Local food you love or miss

[dar512]

Inspired by the cheerwine thread.

What do you like (or miss) in the way of regional food?

For me it's

St. Louis-
- Toasted Ravioli (meat ravioli, battered and deep fried. Served with a marinara sauce)
- German Cheesecake - (a coffecake - more in common with a cheese Danish than, say, New York style cheesecake)
- Lion's Choice (very good roast beef sandwich chain)
- Steak & Shake (high quality burgers - missed 'em when I lived in Seattle)
- White Castle (greasy burgers aka sliders)
- BBQ especially ribs (when I moved to Seattle, I had to learn to make my own)
- Vess orange and cream sodas (the best of their type)

Chicago-
- Italian Beef (shaved beef in a heavily spiced au jus served on a hoagie bun)
- Portillo's (one of the region's best purveyors of Italian Beef)