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Great Dishes, Meh Restaurants; Champagne Atmosphere on a Beer Budget

CPK's fusilli
CPK’s fusilli Photo: mela sogono/Flickr

California Pizza Kitchen’s fusilli and the French Quarter chicken at Border Cafe are among the awesome dishes hiding at unremarkable restaurants. [Chowhound]

Ten Tables is a good bet for restaurants that seem fancier than their checks would imply. [Yelp]

• Important advisory: chicken fried steak is a sometimes special at Tupelo. [Chowhound]

Grill 23 has rather good steak. [Yelp]

• Vietnamese sandwiches: the cure to all of life’s disappointments. [Chowhound]

Great Dishes, Meh Restaurants; Champagne Atmosphere on a Beer Budget