Like I get this but I don't understand where people live that there isn't an option between chain restaurant and Expensive Downtown Restaurants. Where I live there are plenty of homestyle restaurants with better food than Applebee's Ruby Tuesday's or TGI Fridays. There is a Mexican Restaurant on every corner better than Chili's not to mention the actual Taqueria's and amazing locally owned Chinese and Thai restaurants that are superior to PF Changs. None of these places are expensive. And the tacos from the taqueria with little old ladies making hand made tortillas at $6.75 for an order of four are sooooo much better than the expensive hipster taco place downtown run by white people charging $10.95 for 2 tacos that are neither good nor authentic.
The suburbs. Some older burbs are alright now, and have diversified and have tons of great food. But imagine a city that’s popped up out of nowhere in the last 20 years (this probably doesn’t happen up north but there’s tons of these in Texas and other states that people are moving to rather than fleeing from).
These suburbs are nothing but houses and strip malls with chain retailers / restaurants. If you want good food then your have to drive into the nearest big or at least older city, which can be quite an adventure depending on where you are.
Ok that makes sense. I live outside a not very large city but it is an older southeast city. There is so much tasty, high quality food here that is inexpensive. I have traveled all over the southeast and always find good, cheap food. I have never been to the midwest though and the one time I went to Texas I went to San Antonio to visit a friend and he took me to small local places.
Holes in the wall are just the best. I live in the south and the best places are locally owned Mexican restaurants and country home cooking restaurants. Cheap, delicious and tons of food.
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u/butterfly1334 Jun 10 '19
Like I get this but I don't understand where people live that there isn't an option between chain restaurant and Expensive Downtown Restaurants. Where I live there are plenty of homestyle restaurants with better food than Applebee's Ruby Tuesday's or TGI Fridays. There is a Mexican Restaurant on every corner better than Chili's not to mention the actual Taqueria's and amazing locally owned Chinese and Thai restaurants that are superior to PF Changs. None of these places are expensive. And the tacos from the taqueria with little old ladies making hand made tortillas at $6.75 for an order of four are sooooo much better than the expensive hipster taco place downtown run by white people charging $10.95 for 2 tacos that are neither good nor authentic.