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Orange Blooded [2821]
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If you could start a restaurant with a small menu
Mar 3, 2022, 9:10 AM
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What would your thing be?
I think I’d have tacos done well with fresh tortillas, familiar taco fillings like shredded beef and pork carnitas, and no hipster shiiitt like pickled red onion garnish. Also, I’d have a killer salsa bar.
We’d sling beer, tecate in a can with the option for lime and a rim dunk in salt.
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My general area has around 9 Mexican restaurants
Mar 3, 2022, 9:11 AM
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all within a 30 minute drive of each other.
I think mexican is over done.
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Re: My general area has around 9 Mexican restaurants
Mar 3, 2022, 9:16 AM
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Most Mexican is just OK. I just want to give people good tacos.
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That's what she said***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:01 AM
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Orange Blooded [4616]
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Yeah, we went from a couple of Mexican restaurants in
Mar 3, 2022, 10:08 AM
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Florence to like five hundred. You've got your normal American Mexican restaurants, then you've got several Taquerias which have more authentic stuff, then a taco truck at Local Motive brewery, then probably more taco trucks running around. The last thing needed is another place to get a taco - but your location may vary...
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I forgot we are in the same general area
Mar 3, 2022, 10:09 AM
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the one across the road from Sonic on the south side of town is really good for authentic.
The one beside Defy is really cheap and really good for the american/mexican style.
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Orange Blooded [4616]
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Haven't been to the one beside Defy in years
Mar 3, 2022, 10:17 AM
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My rank:
Jennifer Taqueria (across from Sonic)
San Jose Tacos and Tequila (good movie theater)
Salsa Y Limon (Cashua Dr)
Vallarta (old movie theater)
Hit some other occasionally - god, there's too many Mexican restaurants here...
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I thought the Vallarta closed. Every time I go by there
Mar 3, 2022, 10:18 AM
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nobody is there
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Orange Blooded [4616]
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BUT I like the idea of a build your own taco bar
Mar 3, 2022, 10:13 AM
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We've got a restaurant King Jefe that I never really like the food, mainly don't like their combinations on the tacos.
However, we got a takeout buffet for the office from there yesterday - that #### was good when you can make your own taco. Beef or chicken, some red sauce, shredded cheese, lettuce/tomato, then some cheese dip on top, that's my combo.
So, Tl;dr - do a taco bar...
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All-In [46825]
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Everybody and their mama goes to king jefe on the weekends
Mar 3, 2022, 10:25 AM
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and it's not that good
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They probably only got NEW Mexican food, not good old
Mar 3, 2022, 11:13 AM
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Mexican Food. NorthAlbuquerqueTiger could start a FOOD REVOLUTION in that state.
I've only been to Las Cruces and I remember the food being A-OK but it has been a while.
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I was asked to delete it so I did. It's a little different
Mar 3, 2022, 12:01 PM
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than saying "you live in Columbia", or "you live in Greenville". It's small enough that you may as well say what street he lives on. I didn't really consider that at the time - but I have no problem apologizing and making it as right as I can. FBCOOCH, I am sorry for betraying your trust. I'll touch your pekkr next time we see each other as a sign of reconciliation.
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BBQ
Mar 3, 2022, 9:12 AM
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Sticking to just pulled pork, ribs, maybe some brisket, wings. Simple sides like mac and cheese.
And with lots of smoke TASTE.
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All-In [47750]
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Yup. I'd do a BBQ joint open Sunday to Wednesday and call it
Mar 3, 2022, 9:40 AM
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Rest of the Week Q.
I sometimes want good Q on days other than Thur, Fri & Sat.
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smoked meats
Mar 3, 2022, 9:12 AM
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Tasted meats.***
Mar 3, 2022, 9:12 AM
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ok, stop it.
Mar 3, 2022, 9:13 AM
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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Tomato and mustard sandwiches***
Mar 3, 2022, 9:13 AM
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Cajun
Mar 3, 2022, 9:14 AM
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my favorite to cook and eat.
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Re: Cajun
Mar 3, 2022, 9:19 AM
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AAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE, Das' sum good eatin', I GAWR-on-tee
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Same. Love cooking cajun food.***
Mar 3, 2022, 9:46 AM
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We know
Mar 3, 2022, 9:51 AM
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but Van Camp's beenie weenies with cajun seasoning added doesn't count
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Re: Same. Love cooking cajun food.***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:01 AM
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I have a bunch of family from Louisiana, we used to go there alot when I was a kid, plus I lived there for a year in the mid-90's. Love that type of cuisine, always have.
