weekend. Featured in Eating America with Anthony Anderson. The taco salad with crab meat guacamole looks absolutely delicious!
Featured on Unique Sweets. The dried fruit focaccia bread seems to be vegan or at least dairy free. Must try as it looks yummy!
This is a vegan chocolatier shop so every sweet and chocolate is vegan! Read the review here: veganbackpacker.com/blog/coca-v-vegan-chocolate-new-york/
Special smoothie not on menu: mano, coconut water, coconut meat, agave, vanilla. Omg!
This is a raw, organic, vegan juice and snack bar. Read a brief comment about it: sweets.seriouseats.com/2014/04/where-to-buy-macaroons-best-passover-cookies.html
Their macaroons are vegan. four ingredients in these parve little showstoppers: eggs, coconut, sugar, and nuts. Macaroons like these have a higher nut to coconut ratio and do not have oil.
I don't understand why they mix olive oil with canola oil like in the rosemary fonut. I'm concerned about canola oil bcoz 90% of the canola oil sold in the US are GMO, known to cause health problems.
If you're ever downtown during 9:15pm to 3:30am, head over to 5th and Colorado for this amazing food! It was featured on the Travel Channel, Food Network, and so much more! Try t!
Try the pulled pork sandwich. The Maximus is spicy while the Minimus is not spicy. If you want more heat, ask for "Heat" powder on the pulled pork.
KindKreme's Brownie Sundae won top honors as PETA's choice for best vegan ice cream. Raw vegan brownie + Icekreme + raw chocolate or caramel syrup + one dry topping of your choice. Yum!
This location is much bigger than the one on E Capitol Expressway, so you DON'T need to come 30mins-1hr before they open to wait in line.
Village Voice is proud to welcome Liddabit Sweets to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. They have caramels with made with beer and pretzel bits-- we'd be glad to pop a few of 'em!
Their very special beer was featured in Mystery Diners TV show. People also go there for their slow smoked Texas BBQ.
Featured in Unique Eats TV show. One of the better hotdog places in New York. They also show where all their ingredients are sourced from.
Featured in Unique Eats TV show. They allow you to customize your meat balls and you can choose from different meats. The food looks rather good!
Featured in Unique Eats TV show. The Madison Park venue was featured. One of the best slider burgers in New York. You probably have to line up for 1 hour as the food is that good!
RAW never tasted so darn good. I got addicted to the Nachos for a while. They had me for a whole summer. I add a little extra Nacho cashew cheese & Jalapeños, a 'must have' Pineapple Smoothy. HEAVEN!
This PDX favorite serves up doughnuts with names like "Dirt" and "Cock-n-Balls" (double cream filled) as well as a bacon-topped doughnut and several vegan specialties. - IFC Staff
Their vegan ice cream was voted best in Austin. The bakery offers vegan baked goods from Thai sweet sticky rice, strawberry tapioca pudding, salty caramel brownies (...continued in next comment)
