Sticky Buns brioche dough rolled w/ pecans & sugar; dark, sticky caramel & toasted pecans; looks good; Bobby Flay lost to these sticky buns in one of his shows (Throwdown); looks good; w/ white & brown sugar, toasted pecans; baked in syrupy mixture called "goo"; looks good
Throwdown: Bobby Flay lost [Bobby's recipe]; "We want each customer's experience to be an enjoyable one, and we focus on all aspects involved: great food, gracious service, warm atmosphere, heady aromas, and irresistible displays." (from its website); Other Recipes: Flour's Famous Banana Bread
Moules Frites (Bleu) hook's blue cheese, pork belly, shallots, spinach, white wine, lemon; fries are crispy, twice fried, hand-cut potatoes & come w/ choice of dipping sauces (truffle mayo served for Throwdown)
Stone Crab Claws dip in mustard sauce; trivia: stone crabs are "sustainable seafood"; catchers get stone crabs, remove only 1 claw and throws the rest of the crab back to the ocean...crab will then re-generate that missing claw
Throwdown: Bobby Flay won [recipe]; started as a roadside stand and grew to a multi-location enterprise; multiple award-winning pies (American Pie Council) including "best Key Lime Pie"; shipping available
Papa Rellena mashed potato stuffed w/ ground meat & deep-fried crispy outside & soft inside; served w/ side of salsa Ranchera (a spicy Creole sauce); looks good
Tasajo Con Boniato braised dry-cured shredded beef served w/ Cuban sweet potato & rice
Stuffed French Toast stuffed w/ strawberry-guava cream cheese & breaded w/ chopped cornflakes & almonds; looks good
Throwdown: Bobby Flay lost [recipe];
opened in 1996; owned & operated by a traditional Cuban family whose belief is in fresh, tasty food in good portions & served in a local neighborhood atmosphere by friendly people
Throwdown: Bobby Flay won [recipe]; gourmet pie shop serving handmade sweet and savory pies, an array of handmade cookies, tea breads, puff pastry, cheesecakes & other unique baked goods; 1st place winner in National Pie Championships for 2007, 2008 & 2009
opened in 1983; named for the wild mustard flowers that bloom in the vineyards every spring; two-acre garden provide 20-percent of the restaurant's produce year-round
#9 (America's Best: American Classics); Throwdown: Bobby Flay lost [recipe 1 | recipe 2]; opened in 2007; contemporary setting in a restored 1930s meatpacking warehouse; roast whole pig
Fried Green Tomato BLT thickly sliced locally grown green tomato dredged in seasoned flour & buttermilk & pan-fried in cast iron; served w/ arugula, bacon, remoulade sauce on bread "toasted" on same pan used to make bacon (w/ bacon fat)
Family Style Plate heaping helpings of beef, sausage, and pork ribs, served with potato salad, cole slaw, beans, bread, pickles, and onions; sold per person; "some of the best BBQ I've ever tasted"; looks good
Throwdown: Bobby Flay won [recipe]; est. 1974; kitchy-fun decor w/ over 60 gourmet omelets; "Voted Best Breakfast in Truckee/North Tahoe and Reno" (from its website); 3 other locations in NV
Dark Chocolate Chevre Brownie unique twist on a classic cream cheese brownie featuring Chevre (goat cheese) from the award winning Vermont Butter and Cheese Company
[CLOSED]; still do catering & cooking classes; Throwdown: Bobby Flay lost [recipe]; est. 1984; written up in Southern Living Magazine, The New York Times, Gourmet, In Style and American Home Styles & Gardening; mail-order
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Buffalo Wings offer mild, medium, hot and "suicidal"; medium sauce is the same recipe from the original in 1964; larger wings; coats sauce tossing in a large bowl
#17 (101 Tastiest Places to Chowdown); Food War: Anchor Bar vs. Duff's... Duff's won (3-votes-to-2); opened in 1935; birthplace of the chicken wing since 1964; can mail-order wing sauce
Baltimore Bomb Pie loaded with Berger Cookies (a local specialty) that melt down and swirl into a sweet vanilla chess filling
Mobtown Brown pecan pie with a bunch of Swiss chocolate and caramel
Cowboy Quiche "a little bit of everything. Whatever we feel like putting in a quiche that day makes it into the cowboy quiche. Potatoes, onions, bacon, ham, cheeses, you've got it." (from its website); for Throwdown, it had bacon, ham, potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, Gruyere & cheddar cheeses; looks good
