Treats

Chicago, IL

  • Giordano’s (deep dish pizza)
  • Portillo’s Hot Dogs (and Italian beefs)
  • Joy Yee Bubble Tea (lots of fresh fruit in the slushy-teas)
  • La Colombe Coffee (not Chicago exclusive)
  • Levain Bakery (not Chicago exclusive)
  • L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates (yummy cakes)
  • Philz Coffee
  • Ground Up Coffee (specialty lattes)
  • BIBIBOP Asian Grill (pretty decent)

Columbus, OH

  • Tensuke Market (Japanese market)
  • Schmidt’s Sausage Haus (all-you-can-eat “Autobahn” sausage buffet)
  • Mozart’s Cafe (middling bakery treats in a fancy setting)
  • Raisin Cane’s (excellent chicken tendies w/sauce - not Columbus exclusive)
  • Skyline Chili (Cincinnati style chili get a 3-way or 4-way - not Columbus exclusive)
  • Steak n Shake (24 hour burgers & shakes - not Columbus exclusive)
  • Piada (Italian chipotle)

Denver, CO

  • Pinwheel Coffee (Colorado Queen, really really good scones)
  • Kaffe Landskap (Kanelbulle, Kardemummabulle, Kladdkaka, Scones)
  • Denver Biscuit Company
  • Tocabe (American Indian Frybread)
  • Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs (weird rattlesnake and ostrich hot dogs)
  • Legacy Pie Co (sweet and savory mini-pies)
  • Bakery Four (tasty bakery)
  • The Fort (can eat buffalo, elk & quail here while viewing the Denver “skyline”)

Las Vegas, NV

  • Giordano’s (not LV exclusive)
  • Raisin Cane’s (not LV exclusive)
  • T-Swirl (not LV exclusive)

Miami, FL

  • Greenlife Organic Bowls (super fresh acai bowls)
  • Las Olas Cafe (cubanos otw to the beach)
  • Pasión Del Cielo (pick your own coffee bean origin for your latte, reasonable pricing)
  • Poke OG (decent poke bowls)
  • Raw Jūce - Brickell (smaller and fancier acai bowls)
  • Sovereign (poke/boba)

NYC

  • Ippudo (ramen)
  • Jin Ramen (ramen)
  • Saiguette (massive banh mi)
  • La Colombe (fresh draft lattes taste way better than the canned versions)
  • Tompkins Square Bagels (my favorite bagel from anywhere - especially the oatmeal bagel)
  • Mike’s Bagels (good cream cheese selection)
  • Absolute Bagels (bagels)
  • H&H Bagels (take a guess)
  • Levain Bakery (big cookies)
  • Famous Fish Market (hole in the wall Harlem style fish & chips)
  • The Chipped Cup (Harlem cafe)
  • The Sugar Hill Cafe (Harlem cafe)
  • Cafe One (a CCNY favorite)
  • Koronet Pizza (a Columbia favorite)
  • Roti Roll Bombay Frankie (Indian wrap things, kheer also good)
  • Westside Market (salad by the pound, great bakery with smol breads + blueberry bagels! can be cream cheese upon request)
  • Xi’an Famous Foods (spicy cumin lamb noodles)
  • Legend Chicken (Taiwanese fried chicken)
  • Taiyaki NYC (matcha ice cream w/v good toppings)
  • Mad for Chicken (Korean Fried Chicken)
  • Koko Wings (Korean Fried Chicken)
  • Woorijip (Korean meals to go)
  • Iris Tea & Bakery (Taiwanese bakery with yummy blueberry tarts, cream puffs, hazelnut chocolate roll)
  • Fayda (affordable chinese bakery)
  • Spot’s Dessert Bar (asian desserts, very flavorful, but pricy)
  • T-Swirl (extremely delicious Japanese style crepes)
  • Yaya’s Tea Garden (bubble tea and onigiri)
  • Vanessa’s Dumpling House (cheap dumplings)
  • Wah Fung No 1 (EXTREMELY affordable Cantonese BBQ)
  • Baohaus (pork belly bao with peanut topping)
  • Dainobu / Sunrise Mart (Japanese markets with to-go sushi, dango, etc)
  • Bite (mediterranean sandwiches + shakshooka)
  • Pommes Frites (Belgian french fries - try to find a location that hasn’t exploded)
  • Malecon (Dominican mofongo)
  • One Stop Patty Shop (Jamaican beef patties…occasionally a bit too chewy)
  • Texas Star (extremely cheap low end eats)
  • Go! Go! Curry! (Japansese curry, has a location near fabric district)
  • McSorleys Old Ale House (cost efficient beer & cheese)
  • Empanadas Monumental (low end cheap empanadas)
  • 99 Cent Fresh Pizza @ 55th (there are many, this is mine)
  • The Halal Guys (drunk downtown munchies)
  • BurgerFi / Shake Shack (hamburgers)
  • La Bella Ferrara (cannoli)
  • Dominique Ansel Bakery (lots of weird shit)
  • Pearl River Mart (more just snacks and browsing)
  • Matto Espresso (everything is $2 LOL)
  • Wahi Diner (24/7 cheap/hearty/filling meals for $5-9) (got sold and became full of cockroaches)
  • Bonsai Kakigori (lightweight Japanese shaved ice) (RIP)
  • I Love Panzerotti (calzone-ish things) (RIP)
  • Custom Fuel Pizza (RIP)
  • 100 Montaditos (Spanish mini sandwiches) (RIP)
  • Sookk (Thai chicken coconut pumpkin curry) (RIP)
  • Savoy Bakery (RIP)