Back in the 70's and 80's, my aunt and uncle from Baton Rouge used to come to SC for Thanksgiving. My uncle used to make this fried turkey in a crab boil pot that everybody raved about. Best turkey we ever tasted. He would even cook some for our neighbors and other local relatives. It was a revelation. 20 years later, EVERYBODY was doing it.
https://www.seriouseats.com/history-origins-southern-deep-fried-turkey-thanksgiving
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Tiny menu, tiny plates, tiny tables, HUGE CHECK.***
Mar 3, 2022, 9:15 AM
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Legit deli
Mar 3, 2022, 9:16 AM
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Think Kats deli, but mom and pop.
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It’s a fun style
Mar 3, 2022, 9:33 AM
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Plus a lot of the ingredients are used on multiple menu items so you can save some $$$ on inventory
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Re: It’s a fun style
Mar 3, 2022, 9:46 AM
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And they are tough to find.
Good bread
Good meats
Local beers only
What more could you want for lunch?
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Pickled Red Onion is hipster shiiit?
Mar 3, 2022, 9:24 AM
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lulz
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Sounds like your killer salsa bar would be
Mar 3, 2022, 9:25 AM
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Pace, Tostitos brand, Ortega, Newman's Own, and Ketchup
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Re: Sounds like your killer salsa bar would be
Mar 3, 2022, 9:32 AM
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The Mexicans round here have some unreal salsa bars. I’d def have whole roasted jalapeños, a super spicy salsa roja, pico, roasted tomatillo salsa,
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Re: Pickled Red Onion is hipster shiiit?
Mar 3, 2022, 9:29 AM
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Maybe an unfair classification of pickled red onions. I came in too hot. I am tired of $4 “street tacos” that are upcharged because they have pickled red onions on them.
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Yeah, that price could drop significantly if you have a
Mar 3, 2022, 9:36 AM
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literal street cart (or truck) selling this stuff.
I had some at a local joint the other day that were phenomenal
One Carnitas with pineapple, one steak, one chicken
white onion
cilantro
hotass tomatillo salsa
Side of black beans
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I like the small menu idea.
Mar 3, 2022, 9:26 AM
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The grabber would be how you read the menu.
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I did hot dogs
Mar 3, 2022, 9:29 AM
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Boar’s Head franks with the snap
Pepperidge farms hoagie rolls as buns
Through a salamander for melting cheese etc
Wild items with familiar toppings
Cheddar, spicy brown mustard, bacon
Chili, spicy brown, onions, American
Kraut and Swiss
Baked beans and Chedda (highly recommend you give it a shot)
Standard Chicago dog
D a m n I miss those days
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Re: I did hot dogs
Mar 3, 2022, 9:54 AM
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You ever do a Mexican hot-dog?
(No McLovin It’s not a sechks position)
Mustard strip on bun, salsa and topped with jalapeños
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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You still put your
Mar 3, 2022, 9:56 AM
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wiener in it, right? This isn't a vegan hot dog is it?
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It tingles
Mar 3, 2022, 10:00 AM
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With the jalapeños and all.
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I'd call it Skewers, and it would be nothing
Mar 3, 2022, 9:40 AM
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but skewers of grilled and/or smoked meats served with various international garnishes and sauces (i.e. Latino steak would be rubbed with cumin, coriander and chile powder and served with chimichurri and pico de gallo). Korean BBQ would be served with gochuang sauce, pickled cukes and carrots, so on and so forth.
Veggies or rice would be the only "sides" served. It would be all about the meats and enhancing the flavor thereof.
This is my food truck dream.
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Re: I'd call it Skewers, and it would be nothing
Mar 3, 2022, 9:42 AM
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Have you ever been down a yakatori YouTube rabbit hole?
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I am now. Of course I thought my concept would be some
Mar 3, 2022, 9:44 AM
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what original, but it's already done in Japan. Go figure.
There is very little I like more for a meal than a shishkabob, shrimp on a skewer, etc.
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Sean, with Ari hosting.....nice!***
Mar 3, 2022, 11:20 AM
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Non-smoked meats***
Mar 3, 2022, 9:44 AM
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You mean selling 12 steaks for $20 out of the back of an
Mar 3, 2022, 10:19 AM
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old Toyota Tacoma?
