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We had a taco truck show up in town and they were here for over six months. They made the best quesabirria I've ever had. Their burritos were also great and everything was affordable. One day, they disappeared and I fear they will never be back.

The delicious food in question. https://i.imgur.com/jnscBBr.png

When we were in San Antonio, there was this Eastern European restaurant that had amazing food. Borscht, pierogi, cabbage rolls. I only spent one year in Eastern Europe, but I fell in love with the food. I haven't found a similar restaurant here in Dallas.

Oof, I feel that. When I went to DC we ate at an Ethiopian restaurant that was amazing. There aren't any where I live or even in Tulsa!

Re: What restaurants do you miss?

philstar22 - 2025-11-30 21:03 (UTC) - Expand

There is an Indian restaurant in El Paso called India Palace and it was amazing! The family were wonderful, all of their food was always perfect, and it was just an awesome place. I moved away over ten years ago but I think about that place all the time. I often check online to see if they’re still in business; we were really worried about them during the pandemic and I know things haven’t gotten all that much better for mom and pops since then. I am driving through there next year and am really excited to visit that restaurant again. Although the owners won’t know me by sight anymore LOL

Hope you get to enjoy it again soon. I love Indian food.

My favourite sushi place in town closed down after 7 years on Friday last week. I already miss them 😢

Noo! Not a fresh loss.

That food looks amazing!

There was a cozy cafe within walking distance of my house that made the most amazing breakfast sandwiches, among other things. The workers were all super friendly and I knew them all by name. Sadly, they went out of business during Covid and now there's a lousy Starbucks in their place.

Covid killed so many great restaurants. :(

There was a nice little Italian restaurant in a nearby town, and then the hotel next door made them an offer they couldn't refuse for the property-- and have proceeded to do JACK SHIT with it for the last 8 years. 🤬

I hate when that happens. We had someone build a whole hotel and then they abandoned it before it could start operating.

Papa's American Cafe - they had this delicious fish & fries (or fish & chips, I suppose it's called in some other areas) meal that I always used to get from there.

Also, Fazoli's.Good Italian restaurant.

It always sucks when it is a food that nowhere else does as good (or at all).

We had a place called Burrito Drive, incredible chimichangas. The owner just didn't want to do it anymore, but he's active on the local subreddit and people keep begging him to write and sell a recipe book. I hope he does, his shit was great.

At least he got to end when he wanted it to end.

My neighborhood used to have the best ice cream shop. Intense, creative flavors made with seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. I really wanted them to succeed so I made a point to visit regularly, probably more than I should. Then there was a change in management because the previous owner, who ran everything, wanted to pursue other projects. Fair! But things went downhill fast. Their hours got very inconsistent and I kept dropping by only to find them closed. Then covid lockdowns hit and they never reopened. :(

That stinks. I am the same way about the local pizza place. I always make sure to visit them at least a couple times a month. If I lose those calzones....

This Indian restaurant in downtown Berkeley that used to be a bank.
A pan-Asian chicken wing place that was right down the street from me
An East Coast style seafood place in SF that served fried clam bellies. These are damn near IMPOSSIBLE to get on the West Coast. They also used to give me free glasses of wine on my birthday.
All the dim sum takeout places in Oakland Chinatown. Covid killed them ALL off.
Rory's Twisted Scoop. Great ice cream place in SF. Amazing flavors.
Most branches of Max's
Most of the Italian delis in North Beach
The barbecue place across from the SF zoo.
I could keep going on but I'm starting to get depressed.

I bet such a large city has a ton of turnover, especially with the rising real estate prices. :(

Oh man, when I was in high school, my hometown had this amazing Taiwanese restaurant that had the best beef noodle soup. They had to close because a Trader Joe's moved into the strip mall they were in and rent prices for the surrounding businesses all skyrocketed, and afaik the owners haven't reopened somewhere new.

