Comments on: Upcoming Restaurant Reviews

By: bb stacker

bb stacker — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:37:28 +0000

thx, i believe awesomebill said two guys bailed almost a year ago.

By: Mrs Marcos

Mrs Marcos — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:37:23 +0000

“Two Guys from nowhere”…how long has that place been closed? Welcome to 2009, bb stacker!

By: bb stacker

bb stacker — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:24:01 +0000

lai wah sucks, sorry folks!! crappy food, crappy service. will not go back. try the house of wing by dunn brothers, culvers, two guys from nowhere!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:33:51 +0000

MacTroy, it is on the list but we have some other places to go first (Everest on Grand is probably next as we went there last weekend for a quick bite and plan on a full review soon). I’ll probably get around to it over Christmas when I’m tired of cooking :)

By: MacTroy

MacTroy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:23:47 +0000

Bill,
Hope you get around to checking out Taste of Thaiyai in Apple Valley; it has typical strip-mall-Asian-food-place ambience (dingy carpet and cheap plastic decorations), but the food is incredibly good Thai food. Their food could take the Pepsi challenge against True Thai — my other favorite Thai place in the metro — any day of the week. All my old standbys, especially Pad Thai and the Pineapple or Holy Basil fried rice, are as good there as I’ve had anywhere in this country. Since I live in Northfield (land of four identical Greek pizzerias, two nice Indian restaurants, 57 sandwich shops, and no decent East/Southeast Asian food at all), Taste of Thaiyai is fast becoming my Thai fix of choice. Also, the people working there are really nice and very service-oriented, including the cook(?)/owner(?)/guy-in-apron-who-walks-the-dining-floor-soliciting-feedback-after-everyone’s-been-served.

As a postscript, there was previously a very sub par Thai restaurant in this same location (next door to Rascal’s) that I think had a slightly different name and definitely had a completely different staff and menu. It was apparently a branch location of a larger Thai restaurant in the city, and had a ridiculous six-page menu with hundreds of items, only 8-10 of which were ever actually available on any given evening. This is _not_ the same place it was a year or so ago.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:35:37 +0000

I’ve been by it a couple of times and noticed cars in the parking lot but have never had the time to venture in. Their website, while it exists, is severely lacking :(

By: TMW

TMW — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:32:17 +0000

Has anyone been to the Red Fox in Lakeville? Is it still open? Everyone says this is the best place south of the river for dinner on Friday nights.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:05:11 +0000

Yeah, I’ve always enjoyed Rascal’s for dinner and/or drinking. Once on my birthday we went in there and they were giving you money to put in the arcade machines just so you’d stay and drink — I wonder if they still do?

I’ve always wanted to get over there for their breakfast (filet mignon and eggs!) but never have.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:15 +0000

I’ve only had pizza at OP. It was about a year ago when Carbone’s was too packed to get inside. Yes, OP is a complete shithole, and their pizza was not good and overpriced.

On another note, we had a nice family meal at Rascal’s over the weekend. Nothing to get too excited about, but it’s certainly better than any of the chain restaurants like Fridays, Applebee’s, Chili’s….etc.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:11:39 +0000

Dave, for the chicken, the hot hoagies, and the sour cream burger. Carbone’s has decent food but nothing like those three items. Now, why anyone would go INSIDE of OP over Carbone’s, I couldn’t tell you. That place is a fucking shithole inside.