San Francisco, CA

  • Boba Guys (strawberry matcha latte)
  • Chai Bar By David Rio (Elephant, Tiger, & Boldly)
  • Gai Chicken & Rice (Singaporean hainan chicken)
  • In N Out Burger (it’s ok?)
  • Matcha Cafe Maiko (yummy matcha ice cream with strawberry drizzle + oreo)
  • Réveille Coffee Co. (excellent matcha latte)
  • Square Pie Guys (Detroit-ish pizza)
  • Super Duper Burgers (ok, but not worth going out your way prolly)

Seattle, WA

  • Ma’ono Chicken (very yummy spicy tendies)
  • Katsu Burger (extremely delicious fried beef katsu sandwich, best is “Godzilla Attack”)
  • Pike Place Chowder (clam chowder bread bowls)
  • FOB Poke Bar (tasty poke bowls)
  • Top Pot (only doughnut place I’ve found anywhere that’s not too sweet for me; especially good citrus and berry flavored donuts)
  • Nana’s Green Tea (delicious matcha sodas, parfaits, and cake rolls)
  • Macrina Bakery (baked goods, bread)
  • Anchorhead Coffee (pistachio matcha)
  • Monorail Espresspo (coffee)
  • Fulcrum Cafe (specialty lattes, especially “pistachio cream”)
  • Espresso Vivace (very smooth)
  • Vinason (vietnamese/banh mi)
  • MOD Pizza (make your own pizza, reasonable prices - not Seattle exclusive)
  • Uwajimaya (Japanese grocery with to-go spam musubi/onigiri)
  • Kitanda (ok acai bowls and a few brazilian treats)
  • Due Cucina Italiana (capitol hill pasta)
  • Ellenos (fresh local yogurt in many flavors)
  • 8 oz Burger & Co (hammies)
  • Din Tai Fung (great for when the company is paying)
  • Dough Zone (great for when the company is NOT paying)
  • Kara-age Setsuna (hawaiian-japanese curry, fried chicken)
  • QFC on Broadway Cap Hill Deli Counter (giant sandwiches)
  • Dick’s (cheap and gets the job done)
  • Honeyhole (RIP? I guess? Not clear what happened there…would like my Fast Eddies back…)
  • Rachael’s Ginger Beer (delicious ginger soda in many flavors) (20 oz is now $10/cup O_o just get a can of Timber City)

Washington, DC

  • Bourbon Coffee (spicy Aztec chai *^*)
  • Fruitive (really good acai bowls)
  • South Block (decent acai bowls)

Madrid, ES

  • Chocolatería San Ginés (churros)
  • Alboraya Horchateria (tufa based horchata, not rice based - other Madridchatas I tried were too sweet, this one was just right)
  • L’Entrecote Café de Paris (slightly bizarre combination of infinite french fries + boiled butter steaks)
  • Amazonia Açaí (decent acai bowls made more refreshing in the heat, helps if you speak a little spanish)

Salzburg, AT

  • Stiegl-Keller (really unusual and excellent Kaiserschmarrn)

Vienna, AT

  • Figlmuller (schnitzels)
  • Cafe Landtmann (crepes, kaiserschmarrn, cake)
  • Cafe Diglas (kaiserschmarrn, schnitzel)
  • Bitzinger Albertina (“hot dogs”)
  • Heindl’s Schmarren & Palatschinkenkuchl (exotic kaiserschmarrn)
  • Hofer (tiramisu…no, really)