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Five Guys. Only thing missing are good shakes - the burger is excellent, and the fries are perfect. Five Guys

I second Hana in Wayne. Very traditional sushi - and one of the few in the area run by Japanese, as opposed to Korean or Chinese owners. Hana Restaurant website BYO, so make sure you bring some cold beer and sake!

Perfect - I'll ship you Yuengling. You can ship me jars of Vienna Sport Peppers & Frozen half-baked Giordano's pizzas. (I prefer Sausage/Mushroom/Black Olives & Super Veggie w/ Pepperoni added) :) Don't know where you are in Illinois, but if you want to try some good local beers, head down to the Clark Street Ale House in the River North section of Chicago - as well as the previously mentioned Goose Island. Yuengling is a decent beer, but you could probably replicate the experience with a Leinie's

So thanks to all of you and your wonderful city, we had a wonderful trip. Some food highlights: 1. Matt's in the Market - perfect. delicious. Great over the market setting. 2. Elliot's - Dungeness Dungeness Dungeness. Steamed w/ drawn butter. Perfect. Great oysters - absolutely fresh and that great briny creamy texture. 3. Salumi for lunch - not the best I've had, but the atmosphere is great. 4. Cascadia - 7 course "Pacific" menu - wife had the "From here" menu - It was OK. I wouldn't go back, but I'm glad that we tried it. Sad to say that my favorite item was the pine tree sorbet. 5. Cafe Campagne for lunch - OMG. The calamari we got for an app was ok, but the poached eggs w/ the sauce & frites - TO DIE FOR. Charming bistro setting as well. 6. Oyster Bar on Chuckanut Drive - the drive is great, but I'd skip the restaurant. Seemed very stuffy - food was average - and the namesake oysters were just OK. 7. Le Panier - pastries pastries pastries - I think we did half of our breakfasts by getting whatever looked good in the display case. 8. Piroshki sp? - can't go wrong w/ Potatoes, Onions, and Cheese for breakfast. The mushroom ones are good as well. 9. Takohachi - very good, completely unpretentious Japanese home cooking. Always comforting to remember that other cultures like deep fried chicken chunks too! Lest all of you think that all we did was eat, we also enjoyed the following: Elliot Bay Books, Uwajimaya, Mt. Ranier, Chuckanut Drive, SAM (well, maybe not), Museum of Flight, SciFi@EMP. and not least of all, PP Market. Great town even with the crappy weather last week! BTW, could there possibly be more Starbucks? Only funny because I actually liked Tully's better Thanks again!

The scrapple @ Godshall's in Chestnut Hill is great! If you go, you should also stop and pick up some chicken from Needermyer's Chicken - personally, a dozen thighs de-boned but with the skin left on make for great grilling eats. I also always pick up a couple stuffed chicken breasts as well. Great for quick dinners (I brown them in a skillet w/ some butter on all sides for a few minutes and finish them in the oven for ~45 minutes. Make some gravy from the crusties in the pan and serve with some wild rice & asparagus and you have a great after-work dinner. Also, the stand to the right of Godshall's has very good Landjager (meat snacks are always good for walking around! )

Tighe & Malarkey Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you both much! Salumi was already on the list. I'll give a call to Matt's and see if we can get a res. I've heard of the steamed dungies - sounds like a winner as well. Thanks again! I'll give an outsider's report once we get back!

Hi all - just found out I'll be in Seattle for 5 days re: business. Wife took some accrued vacation at the last minute and will be joining me. I've taken a look in your corner of eG - must admit I usually only lurk in the PA/Philly forum. At any rate, since my wife will be joining me, I would like to find some great food in nice places. (Not that I don't personally enjoy good food in nice places, but I would be fine just snacking at markets/street food/etc. if I were just by myself) The only place that I currently have a reservation at is Cascadia. After spending some time reading postings, I find it funny that many of you don't talk much about seafood! Great bounty probably leads you to seek out the "different" and interesting! Coming from an old east-coast city recently injected with great restaurants, I'd love to have some authentic, relaxed atmosphere, kick-a** seafood in the great PacWest! We'll be at the Grand Hyatt on Pine, but happy to venture anywhere in the area within cabbing distance. Thanks all!

The fries are very good - though I admit I cut a lot of slack to anywhere that has malt vinegar & little dipping cups! The hot dogs I've had have been pretty good - the Chicago dog is OK - missing the poppy seed roll, but at least they have sport peppers. Had one (don't remember what it was called) that came with mustard. WAY too much mustard. I assume that it is not their usual quantity of mustard. Probably something to do with the fact that it was a Saturday afternoon and the teenage employees seemed more interested in chit-chatting with the friends coming in then in proper hot dog handling

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I guess I have to get out there and try more stuff. I have been *very* impressed with the hoagies from Sarcone's Deli - the seeded rolls from their bakery down the street are the best I've ever had. The old fashioned hoagie is excellent. (though my wife prefers the roasted veggie) That said, I'll have to try Mabelline's idea and make my own. I brought home a few bottles of giardinera the last time I was in Chicago (along w/ bottles of sport peppers and 3 half-baked frozen "real" pizzas) I suppose the next trips will be to Tony Luke's, John's Roast Pork, and Tommy DiNic's. Lots of eating to do! Thanks again!

Help! as a displaced person from Chicago, I am dying for some Italian Beef. Dipped. with hot peppers. Now, I know I can't get Gonnella bread here, or Scala beef, but for those of you that have had an Italian Beef in Chicago, is there ANY place in the Philly area where I can partake in this particular gluttony? The cheesesteaks aren't cutting it. thanks!

As far as beef, I really like Godshall's in the Chestnut Hill Farmer's Market. Really wonderful filets and excellent bacon (though I haven't had the scrapple that was recently written up in the NYTimes yet) Next to them is Neidermeyer's Poultry - EXCELLENT chicken. I too, haven't found great fish in/around the city. There is a large selection of 'fresh' fish up at the Korean supermarket (Han a reum) -up on Cheltenham & 611. It isn't the greatest, but they always have good selections of mackeral - and the sushi-type salmon is OK. (The tuna isn't usually great) For home sushi, we end up making the trek to the Mitsuwa Japanese Market in New Jersey (up in Fort Lee). I'd love to find a better choice for fish - along the lines of the Neidermeyer's Chicken or Godshall's Meats.