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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 678133, member: 716"] Also, if I were writing a tailgate guide for places like College Park or Chestnut Hill, I'd probably just direct people into the very close and very good food towns nearby. But if people would rather avoid the District (which has grown into a terrific food town in a relatively short time), I'd still steer clear of all those Route 1 places. There's damn good dim sum at Hollywood East in Wheaton; it's maybe the best in the region. There's a Ray's (local steakhouse chain that's kind of kitschy - quite good and very inexpensive) in Silver Spring. There are a million good Salvadoran joints in and around Langley Park. And College Park does have a good little seafood place called Fishnet. As for BC, the city is a quick Green Line ride away. I'm a huge fan of Eastern Standard in Kenmore (maybe 15 minutes by train) and there are tons of other great restaurants. In the other direction, Newton has a Skipjacks (small local seafood chain); Lumiere and Sycamore are a couple other great restaurants. Pittsburgh: make a beeline for Meat & Potatoes in the theatre district. Like another city we know, national culinary trends are slow to reach Pittsburgh. Even if you think the "gastropub" has been played out since 2007, have a meal there. It's one of the best casual restaurants in the city. For people staying down at Station Square, Grand Concourse does a really good brunch. Things the ACC got very right: for people traveling to Wake, the thirty-minute drive down to Lexington is probably worth it. Old-timey little Southern town with a well-known springtime BBQ festival and a few dives with great Carolina-style pork. And for anyone within an hour's drive of Raleigh, go downtown and go to the Pit. Some of the best barbeque anywhere (and spectacular brisket for a place that's outside of Texas). If there's a long wait (and they do often have Dino-esque wait times), kill some time at the beer bar a couple blocks up (decent chain called the Flying Saucer). [/QUOTE]

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