For three years, Bloomington had Johnny Angel’s, a 50s sandwich shop, with the most amazing food, and thick, delicious milkshakes that almost rivaled the Chocolate Moose. Perhaps the best thing on their menu, other than the fries and the shakes and the onion-y cheeseburgers, were the tenderloin sandwiches (this is a Hoosier thing, folks), some of the best I’ve eaten. Like Gray Brothers, they did a hellacious business, and like Gray Brothers, they suddenly closed for no apparent reason.
State College may have something similar: Baby’s Burgers and Shakes. I’m thinking of going there this weekend. From looking at the menu, it’s more 50s retro, while Johnny Angel’s was a trip back in time–no caesar salad or fried mozzarella sticks on their menu–but it looks worth checking out, and they have peanut butter milkshakes.
One local thing I haven’t tried seems to be a Connecticut thing a local brought back from going to college there, Red’s Steamed Cheeseburgers. Okay, it sounds disgusting–and no, it’s not “steamed” as in what White Castle does, they’re cooked in a steamer. However, several people have insisted that they’re really good, so maybe one of these days. Other than Baby’s, I want to go downtown (ugh) and try one of the Chinese places we haven’t tried yet. Folks, I’m literally dying for edible Chinese.
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April 30, 2007, 2:11 pmMitch H. says:
The only decent downtown sit-down place is the Golden Wok. The rest of them are either delivery places - Uncle Chen’s has been delivering acceptable delivery & take-out for nearly twenty years now - or horrible grey-beef noodle shops. Unless you *like* oily udon, in which case that place below what used to be the Crowbar on East College is what you’re looking for.
Geez, now I’m missing the Mongolian Grill. Best beef-and-broccoli in town, even when it got bought by the Bulgarian immigrant family. It was replaced by the College Buffet far too long ago…
April 30, 2007, 4:45 pm