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1. POSTED BY walleroo  |  January 23, 2008 @ 11:47 am

   I would move into that space below Liz’s porch.
2. POSTED BY jrippity  |  January 23, 2008 @ 11:50 am

   Guam
3. POSTED BY sleepysleek  |  January 23, 2008 @ 11:53 am

   Hikaru House
   village of Billy’s Bay
   St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
4. POSTED BY Debbie  |  January 23, 2008 @ 11:55 am

   Santa Monica
5. POSTED BY BostonScott  |  January 23, 2008 @ 11:59 am

   I’d move to Stars Hollow, CT.
   Or, if it has to be a real place, Chester, NJ.
6. POSTED BY Anne Prince  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

   Galway, Ireland area.
7. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

   If you’re asking me this question in the middle of January, I’d say Key West (in other words, someplace warm). For any other time of the year, it would be San Diego or Martha’s Vineyard (Edgartown to be exact).
8. POSTED BY croiagusanam  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:11 pm

   Gort na gCapall, Oileain Arann, Co. Gaillimhe, Eire.
   Not sorry to see Mexicali Rose ride off into the sunset. The place was truly a disgrace. I’ll join the vast majority of local diners in serenading the staff as they move on down the road–
   Farewell to my Juan,
   Farewell Rosalita!
   Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria!
   You won’t have a name when you ride the great airplane,
   For all they will call you will be–
   Deportees!
9. POSTED BY Euterpe  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:16 pm

   Just like Massimo – I’d go to Maine! Best place in the world. The saying there is, “If you can’t take the winter, you don’t deserve the summer!”
   Nice to know there will FINALLY be some good Italian food up there!
10. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:23 pm

    My sailboat which is moored in Nantucket Sound.
11. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

    Denver.
12. POSTED BY ackme  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:37 pm

    Summers on Nantucket
    Winters in Palm Beach
    I loves to live me the Lilly lifestyle.
    What I really want to know is what is going to happen to all the crap Mexicali had? Will we be able to purchase the jug heads?
13. POSTED BY Mary  |  January 23, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

    Ok. I’m from New Hampshire. I mean, Maine is beautiful but its cold. Friends are bailing out of the city (and city prices) and moving to Burlington- and trying to take me with them. I tried moving to Warwick NY,(closest thing to Maine around here) but fled from there to baristaville because I felt isolated. Beware of country fantasies I say…although I am still interested in hearing where to move to…
14. POSTED BY cathar  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

    Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland. Lively enough all year round since it’s where you catch ferries to Iona and some of the more isolated Western Isles, scenic in its own right with spectacular sunsets and just two hours or so by car from Glasgow if you need a big city. There’s even a town beach with waters watrmed (somewhat) by the Gulf Stream.
    Always very fresh seafood in the local restaurants, too.
15. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:03 pm

    To another place in Montclair of course.
    My question to those so quick with a place in mind is, what are you waiting for?
    Go!! Life is short.
    “Go Confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.” — Thoreau
16. POSTED BY BostonScott  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:09 pm

    Mexicali Rose.
    It is easily replaced and tears can thus be limited.
17. POSTED BY walleroo  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:16 pm

    Thoreau was a wacko.
18. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

    I agree with you on that, BostonScott. No tears shed here.
19. POSTED BY cathar  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

    Prof, one might also ask someone seemingly so pleased with Baristaville, why stay in a place so rent by political disputes, worries over development, taxes, etc.?
    Life is short, you bet, but moving costs can be extortionate. And then there’s the matter of “moving” one’s job, schools for the kids…
    Thoreau may have lived the life he imagined. Given Walden Pond’s real distance from town via the RR tracks, however, he may also just have imagined that he was living in the, ah, “deep woods.”
20. POSTED BY Liz  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:26 pm

    “Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
21. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

    If we are to “overlook the old”, we should probably start with some of the regulars here.
22. POSTED BY Cheese_with_your_wine?  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

    MExicali Rose was great until Dominic Sold it to open Cuban Pete’s. It has been downhill since for it..
23. POSTED BY croiagusanam  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:43 pm

