Clarence_A wrote:
> "Mark Fergerson" wrote
> <snip>
>
>> Same storm that tore part of the roof off the Green
>>Gables restaurant at 3d avenue and Camelback
> Hey, is that the SAME Green Gables Restaurant that used to be on
> 24th street and Thomas Road? They were one of the best in the
> area!
Yeah, that was quite a storm to move the store four and
some change miles...
OK, maybe my memory's got a hole re: the name. But it was
_a_ restaurant at 3d and Camelback that lost part of its roof.
Restaurant quality in the PHX metro area is so damn
variable, what with chefs moving around, Official Dietary
Recommendations screwing with my carnivorous instincts, and
like that, not to mention the "infant mortality" in the
field. Durant's is still my steak benchmark, franchises like
Black Angus and Ruth Chris' notwithstanding. For Sonoran
(what most Anglos call "Mexican") I like La Tolteca or Dos
Molinos when I have time. Too bad Dos Amigos folded; best
chiles rellenos I've ever tasted. Still can't find decent
Chinese or Thai.
A cabbie once told me of some passengers he had from
India who wanted to try "American Food". He pointed at a
strip of restaurants; Italian, Japanese, Mexican, and so on,
and said "That's American food". Smart Cabbie.
Mark L. Fergerson
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