Favorite regional/hometown brands

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Central Massachusetts:

Polar seltzer water and soda!

And cranberry dry!! So good.

NP here. They also have grapefruit dry now!

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Anonymous wrote:Columbus poster again, I don't know how I missed it, but White Castle. I know many won't agree but it's definitely something I make sure to get when I'm home. The frozen ones in the store just aren't the same. And, I would kill for some Tim Horton's.

I keep trying to think of a non-food product and can't come up with anything. I am a huge Buckeye fan and I love that when I'm home, everyone else has Buckeye gear on and you can buy it everywhere, even Kroger. Speaking of, add Kroger to the list. And Borden dairy products. Not that they tasted different or anything, but I loved seeing Elsie the cow on the gallons of milk.

I will add my local Kroger store, King Soopers and their cherry chip cookies and crunch cake.

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Anonymous wrote:Detroit. Vernor's ginger ale. So good.

My grandparents' town and I second this. Memories.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - this is cracking me up. No one has anything besides food? No stationery, clothes, games, nothing but food?

Stationery? Is there regional hometown stationery?

OP here.
I can't think of a decent one that is truly regional, but Lunalux (currently closed for B&M renovation and website renovation, too) is a letterpress studio that is a great hometown brand. And there is Elixery Lipsticks, which I have never tried so I can't vouch for it, but that kind of thing - not just food, although that has clearly struck a nerve for people!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from the Detroit area
Vernors - No ginger ale can compare! I recently saw a 6 pack at Balducci's in Alexandria, I was excited!
Faygo pop, specifically Rock N Rye. I miss that. Staple at any backyard bbq or cookout at the lake was a cooler filled with cans of Faygo.

And not really a brand, but I haven't had a good coney dog in years!

I was just talking to my DH the other day about Rock N Rye!! It was so good. Brings back lots of memories of going up north to the lake.

I also miss a good euchre game!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from Columbus Ohio and a couple favs are Donato's Pizza (there's one in Vienna now!) and Grippo's BBQ potato chips.

How is their pizza different?

- vienna resident who has beer been

The crust is on the sweet side and cornmeal is on the bottom of the crust. I also love the toppings all the way to the edge. It's cut in squares so there are 4 tiny "corner" pieces that I always used to snack on in the car on the drive home from picking it up. My favorite of theirs is the Hawaiian with ham, pineapple, slivered almonds and cinnamon.

NP. I don't think Donatos is all that great. It's been about 8 years since I've had it though.

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Anonymous wrote:Tucson.
I miss the tortillas--basically any brand sold at the grocery store as they are all made fresh in town--and the basic grocery store jalapeño cheese bread. I could eat a whole loaf of that.

Also, at work a few months ago, we got sandwiches from someplace that had creamy dill pickle flavored chips. Anyone that can tell me the brand and where I can find hem gets a big internet thank you!

I'm from AZ, too (just a little bit north of you), and God do I miss good tortillas. When we want some really good ones at home, we go to Chuy's in Fairfax and buy a dozen flour. About as good as I've found outside of the southwest and CA.

I get these par-baked ones from Safeway, they are decent.

Where are they at Safeway? Costco had some once and they were an improvement.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Central Massachusetts:

Polar seltzer water and soda!

And cranberry dry!! So good.

NP here. They also have grapefruit dry now!

Harris Teeter around here sell these

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Columbus Ohio and a couple favs are Donato's Pizza (there's one in Vienna now!) and Grippo's BBQ potato chips.

How is their pizza different?

- vienna resident who has beer been

The crust is on the sweet side and cornmeal is on the bottom of the crust. I also love the toppings all the way to the edge. It's cut in squares so there are 4 tiny "corner" pieces that I always used to snack on in the car on the drive home from picking it up. My favorite of theirs is the Hawaiian with ham, pineapple, slivered almonds and cinnamon.

Sounds like Leto's...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm from the Detroit area
Vernors - No ginger ale can compare! I recently saw a 6 pack at Balducci's in Alexandria, I was excited!
Faygo pop, specifically Rock N Rye. I miss that. Staple at any backyard bbq or cookout at the lake was a cooler filled with cans of Faygo.

And not really a brand, but I haven't had a good coney dog in years!

I was just talking to my DH the other day about Rock N Rye!! It was so good. Brings back lots of memories of going up north to the lake.

I also miss a good euchre game!

My family were/are euchre fanatics! And I'd forgotten about rock n rye. I am PP with the Detroit grandparents. We played so many card games.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tucson.
I miss the tortillas--basically any brand sold at the grocery store as they are all made fresh in town--and the basic grocery store jalapeño cheese bread. I could eat a whole loaf of that.

Also, at work a few months ago, we got sandwiches from someplace that had creamy dill pickle flavored chips. Anyone that can tell me the brand and where I can find hem gets a big internet thank you!

I'm from AZ, too (just a little bit north of you), and God do I miss good tortillas. When we want some really good ones at home, we go to Chuy's in Fairfax and buy a dozen flour. About as good as I've found outside of the southwest and CA.

I get these par-baked ones from Safeway, they are decent.

Where are they at Safeway? Costco had some once and they were an improvement.

In the deli, same rack as rotisserie chicken and potato salad

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Columbus Ohio and a couple favs are Donato's Pizza (there's one in Vienna now!) and Grippo's BBQ potato chips.

How is their pizza different?

- vienna resident who has beer been

The crust is on the sweet side and cornmeal is on the bottom of the crust. I also love the toppings all the way to the edge. It's cut in squares so there are 4 tiny "corner" pieces that I always used to snack on in the car on the drive home from picking it up. My favorite of theirs is the Hawaiian with ham, pineapple, slivered almonds and cinnamon.

Sounds like Leto's...

Oops *Ledo's

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Boston Mass: prince's Spaghetti sauce

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I'm from Georgia and I just miss good sweet tea. All the sweet tea around here tastes like it was sweetened with Nutrisweet and has been sitting in the urn for 3 days and gone rancid. Damn yall it isn't that hard! Luzianne tea + sugar added when it's HOT + water.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from Georgia and I just miss good sweet tea. All the sweet tea around here tastes like it was sweetened with Nutrisweet and has been sitting in the urn for 3 days and gone rancid. Damn yall it isn't that hard! Luzianne tea + sugar added when it's HOT + water.

They don't do a great job cleaning out the tea urns in most restaurants, that's why it probably tastes old.