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SPECIAL FEATURES


Food Related and Miscellaneous

SPECIAL FEATURES include information about food and restaurants not found in the restaurant reviews, historic information about restaurants, and general information that I think might be of interest. If there is something not covered by the other categories, this is the place to look.


GEOGRAPHIC INDEX OF RESTAURANTS

The Restaurant Index contains links to all of the state indexes, and a special index for

    El Paso, Texas.


INDEX BY CUISINE

All restaurants on this web site RATED 25 OR HIGHER are listed by type of cuisine on the following table:

    Top Rated Restaurants


CUISINE INFORMATION

The page on ASIAN FOOD explains some of the methodology for reviewing Asian restaurants, and provides a discussion and details about various Asian cuisines:

    Asian Food

The page on MEXICAN FOOD explains the information provided in the Mexican restaurant reviews and explains some of the regional styles of Mexican food:

    Mexican Food


TIP SHEET

TIP SHEET lists provide a quick guide to the best (or at least the best I know about) and most unique local dining, with the goal of making recommendations to visitors or residents looking for certain types of cuisine:

    El Paso Tip Sheet


HISTORICAL RESTAURANT INFORMATION

Some information is provided about restaurants of the past including:

    El Bruno's  Cuba, NM
        (photos of the old restaurant that was destroyed by a fire in 2006)
   
    Pink Adobe 1958 Menu  Santa Fe, NM
   
    El Reno, Oklahoma Restaurants circa 1960
        (information from the Chamber of Commerce)
   
    Oklahoma City 1982 Favorite Restaurants
        (what this web site might have looked like in 1982)


LINKS

LINKS to other web sites include recommended blogs and a few commercial sites that provide good information about cities that are also covered by this web site:

    Steve's Blogroll


RESTAURANT CLOSINGS

RESTAURANT CLOSINGS that have been confirmed or reported to be closed:

    Restaurant Closings