Name that Roadfood Restaurant!!

buffetbuster, it's in the same city that I've been posting about recently:
http://eatingtheroad.word...009/11/09/cafe-castro/

...and actually will be coming up tomorrow but my guess is someone can get it now. It's been reviewed RF.     

     By Goerge, I think I've got it!!! no fair... none of the pics. on the review showed the counter-stools. Thanks for putting me out of my misery! BTW, food looks AWESOME!!!   Harry's Roadhouse, Santa Fe NM    

...and that is correct. Now shall we continue this thread on or let it die a slow sad death....like that darn McRib thread should.

   Being as how it combines my geekish obsessions with restaurants and TRIVIA, I say " Bring it on!!! "  But, as I don't have a clue as to posting pictures, I'm at the mercy of you fine folks.      " If you post it, they will search..."    

AHI MPLS, you may be the only person still playing, but let's see how you do with this one. 

  cool, my own private trivia game...!  Would that be the Southern Kitchen's peanut soup?  

AHI MPLS-
You are way too good!  Did you get it from the writing on the placemat or did you recognize the soup?  Probably both!

Geez AHI MPLS you are good! Maybe you can help me....I've been trying to find the exact location of this place:


...and this is all the info I have:
http://www.yelp.com/topic...ere-this-restaurant-is
http://www.yelp.com/topic...restaurant-anyone-know
http://www.yelp.com/topic...ere-this-restaurant-is
http://www.yelp.com/topic...ere-this-restaurant-is
http://www.yelp.com/topic...ere-this-restaurant-is

My biggest bet is Chronic Taco...they've got a few locations but it looks like it could be this one:
http://maps.google.com/ma...mp;cbp=12,333.04,,0,-2

I'd say that's four orders of their tortas. Here's their website:
http://www.eatchronictaco...ex.cfm?page=Locations#

...and a few more picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vissago/3203502808/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swellkh/2647592852/
http://www.flickr.com/pho...325053@N06/3840632667/

What do you think? Maybe you can do a little better a tracking it down.

By any wild chance, could it be the Kabob.a.Licious restaurant in Schaumburg, IL?
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/d1c15/be6b7/
 
(I noticed the word "licious" painted on the window in the picture and Googled that word to come up with the website.)

Doubt it, they're out of business now http://www.kabobalicious.com/

and that doesn't look like something a Kabob place would serve. Plus...no palm trees:
http://maps.google.com/ma...;cbp=12,125.62,,0,-1.2

  well, gosh . This is a bit out of my league. I would say that the gentleman about to enjoy a very large, very lovely sandwich is Jemaine from FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS .... but that seems highly unlikely.  

LOLOL--Dawn it is nice to have you back.  I think you should go work for the FBI; you have a crazy specialized talent.

Okay AHI MPLS (and anyone else, of course), let's see how do on this one.

 

Pappy's Orchard and Lisa's Kitchen in Coopersburg, PA.

I'd like some of those right about now!

http://www.pappysorchard....-bakery-fruit-pies.php

ETR-
Nicely done!

Give us another....I enjoy this game

I got one.

The Pantry Cafe in Los Angeles, CA

Three minutes by the way

http://www.pantrycafe.com/

Got any others buffetbuster or Nancypalooza?

Not sure if this will be easy or tough.

My guess is Isaiah's in Birmingham? That's just a guess though.    

ETR-
That sign sure looks like something that would be hanging at Isaiah's, but the rule for this is it has to be either reviewed here on the site or in the Stern's books.

 DANG!! could have sworn that was from Alcenia's, but the walls there are orange not white. Then I looked for Jestine's and 82 Queen, but can't find any interior shots... DOUBLE DANG!! I'm goin' back in!!

M & M's Soul Food Cafe

Any Seafood


M & M's Soul Food Cafe

M & M's Soul Food Cafe

Dang! Look at Any Seafood chiming in just to answer correctly. Well done. Got another one for us to guess?

Thanks ETR!

  Oh, RATS!!! you done fooled me good!! I was SO looking in the deep south for this one, and the sad thing is that I used that picture of mac&cheese for my screensaver for a while..... Viva Las Vegas indeed!! 

   Ooops, forgot to say Hi & welcome to Any Seafood, keep playing!!!   Dawn    

AHI MPLS


  Oh, RATS!!! you done fooled me good!! I was SO looking in the deep south 

Yeah, I was being sneaky on this one.
 
Welcome to Roadfood Any Seafood and way to go!

This one should be a little easier.

I'm stumped...If I had to guess:

Either Pacific Oyster in Bay City, OR or Norma's Ocean Diner in Seaside, OR.

That looks like a darn good Shrimp/Crab Louie, no? What would you call that? That Big 'Ol Pile O' Seafood Goodness?     

   Looks like Seafood Norfolk style from CRISFIELDS in Maryland , one of my MUST try before I die meals. 

Damn you!!!

  Hee-Hee!!  The placemat sez " peake Bay "  I'm so sneaky!!

Correct again AHI MPLS.  And I sure hope you can to get there.  It is a wonderful dish at a great little restaurant!

Got another buffetbuster?     

Anyone in the mood for a giant cinnamon roll?

That's got to be The Maltby Café in Snohomish, WA

...and I want that right about now!

ETR-
The Maltby Cafe indeed has a wonderful giant cinnamon roll (the biggest I have ever seen) and I will be there in a few weeks.  But that is not the cinnamon roll in the photo.  Sorry!

Dang! Look how similar these are:

Not Johnson's Corner either...

Two excellent guesses ETR, but you aren't there yet.  I love how dedicated you and Dawn are!

...and I know it's not Gus Balon's:


...and not Bunnery:


...or Camp 18:


I think you've stumped me again....we need Dawn in here.

  Hmmmm....   Can't find a picture of the cinnamon cinderblock, BUT the plate and table top seem to match BLUE & WHITE in Tunica Mississippi.....  also , they use the same plates at Niecie's, but I do believe that BB gets CAKE there, so..... I think I'm stumped!!! 

The visit to this place predates my doing trip reports, so this is the first time I have posted that photo.  And here is something you can use as a clue on this one and future pics:  I have yet to use a restaurant from the same state twice and won't need to for quite a while.  So if I already posted a photo in this thread from that state, you can eliminate it.

  Oh, You sure are a sly-boots!!!  Okay, I'm puttin' my searchin' hat back on.....

....egghhhhh...this is tough

....I never thought I'd say this but, too many cinnamon rolls.






I give up on this one.

  My final guess will be  STELLA!!!!! 'S  in Billings, that's probably not correct, but I just love shouting that name!!! 

AHI MPLS-
You just rode A Street Car Named You Betcha!!!!!  Good job and great guesses by ETR, also!

Wahhhhh, are you kidding me....damn I knew I should have just thrown that out there too. I looked at it like 4 times...the plates don't match and neither do the tables. Eggghhh....

.....another?

Thanks for the welcomes ETR, BB, and AHI

ETR-
When I ate at Stella's in 2006, it was after they had moved to their new and current location.

 Me / gently sobbing into my coffee cup...... nobody wants to play with me   By my careful calculations, Mr. Buster has 23 more states and D.C. left.....   

Okay, okay, I can take a hint.  But as punishment for whining, you will be forced to look at a photo of me (and some friends).

That my friend is the H&H Cafe and Car Wash in El Paso, TX!
http://roadfood.com/Resta.../3911/hh-cafe-car-wash

That was a tough one...wanna know how I got it?

I was shamefully looking in Indiana , Damn Purdue shirt!!

Awww, Dawn, you know I am sneakiery than that!  Way to go ETR!  Did you get it with the blue counter?