<p>one “street food” meal In the following places, where would you go?</p>
<p>Baltimore, MD
Asheville, NC
Wash. D.C.
Utica, NY
Saratoga Springs, NY
Northhampton, MA
Boston, MA
Phila., PA</p>
<p>As we get ready to embark on our East Coast tour, and the hotels are secured, the info session and interviews book, it is time to get serious and begin to consider FOOD!</p>
<p>CD</p>
<p>Washington D.C. Fine Food - Georgia Brown’s… <em>drool…</em> Southern cuisine… <em>drool</em></p>
<p>Philadelphia: Django. Tiny, BYOB, extraordinary. Make a res now, it’s really popular. I’ll be there Wednesday night 
Run by a young couple–husband’s the chef, wife is an amazing cheese maven who offers a French-style cheese course at the end of the meal, if you want it. It seats about 50, but is one of only 3 Philadelphia restaurants getting the full top (whatever it is–three or four “liberty bells”) ranking from the Philadelphia Inquirer. The other two are Le Bec Fin, and the Four Seasons. They are way, way, way more expensive. Vetri is also memorable.</p>
<p>Two fantastic old-fashioned sit-down delis are within a couple of blocks of each other on Montgomery Ave. in Merion, just across the city line. They’re worth a stop if you’re going to see Bryn Mawr or Haverford Colleges, and are only a few blocks from the Barnes Foundation if that’s on your list. Murray’s and Hymie’s. I’m originally from NYC, and these are as good as any delis you could find there.</p>
<p>For Northampton, either Spoleto’s (Italian) or Eastside Grill for my money. The only downside of Spoleto’s is a bit noisy for quiet conversation. For “casual” food, lunch at Sylvester’s is de rigeur. Go early or else be prepared to wait a bit, i.e., put your name on the list and walk about the town and then come back. They don’t take reservations.</p>
<p>For a snack, ice cream at Herrell’s is a sine qua non.</p>
<p>For Boston, I’m sure Marite will have better recs but the stuffed lobster at the Atlantic Fish company in the Back Bay, not far from Copley Square, was heavenly. We’d go there again. And again.</p>
<p>TheDad:</p>
<p>I have one kid who likes Indian food and another who likes sushi. No chance to sample the truly haute cuisine (and the wallet probably would not stand it). The best NE fish chowder is still Legal Sea Foods’ We once attended the Boston Chowderfest and ate our way through quite a few samples from different restaurants in the scorching summer heat.</p>
<p>Legal Seafood has never disappointed me, in any city.</p>
<p>PerSE in Time Warner Center</p>
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<p>Hooters, in all of those cities. If you are on a budget, I recommend the Grilled Cheese Sandwich. For under $5 you can get that sandwich and a pop. If you want to spend over 5 bucks, get the turkey club and a dozen wings. Good times and the scenery can’t be beat.</p>
<p>Legal for most everything. They have restaurant in FL now.
In Phila., Rizzo’s and Tony’s for pizza & subs</p>
<p>We had a very nice meal recently at La Terrasse (Philadelphia) near the Penn campus. I didn’t have the cash to eat there 25 years ago! :)</p>
<p>For street food I guess you are supposed to get a cheese steak from one of the lunch trucks… if they are around during the summer.</p>
<p>Let us know if you come to CA…</p>
<p>Saratoga Springs: It isn’t exactly street food and I don’t even know the darn name but on the main drag in Saratoga there is a really nice high end, chi-chi deli-- the sort of place that has great french cheeses, homemade candy, delectable desserts. Excellent sandwiches, like “smoked organic turkey with dilled havarti, sweet butter and cornichons” type stuff… D and I loved that meal.</p>
<p>It is on the right hand side as you drive <em>away</em> from Skidmore, I recall somewhat less than half way down the drag. Luckily the main drag is about 5 blocks long, so you should find it…</p>
<p>For at least the NY MA portions of the trip (not sure about further south) there should be gooooood eatin’ aproximately every 5 miles, at Dunkin’ Donuts.</p>
<p>Marite, haven’t had the fish chowder…can’t get past the clam chowder, and Legal’s is indeed very good but I think the Atlantic Fish Company…ah, the street name comes to me now…on Boylston!!!..may trump even that. Oddly enough, the clam chowder at Eastside Grill in Northampton was respectable. D finds Logan Airport an acceptable place to wait because it has a Legal at the United terminal. If your sushi-loving son ever heads in this direction, point him in my direction. It’s the least I can do. Actually, the Indian-food son as well, I’ll just have to offer something besides food because Indian is one of the cuisines that I’m <em>not</em> that conversant with here in the L.A. area.</p>
<p>And I have the nagging feeling that I spelled “de rigeur” wrong. Whups…my French dictionary doesn’t have it at all but Googling shows on-line dictionaries with two different spellings. Oh, well, I feel like Liza Doolittle working on Latin case endings with Gillian.</p>
<p>Northampton:</p>
<p>Get a student to take you to their dining hall.</p>
<p>Smith had the best food of any campus we visited. It was really tasty.</p>
<p>One place I remember in Boston is the No Name Caf</p>
<p>For a fine meal in Northampton it’s Green Street Cafe, in my opinion. Limited menu, but everyting top-notch. They grow their own vegetables. See the TripAdvisor reviews. <a href=“http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g41742-d518354-r3681412-Green_Street_Cafe-Northampton_Massachusetts.html[/url]”>http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g41742-d518354-r3681412-Green_Street_Cafe-Northampton_Massachusetts.html</a>
Advance reservations needed – we make them before getting into town.</p>
<p>For good food in Cambridge, we like East Coast Grill which has great seafood and bbq ribs. You didn’t ask about restaurants in Evanston IL but favorites are Stained Glass Wine Bar & Bistro and Pete Miller’s Steakhouse. There also are tons of ethnic restaurants in Evanston such as Koi, Joy Yee Noodles. Happy eating!</p>
<p>Baltimore and DC –</p>
<p>Get away from the inner harbor and check out Little Italy in B-more. Go to Vaccarro’s for dessert. There is a Vaccarro’s near GWU too.</p>
<p>In Northhampton, go to Herrell’s for ice cream. Take home a jar of their fine hot fudge.</p>
<p>Weirdly enough, in some places in New England, MacDonald’s will serve lobster roll in the summer. And it’s good.</p>
<p>NYC. Any reason why its not on your list? Because to be honest, meals in those other cities will be hard-pressed to compare…</p>