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re: Best Food you've ever gotten from a place that looked completely awful.

Posted on 6/29/22 at 8:52 pm to
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
18642 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 8:52 pm to
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Al Noor was in the same parking lot as Swagat. Definitely the run down building was Al Noor.


It’s 100% the same building then.
Posted by Irregardless
Member since Nov 2021
2237 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 8:54 pm to
I can’t say they looked awful. But some of the best food I’ve had came from unassuming places in Costa Rica and Mexico. Simple food. Kind people.

Scenarios and atmospheres have as much to do with how good the food taste as anything. Somebody said the same thing in the “best poboy” thread but it’s true. “Nachos” with goat cheese in Jaco has probably been the best food I’ve ever had.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
33176 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 8:58 pm to
When I worked construction during college, a Mexican lady would sell plate lunches out of her car and after some convincing I started getting them. Still the best tamales I’ve ever had.

Think it was sole old shitty Saturn that she drove
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
42298 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 9:06 pm to
Oasis in Presidio, Tx, best Mexican food I've ever had, and I went back 2 years ago to verify it was as good as I remembered and it definitely was.
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
1209 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 9:51 pm to
When we were in high school in Natchez, especially as seniors when we got out early, we’d go to this hole in the wall bbq place called E&T’s BBQ Heaven. We’d order a burger called the Big Agnes. It came with grilled onions, mushrooms, lettuce, onions, cheese, etc, with a smoked patty. Quite the dump, but a delicious meal. Back in the early 2000’s you could get a pretty huge burger and fries for about $4
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
17062 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 10:02 pm to
Rama (RIP)
Posted by nateslu1
Mr. Belvedere Fan Club
Member since Apr 2012
6933 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 10:02 pm to
Dixie Maid off of McClelland cheeseburger and fries
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5356 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 11:45 pm to
Silver Moon Cafe
Posted by tigers1956
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
5325 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 12:21 am to
Silver moon cafe….RIP
RANA…..RIP
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 12:41 am to
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Mosca’s


Wut lol
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16453 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 4:51 am to
I have a similar experience with curried goat from the roadside in Jamaica.

Second was a place called witts BBQ and diner on hwy 79 and Stateline Rd in Bethany, LA. It was a nasty looking place but the BBQ was insane. Witt died and they tried to keep it going, just didn't work out.
Posted by Walkerdog14
Member since Dec 2014
1295 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:31 am to
Lucky Charms in Carthage Texas, old shotgun house and they cut up the vegetables on the tailgate of a truck, great food
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
10416 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:43 am to
Craigs in Devalls Bluff, Arkansas.

It's a shack, but it's everything that you want from a small delta town BBQ joint. Best known for their pork sandwiches that you can order mild, medium, or hot. Bring cash.

Service isn't that fast, so call ahead when you are 20 or 30 minutes out. The phone call will go like this:

-Ring, ring (this can go on for a while), ring, ring-

Waitress: "Craigs"

Me: "I'll take three hot"

Waitress: "Okay"

-click-

Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5603 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:04 am to
The shrimp burger at Raul's after a game. That kitchen looks nasty. The last time I ate there, I bit into a staple.
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Posted by ROUSTER
Member since Sep 2003
7072 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:07 am to
There was an Old Man who would cook hamburgers at the end of "The Strip" by USL back in the day. By the Car place.
Not sure if they were really good, but at 2am when your dog shite hammered it may have been the greatest burger ever. Sure seemed like it back then.
Posted by slacker130
Your mom
Member since Jul 2010
8929 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:12 am to
Behind The Clermont Lounge/Inn, there is a fella that has a grill and sells pulled pork sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, etc. All crazy good. I have no idea why he doesn't have a food truck or restaurant.

The Project Lounge in Biloxi. Awesome cheeseburgers and cold beer.
Posted by IH8ThreePutts
Member since Mar 2018
1785 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:25 am to
Yo Mama’s Hamburgers in the FQ back in the day. Can’t even imagine the roaches and rats that were most certainly lurking around in that back kitchen. But a damn good burger, I haven’t been back since it reopened.
Posted by moontigr
Commanders/LA Kings/Detroit Tigers
Member since Nov 2020
6981 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:44 am to
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The Project Lounge in Biloxi. Awesome cheeseburgers and cold beer.



Going there next week
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
Member since Oct 2018
11681 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:05 am to
hunk of shite food truck in downtown portland late one night....others were closed,busy,etc so no choice

most phenomenal gyro i ever had...ordered 3 more to take back to the hotel
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
43893 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:08 am to






Funny you listed this place. Wife and I stopped there on our way to Fayetteville. Maybe we shoulda had the sandwich! She had a pork plate and I had a brisket plate. Both weren’t good. There was a steady stream of locals coming in while we’re were there, which is impressive for a town of 350.

The pie was legit though. We were told it came from the pie shop across the street. Now THAT would qualify for the best food from a sketchy place. It looked like a meth house.
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