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TWEET TWEET!
(featured recent food tweets)
robbiemays And I'm finally gonna get to eat at Sambo's on Saturday night. I've heard alot about that place over the years
Just_AP Just landed in BMore. Now to Kent Island to eat some blue crabs with the HamBone!
RutledgeWood @mw55 Cool! I'm here shooting Top Gear. If we need to take over an In-N-Out tomorrow, let me know! Have fun!
bradparrott Percy & Willies dinner um um good (Editor's Note:Local eats near Darlington)
jackiethejuice I almost grabbed one. RT @ttiana: Its a thousand degrees in our lunch tent and THIS is on the snack table??? http://tweetphoto.com/21327656
When in Dover it is entirely possible to eat large quantities of crab and have to 'tap-out'. It looks like our friend Chris Sides has done just that! This photo was taken and sent to us at Boondocks in Smyrna, DE
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Sambo's Tavern
It's a place that you'd only hear about from someone who's been. You won't find this remote location in your travels around Dover Int'l Raceway. Sambo's is off the beaten path but on the radar for nearly everyone in the NASCAR garage.
Robby Gordon several of us to Sambo's for the first time several years ago. It's a small seafood restaurant that is usually packed with NASCAR folks. We even saw Jeff Gordon dining there last year.
Newpaper covered tables and crabs, that's all you really need to know! Get ready to get messy. This place is known for it's crabs and it is essential to roll-up the sleeves and get crackin!
283 Front Street
Leipsic, DE 19901-1736
(302) 674-9724
visit their site click here
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Dillner is a veteran in the racing media industry and is known by many in the garage for finding some of the most interesting and yummy places to eat while on the road covering NASCAR races and Short Tracks across the country.
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FROM DARLINGTON TO DOVER!
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Mari Monti Restorante!
MD joins Racing Electronics' Bruce Silver and owner of Mari Monti Restorante Sal Maddalena for some good italian food nearby Dover International Raceway (DE). One of our many strip-mall food-finds.
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Random Yumminess
Darlington Piggly Wiggly Cookout!
Now folks, this is random. Driving through the sleepy southern town of Darlington, South Carolina on the day of the Southern 500, we happened upon this local Piggly WIggly grocery store. The rest is Random Yumminess history!
Boondocks
Is it a crab-battle between Sambo's and Boondocks? Some say it is!
I stumbled upon Boondocks. Seriously! I was driving around a year or so ago out in the middle of knowhere and there it was. Boondocks is pretty similar in menu selection to Sambos in that they are both known as "crab-houses". The staff at Boondocks is super-friendly and I had a pile of crabs in front of me that was simply amazing!
825 Lighthouse Road
Smyrna, DE 19977-3331
(302) 653-6962
Mari Monti Restorante
Mari Mari is a favorite of Racing Electronic's Bruce Silver. He took me their for the first time last year.
Mari Monti is a casual, but more upscale restaurant than some of our other Dover food-finds. It's another "don't be fooled by it's strip-mall location" places. It offers a great menu of gourmet italian dishes. The seafood is fresh and wonderful. MD and the RE-boys will be there at some point during the weekend.
1030 Forrest Avenue
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 674-0966
Cool Springs Fish Bar and Restaurant
NASCAR Media Group cameraman Gary Johnson found this place a few years back when we were both working on the tv show Totally NASCAR. Don't be fooled by it's strip-mall location. Cool Springs is a great place for eclectic dishes and seafood favorites. Gets big points on the yum-scale.
2463 S State Street
Dover, DE 19901-6304
(302) 698-1955
to visit their site click here
Roma
One of my favorite people in the NASCAR garage, Peter Jellen from Stafford Springs Connecticut, suggested this place to me several years back. "Peter Rabbitt" is a transport driver for Joe Gibb's Racing and crews Kyle Busch's #18 car.
Roma is a real good italian restaurant just a minutes from the track near the Dover Airforce base. It's so good that I went twice last year!
3 President Drive
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 678-1041
to visit their site click here
SpeedEats - Short Track Spotlight
SoBo's Famous Bologna Burger
NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler has put this South Boston Speedway favorite on the map. Much like the Martinsville Hot-Dog, the Bologna Burger has become a part of South Boston culture.
TRACK PORCELIN? REALLY?
Ok... this might be the strangest link we ever put up on Speedeats.com, but we find it so darn funny that we couldn't resist. We're not sure how to explain it... maybe you should just give it a read. Oh yeah, some other dude named MD (might very well be a twin?) contributes ocassionally to this fun blog.
WALK OFF DOVER FOOD!
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CALLING ALL FOODIES
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EVERYTHING ON A STICK!
We love hitting the web and finding cool stuff and couldn't resist sharing this fun youtube video from the Minnesota State Fair that shows 59-foods on a stick!
COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU!!!
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LEFTOVERS???
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TRUE CAUSE
A great friend of mine, Lonnie Clouse and his family are moving to Mexico to help care for orphans. Lonnie has been a part of Motor Racing Outreach for a while now and a great friend to racing as well. Go check out his mission and offer up some support, prayer or encouragement!
Crab-battle? Who has the better crabs? Sambo's or Boondocks? Chime in on our facebook page and tell us what you think!
