hole in the wall restaurant
A restaurant usually having very limited space, sometimes as little as 300 square feet. It is usually locally owned and operated. It may or may not be serving ethnic food.
These were the earliest form of resataurants. Each restaurant tends to be unique. These are by far my favorite places to eat. They tend to be simple and basic. The owner loves to be friendly with his patrons and will come out and talk to customers. You sometimes have to wait to get in, but it's usually worth it. A place where Gastronomy is practiced as a high art.
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Examples:
- Las Manitas Avenue Cafe, Austin, Texas
- Gypsy Cafe, Yellow Springs, Ohio
- El Farolito Taqueria, Mission District of San Francisco
- Nancy's Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio
- Five Feet Restaurant, Laguna Beach, California
- The Starliner Diner, Hilliard, Ohio
- Calamity Cafe, Huntington, West Virginia
- Thurman Cafe, Columbus, Ohio
- Cafe Metropole, Savannah, Georgia
- Bistro Montage, Portland, Oregon
- Cafe Comptoir Chez Mimi, Lyon, France
- Taqueria Cancun, Mission District of San Francisco
- Three Restaurants on Foster Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
- Casbah Tea House, Tucson, Arizona
- Pellegrini's, Melbourne, Australia
- The Green Room Cafe, Toronto,Canada
- Lambert's Cafe, Ozark, Missouri
- Paradox Cafe, Portland, Oregon
- Victorian's Midnight Cafe, Columbus, Ohio
- The Friendship Cafe, Portland, Maine
- The Hemalaya Tandoori Restaurant London
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Last Updated 04.09.04