    I’ve lived in a great many places, and while baristaville is very nice, I’m hoping for a few more experiences before I shuffle off this mortal coil. Perhaps a certain restlessness plays a part, as well as a belief that there are many places and people yet to see. Of course, as McCarthy reminds us, “There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.”
24. POSTED BY mtcmom  |  January 23, 2008 @ 1:43 pm

    As far as I’m concerned the place was always bad – definitely not authentic Mexican food. About 1 rung above Taco Bell (and for the price, I’d just as soon have Taco Bell)
25. POSTED BY Iceman  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

    The Iceman wants to live in Aruba and open a shop in a hotel that sells tie dye t-shirts and plays Grateful Dead music all day long. Of course there will be cankles, incense and the requisite pictures of Karl Marx and Groucho Marx on the walls.
26. POSTED BY Conan  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

    “My sailboat which is moored in Nantucket Sound.”
    Er, ah, just don’t let my er, ah, Uncle Teddy drive you to the dock, Jerseygurl.
    And since Walleroo is occupying Liz’s porch crawl space, I will have to settle for my hillside villa on the island of Ibiza, near Cala d’en Serra, overlooking the Mediterranean toward Palma de Mallorca, Espana.
    Que lastima…
27. POSTED BY walleroo  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

    There was a time when that might have inspired me, Liz. That time has passed.
28. POSTED BY walleroo  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    “…some of the regulars here.”
    And proud you no doubt are, jerseygurl, to count yourself among them.
29. POSTED BY User Name  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    As far as I’m concerned the place was always bad, and it was definitely not authentic Mexican food.
    What’s very interesting though, is that since D. screwed the buyers of his old place by opening a “Cuban” place (after promising to not open a “Mexican” place) nearby, that they’re going to use the name “Calypso Joe’s” to compete with his “Cuban Pete’s”!
30. POSTED BY surprise  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:17 pm

    Berkeley, California…
31. POSTED BY Conan  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:18 pm

    And, although Massimo’s new place is an 8-hour drive from Baristaville, it is only a couple of miles from Bangor International Aiport, which is a 90-minute non-stop from EWR…
32. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:22 pm

    Hey Walleroo – I do seem to have become quite regular this winter. And because I am getting up there in age, Conan, I actually do have a boat moored at my beach house in Cape Cod. It’s small and old much like me, but prof will be happy to know I’m well on my way to “going in the direction of my dreams”.
33. POSTED BY Conan  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

    Scottish joke for Cathar:
    Two English businessmen in London were sitting down for a break in their new store. As yet, the store wasn’t ready, with only a few shelves set up. One said to the other, “I bet any minute now some thick tourist is going to walk by, put his face to the window and ask what we’re selling.”
    No sooner were the words out of his mouth when, sure enough, a curious Scotsman walked to the window, had a peek, and in a broad Scottish accent asked “What are ye sellin’ here?”
    One of the men replied sarcastically, “We’re selling arse-holes. ”
    Without skipping a beat, the Scotsman said, “You are doing well … Only two left!”
34. POSTED BY Conan  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

    Hey, jerseygurl, I spent a good part of one summah living on a 34′ Columbia in Woods Hole hahbah. Two many boats up there in summah; too many icebergs in wintah, also. But, whatevah floats youah boat, as they say…
35. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:37 pm

    Ha! That was a good one, Conan!
36. POSTED BY Karen Banda  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

    I check out Barista posts mainly to read Conan’s. He IS the man!
37. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  January 23, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

    cathar,
    I live by Damone (Spicoli should remember him).
    Number 3 of his five point plan:
    “Wherever you are, that’s the place to be. “Isn’t this great?”
    See I’m a cut and run kinda guy. As soon as it stops being fun, I’m gone. (prof to the family: “Pack up the plantation, we’re going to Hollywood!”)
38. POSTED BY PAZ  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

    Spent many summers vacationing on Nantucket and even honeymooned there but now the closest I get is Nantucket.net. I’ve set my sights much shorter but more affordable…Livonia NY. Hey, it’s not on the ocean or the sound but at least its a lake!
39. POSTED BY cathar  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:33 pm

