Comments on: Diversity and the beholder http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33637 walt Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:36:31 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33637 Well, “her,” actually.

Hmm. I don’t know of a Puerto Rican restaurant–but there is a Filipino place (apparently very authentic), and a Salvadorean restaurant, and one serving Singapore cuisine, and a Korean BBQ place, and a Mongolian BBQ place…

Most of these restaurants are also pretty reasonably priced–not Mickey D cheap, but lunches usually in the $6 to $8 range, with some notable exceptions.

]]> By: Angel http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33635 Angel Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:40:37 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33635 Man, that sounds like a great place to find places to eat. Sounds like I could eat out there every day and not eat the same thing twice for a while, as the saying goes (not that I would. Economy is tight, but it is nice to have the option). So, his problem is not enough IHOPs and Mickey D’s?

Anyhow, I don’t think diversity is really his problem. All you need out there is some nice Puerto Rican food restaurant, and you’d be set.

;)

Best, and keep on blogging.

]]> By: Jon Gorman http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33633 Jon Gorman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:17:09 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33633 I’m a little jealous, but only a little. Champaign-Urbana has a nice variety of restaurants, though leaning towards mostly Asian foods.

Still, a bit jealous. We’ve got plenty of the chains and I’m not a big fan of nearly any of them. (Thankfully they’re mostly isolated out in the big shopping area, which I also hate ;) )

I also know some folks who complain about the decline of of the “steakhouse” type of places and also local Denny/Perkins type places. Doesn’t bother me, but I’ve never been a huge fan of those type of places.

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33628 walt Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:17:00 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33628 Clarke’s main location is still there, as is KFC, but those aren’t quite in the core downtown area, although they’re close. (The nearest Jack in the Box I’m aware of is several blocks away, on Shoreline.) I think of the core downtown area as Castro from El Camino to the train tracks, and the immediate side streets…but that may be too limiting.

Once you get down to El Camino and start spreading out, there are lots of the “traditional” restaurants to help you start…spreading out. (My memory of Frankie Johnnie & Luigi is that it serves food to help you spread out–enormous servings of mediocre food. But that’s just my memory; clearly lots of people love it.)

]]> By: rcn http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33627 rcn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:18:18 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33627 I know Mountain View and find this post hysterical, thank you for sharing.

Is Clarke’s still there? It’s a small chain with good American food. Frankie Johnnie & Luigi is a small chain with Italian food – that’s practically American, isn’t it? Posh Bagel? OK, maybe these are a far cry from Denny’s or Red Lobster, ’tis true, but there IS a Jack in the Box and a KFC.

]]> By: Susan V http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/diversity-and-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-33623 Susan V Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:50:43 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=845#comment-33623 Fine… I’ll gladly ship them all our chain restaurants for just ONE good Thai place. :)

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