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re: Driving out of your way

Posted on 1/1/16 at 7:04 pm to
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14539 posts
Posted on 1/1/16 at 7:04 pm to

About once a month we have Carl fly us in the LearJet to Lisbon for Baba Ghanoush, Kibbeh and Kafta. I guess that's about 6, 650 miles.

What!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Me Lie?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

OK, would you believe?

There is an Italian Restaurant in Quitman we often drive to for dinner. Honestly there is nothing else in Quitman to go to and we know no one who lives there, so that must be why we drive there - maybe 45 miles

I guess we go to NO for eating. Maybe 3 hours.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23358 posts
Posted on 1/1/16 at 8:35 pm to
quote:

4 hour round trip for Frank's Bloody Marys


I have the recipe.
Styrofoam Cup
Ice
Vodka
Major Peters Bloody Mary Mix
Squeeze Lemon
Worsetershire
Couple dashes Louisiana hot sauce
Celery stick
Couple olives


As far driving somewhere for a certain food.

We drive to NOLA often just to eat. 70 miles round trip.


Worst I ever heard was my buddy who is in a MC club. They rode their bikes to Lamberts near Gulf Shores from Houma, ate and came back. That's 7 hours on a motorbike.

Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
4287 posts
Posted on 1/1/16 at 9:22 pm to
230 miles round trip to Sportsmans Paradise in Chavin, La.

Best fried speckled trout EVER!
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50876 posts
Posted on 1/1/16 at 10:33 pm to
hammond to mccomb to eat at the dinner bell fairly often
Hammond to Lafayette/scott for pork products
Hammond to New Orleans to eat all the time

come to think of it I drive an at least an hour to eat somewhere decent just about every time. I got to get out of this town...
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
17803 posts
Posted on 1/1/16 at 11:08 pm to
Across Lake Pontchartrain.
Posted by Lee Chatelain
Official TD Sauces Club Member
Member since Oct 2008
12570 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 6:58 am to
quote:

I drive to Longview(1 hour or so) to get beers we can't get in Shreveport.



what beer?
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35132 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 7:14 am to
To Bywater for General Lee's chicken. Unless you count getting in a bus to buy beer in Broussard.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69646 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 7:54 am to
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I would drive from NOLA to Henderson for some crawfish bisque from Pat's, but I can't get anybody to go with me.


I haven't eaten at Pat's in years. I thought I heard it had declined. Is it still good?
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52771 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 8:00 am to
I ate there 3 years ago. First batch of crawfish were excellent. Second batch wasn't . Turtle soup was subpar...very thin. Been there, done that.
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19185 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 8:55 am to
I drive to Memphis for BBQ and sauce probably once every 6 weeks
Posted by JimMorrison
The Peninsula
Member since May 2012
20747 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 10:00 am to
Probably an hour and a half round trip for some BBQ
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
6185 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 10:08 am to
If I am anywhere near Eastern TN, then I am making the trek to Ridgwood BBQ in Bluff City. Very unique bbq sandwiches and the worlds best bbq baked beans.
Posted by Honky Lips
Member since Dec 2015
2828 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 10:46 am to
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230 miles round trip to Sportsmans Paradise in Chavin, La.

Best fried speckled trout EVER!



Sportsman's is seriously legit. I used to take my boat there every weekend for a shrimp poboy when I was a kid.
This post was edited on 1/2/16 at 11:18 am
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10252 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 11:06 am to
quote:

I would drive from NOLA to Henderson for some crawfish bisque from Pat's, but I can't get anybody to go with me.
quote:


I haven't eaten at Pat's in years. I thought I heard it had declined. Is it still good?
I don't really know, to be honest. We used to visit aunts, uncles and grandparents in Welsh, but that generation has passed, so we don't make the trip anymore. Every trip we'd hit up Pat's for lunch at least one time. It was always great. And their crawfish bisque was the best I ever ate. You could tell they put a lot of crawfish fat in there.
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