That sucks. :( We had that happen to a really nice diner here that had the best spicy chicken panini. I still think about that sandwich.

Chronological review of the restaurants I left behind, because oh man. I think about good food I once had often.

Polly's-- this was my EARLY childhood and honestly I do not remember a thing about the food but I remember ours had a player piano, but the location that had been in the town where I was born is gone, and I no longer live near any of the remaining locations.

Po Boys-- oh man, Po Boys. I miss you, Po Boys. Grandparents used to take us there on the odd special occasion. They did a rolled dumpling instead of a drop dumpling, which I disagree with on principle, my grandmother did dropped dumplings when she made chicken and dumplings at home. But, the food was, on the whole, fantastic, and the atmosphere was fun.

Shakey's-- the pizza place of my very early childhood.

Pizza Factory-- the pizza place of my later childhood (we moved, and for a while, up in the mountains, it was the only game in town and we did not ache for another)

Sal's-- For a while they were just a burrito truck, then they got a brick and mortar for a while... and then for a time, their truck was stationed en route to my best friend's house... To this day, the burrito by which I judge all others.

welcome Home-- I did not live near this one, more's the pity. I ate there on a trip with some college theatre friends, to San Francisco. Place had closed before the next trip there.

Little Oven Pizza-- AMAZING pizza place that opened up in the town I went to college and have since moved away from. They had a lot of rotating specials where they'd put wild things on pizza. Thin slices of potato on a white pizza, squash and lemon, they were the first place we saw hot honey on a pizza before it seemed like everyone was doing it-- in fact, that was the first time we saw hot honey, period.

Hunan Chinese Restaurant-- First we moved away, then they closed, but this was THE best Chinese restaurant in Fresno (didn't live there but lived close enough to make occasional visits, during my time in central CA)

La Hacienda-- Not to be confused with a place called La Hacienda 2, which was like... across the street, and completely unrelated. There were several great Mexican places living in central CA, I mean we were spoiled for choice, and there was one fantastic hole in the wall that I never even learned the name of, it was just the Mexican place by the DMV to me... but La Hacienda is where I was introduced to flautas, and I'm not sure any place I've found since has done it better.

Los Palomas-- This one hurt. This place was so close to us when we moved, and the food was INCREDIBLE. Truly amazing enchiladas, it was hard to order anything else. I mean I tried several things (they also did have very good flautas!), but their enchilada game was next level. They could do green sauce, red sauce, or Christmas style. I usually got the chicken, but they had seafood, they had vegetarian, they had a couple different beef options... This was the restaurant I went to for my birthday every year, until they closed. Plus, it being so close, it was so convenient to pick up food to go between errands and home... I miss this place. For a while we had a place we really liked, that opened around the time they closed, but that love affair did not last. There ARE other good Mexican restaurants in town, at different price points, you know, there are good options... but this was MY place, this place made me feel at home after moving way up north.

Forgot-- Flames, only been there a couple times bc it wasn't somewhere we ever lived, but I have some warm memories of it.

And the Mexican ice cream place, town I went to college. I never did get to try their rose ice cream, it was never in rotation on the days I was there, but their cookies and cream was good, and they had a huge variety of house-made paletas, plus a strawberry smoothie that would knock your socks off.

Blanking on the name of the diner my mother and I would go to after attending plays, just for a slice of pie before closing... The other diner I loved got a location up here, at least.

You have had so many resaurant losses. :((((

There was a little locally-owned restaurant right next to my job. They made kind of generic American comfort food in a "home style" way. It was kind of pricey, but the servings were pretty good sized, and it was all delicious. I never had anything bad from there. They also had THE BEST baked potatoes I have ever had in my life. They shut down with zero warning a few months ago, and I am still gutted. Here's a pic of one of their potatoes:

https://i.imgur.com/S0N35Qs.png

Re: What restaurants do you miss?

kaijinscendre - 2025-12-01 22:22 (UTC) - Expand

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