    Prof, you sound positively Panglossian today. More power to you for it.
    Jerseygurl, some of us hardened old sweats here have learned in turn to overlook the earnest vapidities of some of the relative newcomers.
    Conan, that was a good Scottish joke. If only, in reality, the Scots weren’t so flinty in so many “Above the Waves” sort of ways. It’s got to be the Church of Scotland’s influence. But otherwise they can be quite kind, witty and self-reliant. The ones who’ve been to America (usually meaning AC or Miami) also come back home marvelling about our beers, love talking about them with Americans.
    And I know you meant “candles,” Iceman, but whatever the heck cankles are or might some day be, I can quite imagine a shop devoted to the Grateful Dead selling them.
40. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:40 pm

    For you, Cathar, cankles:
    http://images.google.com/images?q=cankles&hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=VNm&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
41. POSTED BY ackme  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:50 pm

    But many hippies have them – I guess the lord boards (Birkenstocks) encourage cankle formation.
42. POSTED BY Iceman  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

    oops, typo..should be candles…sorry, got stoned and I missed it
43. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

    No adjectives (or characters) needed to describe my optimism and love for all things “Montclair.”
    It’s an affair almost 40 years in the making.
44. POSTED BY cathar  |  January 23, 2008 @ 3:56 pm

    Thank you, jerseygurl. Without yet typing the address in, are they somehow related to “surf knobs,” those callosities surfers develop from too much board time? Something hippies get/got from sunflower seeds getting lodged between their toes while earing sandals?
45. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 23, 2008 @ 4:01 pm

    They are far worse.
46. POSTED BY gia  |  January 23, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

    i’d go to bermuda.
    bring back the soup emporium! those were the good old days….
47. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 23, 2008 @ 5:03 pm

    When it first opened, Mexicali Rose, was a decent Mexican Joint. The portions were large, the service was brisk, the food was served hot and fresh.
    Most of the waitresses back then were awesome to look at.
    They served a nice alcohol free margarita base that was super tasty just the way it was or very good with the bottle of Tequila you brought in.
    I went there many, many times and never had any complaints.
    I haven’t been there in about 5 years and judging by some of the comments on this thread, it’s just as well.
48. POSTED BY PAZ  |  January 23, 2008 @ 5:54 pm

    Gia…The Soup Emporium! Great popovers!!
49. POSTED BY AvidReader  |  January 23, 2008 @ 6:39 pm

    I’d move to Bermuda, too, gia. Heaven on earth.
50. POSTED BY Sandy  |  January 23, 2008 @ 6:47 pm

    Western New Jersey
51. POSTED BY crank  |  January 23, 2008 @ 7:54 pm

    Where would I move? The short list:
    Portland, Maine
    Enough of a city to have engaging arts / food / music scenes, along with some the usual urban problems in its own way. Small enough not to have other urban annoyances. Real Maine folk don’t view anything from Portland on south as being part of “the real Maine” of course. I still like the place.
    Bath, Maine
    Far enough up the coast to be part of “the real Maine.” Where the mighty Kennebec River opens up on its way to the sea, making it the perfect place to build ocean-going ships, an industry that has sustained the town since its beginnings. There’s a strong feel of being connected to the sea even though the Atlantic is another 12 miles downstream.
    Gubbio, Italy
    In the heart of green Umbria. Arguably Italy’s best-preserved medieval town. The place where St. Francis struck the bargain with the Dire Wolf (that one’s for you, Iceman) to spare the townsfolk in exchange for regular meals. Comes with its own holy mountain & annual festival of the Ceri, the usual Christian trappings thrown over a pagan ritual whose origins are lost in the mists of pre-Roman Italy. How can you resist a history like that? Great hiking in the area too.
    And, if I were insanely rich:
    Venice, Italy
    What better place to watch the world end?
52. POSTED BY Mystic Spirit  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:49 am

    Well I could move but I didn’t so I guess Jersey is the place for me.
    I’ll miss Mexicalli Rose, it brings back memories for me.
53. POSTED BY katie  |  January 24, 2008 @ 4:11 am

