Food trends where you are

[CountDeMoney]

It's Baltimore.  What do you want.

[mongers]

Tapas places have been popping up here in the trendy areas faster than MacBook-carrying hipsters in Buddy Hollys with fake prescriptions.
I think they started in DC first, and migrated up I-95.   So look out, Philly, if they're not there already.

More restaurants are jumping on the "only locally grown by local farmers/producers" seasonal fare as well.  Sustainable agriculture, and all that.

I thought Tapas was a big thing like 10 years ago.

He was talking about Tap.ass bars.

[Martinus]

About 3-5 years ago in Warsaw it used to be sushi - you couldn't throw a rock without it hitting a sushi place.

Then we had a Polish cuisine revival - ranging from rather affordable pierogi-themed places to more expensive and high quality stuff.

Right now it becomes a bit more complicated - for example there has been a lot of "specialist" places opening (such as restaurants that only serve fish) but if I were to name one trend, it's wine houses / bodega-style restaurants which serve simple but expensive food such as high quality steaks, but also have quite well equipped cellars and their own wine shops on the side for taking a couple of bottles home.

[Martinus]

On top of that, all the while, we have been experiencing ups and downs of what is ironically called "Polish fusion" or, more descriptively, "a small dollop of goo on a handful of rice on a huge plate sprinkled with pepper" (aka "chef fantasy on a bed of wide rice amidst a storm of pepper", as it is described in the menu). Fortunately the trend is slowly dieing.

[MadImmortalMan]

Unfortunately, like the political Special Relationship much vaunted in the British press and rarely mentioned in the US, our foodie love affair with America is on unequal footing. We're the love-struck junior partner, the one who – like Blair panting after Bush – does most of the chasing. Americans may be amused by Downton and enamoured of afternoon tea, but British food is never, ever going to be a craze over the pond. There are no secret bangers and mash pop-up restaurants in LA, no Sussex pond pudding fad in Chicago, and no apps listing the top pasties in New York.

Well duh. 

[Jacob]

Ramen's been a mainstay for a while in Vancouver, but that's hardly surprising.

There's a been a bit of an upswing in meat focused places, like Meat and Bread: http://meatandbread.ca/ (with complete rip-offs down to even the signage appearing in Korea and elsewhere) and Wildebeest: http://wildebeest.ca/about/

In general the focus seems to be towards local-ish, sustainable-ish while pulling on a wide range of influences. I'd say it's a further evolution of West Coast fusion and the local movements.

There's been a bit of a growth in "underground" restaurants and one-off/ pop-up restaurants, but I don't know how big it is. I guess it's a bit of a trend.

[Syt]

Asian noodles have become so prolific here that McDonalds has added them to its regular menu.

[The Larch]

In my corner of the world it's fancy burger places the ones popping up in the last few months.

[garbon]

I looked up New York food trends 2012 - but almost everything seemed to be people predicting what was going to be a trend.  Not exactly a food trend - but I have seen an uptick in speakeasies / desire of people to go to them. Frankly, I don't get that at all.  Hard to find locations / expensive drinks / poorer service - no thanks!

[derspiess]

It's Baltimore.  What do you want.

I want chicken & waffles!!

[derspiess]

I looked up New York food trends 2012 - but almost everything seemed to be people predicting what was going to be a trend.  Not exactly a food trend - but I have seen an uptick in speakeasies / desire of people to go to them. Frankly, I don't get that at all.  Hard to find locations / expensive drinks / poorer service - no thanks!

That was the big thing in LA in the 90s-- assuming Swingers was accurate.

[mongers]

I looked up New York food trends 2012 - but almost everything seemed to be people predicting what was going to be a trend.  Not exactly a food trend - but I have seen an uptick in speakeasies / desire of people to go to them. Frankly, I don't get that at all.  Hard to find locations / expensive drinks / poorer service - no thanks!

What, that's the hipster's dream, read exclusive, display of wealth and  interacting 'real' characters. 

[Admiral Yi]

Gups, your article mentioned comfort foods but didn't talk at all about any classic American diner comfort foods, like meat loaf and chicken fried steak.  Any of that going on in You Kay, or is all just burgers, dogs, and 'que?

[garbon]

I looked up New York food trends 2012 - but almost everything seemed to be people predicting what was going to be a trend.  Not exactly a food trend - but I have seen an uptick in speakeasies / desire of people to go to them. Frankly, I don't get that at all.  Hard to find locations / expensive drinks / poorer service - no thanks!

What, that's the hipster's dream, read exclusive, display of wealth and  interacting 'real' characters. 

Well I'm not a hipster.

[mongers]

I looked up New York food trends 2012 - but almost everything seemed to be people predicting what was going to be a trend.  Not exactly a food trend - but I have seen an uptick in speakeasies / desire of people to go to them. Frankly, I don't get that at all.  Hard to find locations / expensive drinks / poorer service - no thanks!

What, that's the hipster's dream, read exclusive, display of wealth and  interacting 'real' characters. 

Well I'm not a hipster.

I didn't say you were and I'd guess you knew actual 'authentic' when you found it, unlike a hipster.