Comments on: What We Eat on the Road

By: Jake Reinhardt

Jake Reinhardt — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:01:09 +0000

@mirror_father_mirror I can’t believe he dissed the breezewood exit on the turnpike (sarcasm). But seriously, he was only like a half hour away from Johnstown, home of my grandmother and the best damn pierogies outside of Poland (presumably). And I’ve lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. And I currently reside in Chicago. So I got this, Bittman.

By: wallrock

wallrock — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:58:10 +0000

I cover the entire Upper Midwest for work and that entails a ton of driving. Seven years ago I ate nothing but fast food but these days it’s next to never. There are so many great places to eat throughout the country. I had the best black bean burger in my life up in Ely, MN this past winter and I still think about the ridiculously cheap and delicious pasty I got a couple months ago up in Ontonagon, MI. My favorite this year was a curry-flavored whitefish sandwich from a bistro in Ashland, WI – I’ve been wanting to go back there for the last four months.

By: mirror_father_mirror

mirror_father_mirror — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:23:49 +0000

@darklingplain It’s not just you. I see what you’re getting at, Bittman, but there’s an icky sense of coastal elitism in your shocked realization that there is, in fact, FOOD between San Francisco and New York.

By: darklingplain

darklingplain — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:43:10 +0000

Is it just me or is that Mark Bittman article incredibly condescending? Like, is it really surprising that Indianapolis, a city of nearly a million people, has at least one good restaurant?

By: kellyography

kellyography — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:04:12 +0000

For six years, I’ve lived the public transit life, and I REALLY miss road trips.

By: probs

probs — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:02:27 +0000

My favorite road trip comestible is Slush Puppies, which hardly count as “real food,”I but I love ‘em. I used to try every brand of pork cracklins I could find, but I mean, college, what can I say.

By: aetataureate

aetataureate — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:49:36 +0000

Mike! Drive, do it. I drove to my friend’s wedding last fall and it was such a nice trip, including a meal in rural Maryland at a place called Bagelmeister.

By: Weasley

Weasley — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:26:09 +0000

My boyfriend and I drove when we were moving across country (well, flew halfway then drove the other half). Because we ate an embarrassing amount of McDonalds while packing for our move I banned it while on the road. We ended up packing sandwich stuff and finding places to picnic. It was pretty great!