God, these are all absolutely terrible suggestions. Here are some good ones.
Otsu for dumplings and general Asian food.
A Dopo is the best pizza in town
Curious Dog has incredible sandwiches & hot dogs
Jig & Reel for Scottish pub food
Tesoro Gelato for amazing Gelato.
Ruth chris. Cookout.
But in all seriousness up north. Littons market is awesome.
The french market creperie is awesome for a lil light breakfast or lunch crepe. Rlly awesome.
Chesapeakes
Stock n barrel for a burger.
-Stock & Barrell in Market Square is a great burger joint
-Gus’s Deli on Cumberland is iconic (It’s next to a bar owned by a former QB who I hear has a nephew playing in the game)
-For dessert, both on Gay street: Cruze Farm Ice Cream, Ham N Goodies Cookies- get the lemon
Okay Pick, seems like they wanna do lists, so as THE food connoisseur here, let me cook..
Pizza - Elidio’s
Mediterranean - Yassin’s/Holy Land Market
Mexican - Monterrey off Merchant
Wings - Big Kahuna, gotta get multiple sauce flights
Steak House/Italian - Copper Cellar West
If you’re willing to get out of downtown and go a few miles there’s a lot of solid spots.
Asian-Sticky rice (get the pork chop)
Mexican- Chez Guvera it has a cult following. No sign on the door.
Steak- Connors
Higher end Southern- Fharmacy
Elite Dinning- JC Holdway