GOING OUT: The World's best venues

**SwordsMaster** · 03-02-2008, 04:09

Ah, food.

I'll contribute:
If in Dublin, there's a great and relatively cheap place called SaBa - it's thai and southeast asian food. Great choice, inexpensive, and very good service. I do recommend booking in advance or planning on getting plastered at the bar while you're waiting, because their cocktails are also excellent.

I am ashamed to admit I forget the names of restaurants with ridiculous ease, even if I remember the location physically....

In Madrid, however, there is an argentinian asador just of the Isabel II square, opposite the Teatro Real. If you like meat, that's your spot. Not cheap though, although delicious. Hmmmmm ribs...

One of the best known cafes in Madrid - Cafe de las Letras - IIRC, on Calle Alcalá, between the Paseo del Prado and Sol, again, expensive, but in a fantastically restored old building that keeps cool in the summer, with good service, and a good beer selection and great views over the scorching hot street during the summer. Great place for a coffee and newspaper read, or to sit down with a book and a beer during the hot hours.

Again, in Dublin, Cruzzo, in Malahide, is renown in Ireland, but what is less known is their wonderful Sunday brunches. On the pricey side, but with a view of the Marina (hot waitresses), great food, and usually not uncomfortably busy.

And if you are in Madrid during the summer, the Teatro Real has a summer program of activities with some great opera. I love the city to the point that I'm just happy bumming around from spot to spot, stopping for a beer when i get tired or too hot... Plenty of nightclubs for those so inclined though. Around Arenal in the old city, and many others.

I remember many more, but not with that kind of detail. Enjoy!

**DemonArchangel** · 03-02-2008, 04:12

Try the 9:30 Club in Washington DC if you want to see live and epically awesome bands and groups.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 03-02-2008, 04:44

Sorry, it's in German, but this is some of the best ice cream ever. The service especially is much better than the reviews let on.

**seireikhaan** · 03-02-2008, 04:52

Legends American Grill, a local chain around the Des Moines area. Legends Burger=better than all else. And still pretty cheap.

**Veho Nex** · 03-02-2008, 05:21

In and out.... Nuff said.... wait and Sonic

**PershsNhpios** · 03-02-2008, 09:13

I heard there was a new fish and chips shop opening in Taree sometime soon.
Probably on Muldoon street.

At the very best, you may get fresh, "Fish".

Anyway, if you are in Taree, and it's best you never are, then look for the fish and chips shop.

Glad I could participate.

**Tribesman** · 03-02-2008, 09:36

Without a doubt the best restaurant I have ever eaten in

http://www.eatoutcornwall.com/cornwa...nt.php?pv=5359

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 03-02-2008, 09:39

Lanzarotte, Pueto del Carmen - where I sometimes go for holidays, there a fairly large chain of restaurants - "Lani's". It's a fairly middle class set of family sit down dinner locations.

The foods of equally high quality in each one, but the staff in the newer "Grill" next to the "Indian" and the one with the light blue glassy mosaic on the floor has especially friendly staff and you always get a warm welcome. At some of the others, although the staff are ok, they are a little cold and emotionless at times and never engage in "small talk".

"La Ola", another one of Lani's restaurants, also provides a fairly freindly environment and, being the newest, also has a few more artistic features. As before, the food is undeabatably excellent.

"Cafe La Ola", which is another member of the chain, is drastically different to the rest. It's got an Indian/Thai theme. I've never been inside, but I hear it has post-dinner entertainment and a few snazzy decorative features. Beyond that I'm not too sure, although I'm going after Easter, so should be able to give a better review.

**The Wandering Scholar** · 03-02-2008, 12:49

Originally Posted by Glenn

I heard there was a new fish and chips shop opening in Taree sometime soon.
Probably on Muldoon street.

At the very best, you may get fresh, "Fish".

Anyway, if you are in Taree, and it's best you never are, then look for the fish and chips shop.

Glad I could participate.

What a pleasant fish, such a meaty dish?

**drone** · 03-04-2008, 16:41

Originally Posted by DemonArchangel

Try the 9:30 Club in Washington DC if you want to see live and epically awesome bands and groups.

The old place was better.

Much more atmosphere, I mean you could actually see it....

**DemonArchangel** · 03-05-2008, 00:03

I'm a little bit too young to remember the old 9:30 club.

**drone** · 03-05-2008, 00:44

Originally Posted by DemonArchangel

I'm a little bit too young to remember the old 9:30 club.

I'm almost to old to remember the old 9:30 club.

Anybody on the board live in Atlanta? The Masquerade was a club very similar to the 9:30 here, lots of alternative/punk/metal bands along with clubbing. I wonder if that place is still going.