    Germany. But not for long, I’m going to try and live in as many different places in the next 15 years as I can. Maybe not though, there is a money issue…
54. POSTED BY becky  |  January 24, 2008 @ 11:00 am

    I thought Mexicali changed owners a few years ago, and that’s when it got bad. I agree, years ago it was great.
55. POSTED BY ROC  |  January 24, 2008 @ 11:10 am

    For the 15 years I have lived in Montclair, Mexicali Rose has always been terrible.
    About the worst “Mexican” food I have eaten. It bared as much resemblance to Mexican food as does a Big Mac to a Porterhouse steak.
56. POSTED BY Euterpe  |  January 24, 2008 @ 11:16 am

    Crank,
    Keep driving up Route 1! Rockland, Maine area is even better, and you can walk out on the breakwater and actually touch ocean! (OK, Penobscot Bay)
    I’ve spent the last two decades or so driving up to Camden, ME where the folks retreated in the early 90′s. (They moved me to NJ in 1973 and abandoned me here!!).
    Still trying to convince the hubby that coastal, “Down East” Maine is NOT as cold as he thinks. It’s definitely colder in NH or VT in the winter than “Down East.” (I should know, I grew up in NH.
57. POSTED BY Iceman  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:06 pm

    Euterpe,
    Er, ah, I believe the correct spelling is ‘Cow Hampshire’.
58. POSTED BY Kay  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:14 pm

    ROC, can you recommend a favorite Mexican restaurant around these parts? I’m always on the lookout!
59. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

    ROC,
    “Always” means you’ve eaten there more than once. Other than the first ‘terrible’ time you were there, I assume the subsequent visits were under duress and then I think why the f’ck didn’t you warn those prevailing upon you to go there just how horrible the place was.
60. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:16 pm

    My sister-in-law, who is from LA originally, says there is no such thing as good Mexican food in NJ.
61. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:17 pm

    Actually, El Bandido in Orange isn’t bad. The best mole chicken I’ve ever tasted. Service is excellent, too.
62. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:23 pm

    She’s right. In Santa Monica alone there’s Lula’s, Rebecca’s, Border Grill, Serenata di Garibaldi and in LA there’s El Cholo, Malo…endless list. Even those little La Salsa places are great. Even NYC is lacking although we now have Dos Caminos.
63. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

    Miss M,
    I went to El Bandido many years ago.
    The food was ok but the place was filthy.
    I never went back.
    I did go to Mexicali Rose many, many times. The place was always packed with a line out the door. I’ve eaten ‘authentic’ Mexican cuisine while driving through Mexico in 1975. It pretty much sucked. My brother and I were camping on the beach in Guaymos on the Gulf of California. The food was greasy. Tacos were some hunks of – what seemed to be some kind of beef, but may have been dog meat – rolled up in a tortilla. We subsisted on lots of Mexican beer and those freaking weird tacos.
64. POSTED BY Kay  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:34 pm

    Miss M, ask your S-I-L if they had Roberto’s and/or Alberto’s (each of which was numbered) up in LA, where one could get some mighty tasty rolled tacos with guacamole, like 3 or 4 for $1.00! Hubby still raves about their carne asada burritos. (Though maybe it had something to do with something akin to the White Castle factor: after enough beers pretty much anything tastes good. HA)
    But that’s the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve heard a recco to El Bandido, though the last time I went there (eons ago, to get take-out lunch for the office), I thought it was exorbitantly priced, even then. But maybe we’ll take an excusion this weekend. Been dyin’ for some good Mexican!
    Toro Loco, also in Orange, is my current favorite.
    But nothing beats the places in Old Town San Diego.
    and Mellon, thanks for the laugh!
65. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

    I’ve been to Senoritas in Bloomfield and wasn’t impressed. It looks real nice and everything but the food was just average.
66. POSTED BY ROC  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

