In Omaha, I also eally like the GI Forum in South O:
American GI Forum
2002 N St,
Omaha, NE 68107
+1 402-733-9740
Get the tacos and the chili (avovado). So good.
Sadly, our Mullet man (who also made the best fried green tomatoes EVAR) passed away last spring.
I stopped by one rainy day and retreated to wait in my car. Steve ran my order to me in the.pouring rain…it was just the kind of guy he was.
The community is still trying to source mullet, and the turnout for his funeral was enormous.
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I’m so sorry - he was part of a dying breed.
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In and around Castroville, CA you will find breaded and fried fresh artichoke hearts. Sometimes served with tomato sauce/marinara for dipping but more often just salt and lemon and maybe a side cup of best foods mayo.
I’ve lived in nyc for a long time now and certainly lots of unique dishes here aside from the obvious bagel/bialy/pizza/cheesecake/jewish deli things.
The corner bodega "eggonaroll " isn’t the same elsewhere since they use nyc hard rolls.
I haven’t traveled extensively in the US but I’m fairly certain the hot street nuts here aren’t commonly found elsewhere.
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Growing up in central IL, one of our specialties was the Horseshoe: 2 slices of bread topped with a protein (hamburger, ham steak, cubed turkey, etc), topped with a bunch of french fries, and covered in cheese sauce. They even served them in our school cafeteria. I used to wait for Ham Horseshoe day in the cafeteria – it was my favorite school lunch. A version made with one slice of bread and one portion protein is known as a Ponyshoe.
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Sounds like St. Pete has another!
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I’ll have to check it out next time we’re over there
We still need to have a HO down next you’re in the hood.
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I’ll have to think about locally but on road trips I must have a cheese frenchee in Lincoln, Nebraska and Maid Rites in Iowa.
Cheese frenchee= batter dipped, deep fried grilled cheese sandwich
Maid Rite= loose meat sandwich, gotta have mustard and pickles
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Wow that deep fried grilled cheese sounds pretty awesome!
Although definitely not unusual, a good cheese steak outside Philly seems to elude me.
The Florida keys have some good items I don’t normally find up to par elsewhere like their pinks, yellowtail, blackfin, and conch fritters. You can obviously get them in other places, but they seem to get it right and it seems the fresh flavor is always there. I like their fresh Mahi and wahoo tacos too. There is something to be said for fish that’s a few hours old.
On that topic, one from my home town is winter flounder. We pull them straight out of the river, and walk home a minute away. We fry them up in oil and butter, and seasoned bread crumbs with some parmigiano in the crumbs. No ice or sitting. It doesn’t get much better.
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I second that emotion.
There are some decent ones in Cherry Hill, Marlton, Bordentown, Trenton, and even as far north as Plainsboro.
After that, it’s pretty much crap city for cheese steaks unless you make them your self.
So fekkin good. Delishus. !!!
The spot in kw next to the aquarium is top notch! It’s the little shack outside the entrance. Most people cringe at over greasy food but these oily balls get the job done! I left myself open with that line lol 
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we lived in Hannibal, MO for just a year – but it was long enough to develop a long-standing fondness for Maid-Rites – my mom still makes them once in a while.
the Tom Sawyer drive-in along the river in Hannibal was an old-timey drive-in, with the trays they hung from your driver’s side window.
A Maid-Rite and a Mississippi Mud milkshake were the must-haves.
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I’m sure this is kinda like pulled pork or loose burger meat, but the description is something I think you have to have lived with for it not to conjur up images.
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we always described it as a sloppy joe without the tomato sauce. Similar seasoning, but no sauce.
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In San Francisco we have sourdough bread unlike anywhere else. In Central California we have Santa Maria barbecue, with pinquito beans. Date shakes on the way to the desert towns.
I can’t think of anything else, because our food is so good, everyone copies us. 
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You are in Norcal?
Don’t forget the Dutch Crunch bread:
Photo courtesy of Yelp.
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So much good food in our state. I’m in SoCal, but go up five or six times a year to visit family.
I’ve never tried crunch bread! Isn’t that crazy? Where do you get yours?
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