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Re: If you could start a restaurant with a small menu
Mar 3, 2022, 9:54 AM
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Fine dining. Locally sourced top-quality proteins and produce. Fresh fresh fresh. Everything made from scratch. Simple preparations, American sensibility with classic French influence in technique, sauces, and presentation. Good ingredients, when treated correctly, yield good food. I would tend to gravitate towards seafood, with a meat dish or two.
When your thing is quality products and flawless technique, your menu can rotate and feature multiple sources of inspiration without being tied to a single culture’s food.
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Somebody should do that concept in Charleston.
Mar 3, 2022, 10:01 AM
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Besides the 83 restaurants that already do, I mean.
And I ain't complaining about it.
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Re: Somebody should do that concept in Charleston.
Mar 3, 2022, 10:04 AM
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Been to Chubby Fish? Some sort of cross between than and FIG is what I would do. So I guess The Ordinary. Crap.
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I have not been to Chubby Fish. You could do The Ordinary,
Mar 3, 2022, 10:33 AM
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but instead of an old Bank of America, put it in, I dunno...an old furniture store. Isn't Morris Sokol available?
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Re: So Magnolia's***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:04 AM
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Magnolias is doodoo
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What's the name of that restaurant with all the goofy
Mar 3, 2022, 10:18 AM
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#### on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
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Shenanigans?***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:31 AM
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Re: Shenanigans?***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:39 AM
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Food truck that serves supper sandwiches.
Mar 3, 2022, 10:13 AM
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Spaghetti and mozarella in between garlic bread slices.
Yeast roll, steak, horseradish aioli(for the hipsters) and swiss
You get the gist, anyone want to run it for me?
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Funny that you ask
Mar 3, 2022, 10:16 AM
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The other day I was thinking about this.
I think meat would be a focal point of the menu. Playing around with the budget blackstone lately, I have gotten pretty good at doing burgers on it and I could probably dice out some fun chicken items. Wings are some of my favorite food... but with the food prices lately, I dont know if that would be a good starting point to get folks in the door.
Between the flat top and the grill, I think I could make at least a few folks happy. I cooked chicken parm the other night that came out excellent, so that could be part of the tour of the trailer park.
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pastrami, corned beef, roasted turkey, lamb shanks, sausages***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:22 AM
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All you can eat steamed cabbage***
Mar 3, 2022, 10:32 AM
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White tablecloth high-end steakhouse
Mar 3, 2022, 10:39 AM
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Used to be a place in Columbia on Devine Street called AG Floyd's. Something similar to that. Mostly steaks, some seafood. Killer wine selection, and ports, cheesecakes, etc. The works.
Scratch that thanks to inflation. But yeah, that would be it. Similar to Halls I guess, but a smaller scale.
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Re: If you could start a restaurant with a small menu
Mar 3, 2022, 10:41 AM
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Breasts. Chicken breasts, turkey, breasts, fish breasts, whatever.
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The winning idea is.....
Mar 3, 2022, 10:54 AM
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High-End Mexican
White table cloth
House made flour and core tortillas
Everything made in-house and authentic mexican
Menu of about 10 items
There used to be a place in downtown Augusta in the 80's called something like Perro's that was like this. We would go there from Aiken when we had events in Augusta.
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Peter Griffin's Food Truck (is freaking hilarious)
Mar 3, 2022, 10:56 AM
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https://youtu.be/-gKuQ6aT6lg
I'll have a vending machine full of gas station burritos. A Predator jobsite generator running 4 dirty microwaves - free to use if you purchase a burrito.
Park it around various job sites.
Profit.
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There's a big grass cutter on rifle range rd
Mar 3, 2022, 11:28 AM
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I mean like 20+ trucks, who knows how many lawnmowers, or mexicans.
They have a full time food truck like that stays on site all the time.
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Re: If you could start a restaurant with a small menu
Mar 3, 2022, 11:42 AM
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Just quality burgers, fries, shakes, and coke. Old school.
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Topless Tapas***
Mar 3, 2022, 12:58 PM
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Step out of that Scottie Pippen role and open a Tater Stand
Mar 3, 2022, 1:01 PM
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with lots of feeeeeeeeeeeexxxxxxxxiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn'ssssssssssssss
https://youtu.be/vE0F-Qw9Bw0
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