    “”Always” means you’ve eaten there more than once. Other than the first ‘terrible’ time you were there, I assume the subsequent visits were under duress and then I think why the f’ck didn’t you warn those prevailing upon you to go there just how horrible the place was.”
    I realize how strange this will seem to you Mellon, but I don’t eat alone. And often, being the polite type, I neither “poo-poo” a restaurant because of my own tastes nor insist on going only where I desire.
    Strange, huh?
    Over the years I ate there 4 times, each more miserably than the previous.
67. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:47 pm

    Well, maybe now with the influx of Mexican nationals into the tri-state area, we’ll get some decent cuisine to go along with it.
68. POSTED BY ROC  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

    Kay,
    I liked the “laughing burrito” in Verona before they were bought out and moved to bigger diggs. I haven’t been there since but I’ll go with the hope that the “big time” hasn’t changed the food. The Mole is authentic.
69. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

    Didn’t Laughing Burrito move to Caldwell?
70. POSTED BY ROC  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

    (and don’t get me started on Tinga)
    It’s MUCH better than Mexicali but it’s not really Mexican food.
    Jers-Mex I call it.
71. POSTED BY Kate  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:54 pm

    Los Tapatios in Orange ain’t fancy, but it has amazing authentic Mexican food.
    You can go to the sit-down part of the restaurant, or sit at the bar like we do, drinking beer and scarfing down sublime ceviche with folks from all over central and South America.
    Los Tapatios
    10 Main St
    West Orange, NJ 07052
    (973) 736-8869
72. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 24, 2008 @ 2:54 pm

    Radio Mexico in NYC at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge was pretty good. It’s located at the old ‘Jeremys’ location.
    The food there was better than average and the atmosphere was decent with a good jukebox, pool table and lots of salsa and chips at your beck and call.
    Once, a waitress dumped a mug of beer all over my leather jacket that was draped over my chair. I wiped it off as best I could, but it still reeked of beer for the rest of the day. Luckily, I had my own office at the time so it wasn’t that noticable.
    The poor waitress must have appologized about 50 times and I did get a pitcher on the house, which I generously shared with my increasingly tipsy lunch mates.
    The best Mexican joint I’ve ever been to had a piranha behind the bar and a sign on the tank which read “Adolph Scarf, credit manager”. The food was fiendishly hot and ultra delicious. It’s where I learned that a couple of tortilla chips is the best way to quench the fire. It’s also the first place I ever had a Margarita it was also the last place I ever got into a bar fight. The Riviera in Denver. Good times.
73. POSTED BY Kay  |  January 24, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

    Nice imagery Mellon, you should write a book.
    Casa de Bandini in San Diego has a lovely outdoor courtyard as well as indoor tables, but the best part is of course the margaritas – in “regular” (not really, by any stretch) and “large” which is the size of a goldfish bowl. And the waiters were reknown for not proofing if you appeared to be on a date. So imagine my joy at being served a glorious strawberry confection in a glass so huge you couldn’t pick it up, on an early date with the guy who would later become the Hubby, at an outdoor table with mariachis roaming the balcony above. Bliss! Oh, and the food is great too.
    anyway, it was a sight better than loading up your car with fellow 19-year olds and going to Tijuana to get your margaritas.
    Los Tapatios seems to be located somewhere very near the El Bandido that I remember – any relation?
    Will also be looking up Laughing Burrito. Now I am starved.
    thanks for the refs (and the memories)!
74. POSTED BY becky  |  January 24, 2008 @ 3:38 pm

    I agree some of the best Mexican food is in Southern California. But then, they don’t have decent pizza or bagels.
75. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 24, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

    First time I had Huevos Rancheros was in San Diego. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. The idea of Frijole Refritos, salsa, guacamole, poached eggs, on a tortilla still thrills me to my core.
    The waitress applogized to us for the slow service noting that there was a kitchen renovation in process whereupon Linda, my wifes best friend, chimed in with a completely straight face and said “But we can’t wait that long!”. Good times..
76. POSTED BY Khan Noonien Singh  |  January 24, 2008 @ 5:20 pm

    “MExicali Rose was great until Dominic Sold it to open Cuban Pete’s. It has been downhill since for it..”
    X 2
77. POSTED BY crank  |  January 24, 2008 @ 6:23 pm

    Hi Euterpe,
    Actually, we’ve been to Rockland & Camden many times. Beautiful spots indeed. The Camden Hills offer some great hikes. It’s a great area.
    Part of the attraction of Bath is proximity to Portland, I think – I wouldn’t have to drive so far when I need a rock & roll fix!
78. POSTED BY gail  |  January 24, 2008 @ 7:16 pm

    Hey MellonB.
    ….that huevos meal that you mentioned above? That is also my idea of heaven. I make the huevos at home often…if I don’t have time to make sauce, etc., I just throw a couple of eggs into a simmering can of Rotel and pour it over some supermarket tortillas.
79. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  January 24, 2008 @ 9:07 pm

    Ugh. That’s not Mexican food.
80. POSTED BY gail  |  January 24, 2008 @ 11:25 pm

    I never said it was Mexican food. It is a love of huevos rancheros…eggs poached in any kind of salsa and served over a corn tortilla will do when you have to have it.
81. POSTED BY Spot The Looney  |  January 25, 2008 @ 8:43 am

    The Laughing Burrito has always been in Caldwell. It’s now on the Avenue in the same space as Otto’s.
82. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 25, 2008 @ 8:55 am

    I have meaning to try it. A number of people told me it was awesome.
    Re: Tinga’s. Decent food but I would never call it Mexican, or even Tex-Mex for that matter. The rolls they serve taste like they were purchasd at Pathmark, nothing special.
83. POSTED BY ackme  |  January 25, 2008 @ 11:02 am

    I don’t give a rat’s @ss if my Mexican food is authentic. As long as there is good tequila in my margarita, I’m fine. I like Toro Loco in SO and El Bandito (the Bandit) in Orange.
    Speaking of killer margaritas, what about that place on 38th and 3rd – they use grain. 2 of those and you are passed out in the gutter. Good times!
    Jeremy’s Ale House is gone? So sad.
84. POSTED BY Kay  |  January 25, 2008 @ 1:12 pm

    Becky – too true, the SoCal bagels are about as good as the ones you can buy in the bread aisle of ShopRite. We thought good pizza was at places like “Square Pan” and “Round Table”. And going to the bakery on a weekend morning for fresh bread? What’s that??
    For truly tasty but devastating margaritas, try East L.A. in Hoboken. I think they actually come out of a Slurpee machine. The sign says limit 2 per customer for a reason. :}
85. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 25, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

    ackme,
    Jeremy’s moved across the street directly opposite their prior location.
    I haven’t been there in many years but the last time I went to Radio Mexico, there was a lively crowd, festooning the stoop with their giant beers and fried clams celebrating an incipient weekend debauch. Hell yes!
86. POSTED BY ackme  |  January 25, 2008 @ 3:34 pm

    Fried clams AND giant beers – life doesn’t get much better now does it?!
87. POSTED BY Miss Martta  |  January 25, 2008 @ 3:49 pm

    Ha! Reminds me of my jury duty days, eons ago. Every day for lunch, I’d walk down to Ferry Street and have u-peel-ems and cold beer for lunch. I was sorry when my stint ended.
88. POSTED BY MellonBrush  |  January 25, 2008 @ 3:56 pm

    .. and there were all the ‘severed’ neck ties and the occasional bra hanging from the ceiling ..
89. POSTED BY ackme  |  January 25, 2008 @ 8:18 pm

    If you want that ambiance just go to Hogs and Heifers.
90. POSTED BY Easy Rider  |  January 26, 2008 @ 12:58 am

    Mellon – Jeremy’s was the best, and i’m not surprised you know of it. $4 for about a quart of quality beer. In manhattan nonetheless. Great medicine after a tough day on the street.
    As far as mexican food, I grew up in California, and after moving to the east coast, i am continually amazed at how bad the mexican food is here. Did everyone lose the recipe in transit? Is it the water? My favorate: El Gringoes in Redondo. Shit dive, but better food than the best on the east coast.

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