Are there any American restaurants in Zurich? I dont mean hamburgers and hotdogs but some good tex mex or southern food. Pulled pork, ribs, cornbread, burritos, hot sandwhiches. Im tired of having to eat kebaps and cold sandwhiches when im in a rush.

Also some bohemian places would be good.. swiss food doesnt have enough personality for me.

In a word - no. It requires too many rare, hard-to-source ingredients, like brown sugar and jalapeno peppers.

A few more or less dodgy Tex-Mex places discussed here:
[Zurich] TexMex restaurants - reviews & ratings

Most of the Tex Mex in Zürich is absolutely sheit.

I have been to the sister restaurant Cheyenne
The food here is basically the same:
http://www.iroquois.ch/default.aspx?id=46

Here is the sister restaurant Cheyenne:

http://www.cheyenne-oerlikon.ch/

there is a place called New York Food, on Stampfenbachstrasse near Central. I pass it often, doesn't look great and I've never been in. However it's apparently American. Maybe go past and see?

There's the Stars and Stripes American Bar and Restaurant located in Brütten (ZH). It's not really American, just "American Style" but it's not bad.

They are affiliated with Tres Amigos Mexican Bar and Restaurant, which again isn't really Mexican, just "Mexican Style" but typical of all TexMex restaurants in Switzerland, far below par.

I heard that Papa Joe's in Basel is as close it it gets nearby. Being from Western New York, I may pay a visit soon.

I believe there's a Papa Joe's American style restaurant in Bern as well...

The TexMex places here are indeed... I dunno, flavorless :\

Speaking of W NY, any idea where a person might find Frank's in Switzerland? (or a good recipe to try to replicate it??)

Do you mean hot sauce? If so, I think I might have seen it at the Jelmoli grocery on Bahnhofstrasse.

I assume there is a critical mass of Americans on the german side of the border. Any info on American restaurants there? An NY style deli would be great.

Actually Bern, Basel and Zurich: http://tel.search.ch/?was=Papa+Joe's+American&firma=1

Here's the link to their website: http://www.papajoes.ch/

Man I think I could kill for a Sonny's bbq or Smokey Bones. Better yet, Import Dixie Crossroads and the oyster houses from the big bend. Sigh..

Try the Hotel Ibis in Adliswil. Its on 105 Zurichstr Tel: 044 711 8585...Last I saw they have lots of American dishes especially large American burgers etc...They have an All You Can Eat Buffet too in the mornings...and for the Brits they have Shepherd's Pie...

This is the recipe I use to make my own BBQ sauce here, all of the ingredients except brown sugar are easy to find, I simply use some molasses and "roh" sugar in it's place.

It does quite well for pulled pork (makes A LOT of sauce) as well as on ribs over the summer.

I know, it's not quite the same as going out to a BBQ place and getting brunswick stew to start, fried okra and stewed greens on the side and some delicious banana pudding or keylime pie to end things off but hey, something to look forward to when visiting folks "back home."

My experience is you need to cook your own foods to find the American or Tex-Mex stuff. You CAN find most of the ingredients, but it takes some searching. We have a Mexican market in Zurich that has almost everything that you would need. And for typical 'American' dishes, one just needs to find the stores that sell the right ingredients.

Typically, I shop at 6-7 stores for staples and specialty items. Coop/Migros/Denner/Marinello for day to day stuff. El Maiz for Mexican, and there are at least 10 Asian/South Asian stores in my neighborhood. Gone are the days of going to Carrefour for most everything, but that is ok. I can take my bike and get to almost everything in a few minutes in Kreis 4-5.

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I am sure that whatever food you will find here in restaurant it won't taste the same as original food from your country. Interestingly, whenever I shop in Lidl, I always pick up stuff form shelves labelled "MCENNEDY American Way". It seems like South African taste and standards are similar when it comes to e.g. biscuits, bread (slice of bread size) just to name a few. Also I prefer buying large 2l bottle of sodas instead of minature ones. Amazingly I couldn't find Valentine's Day card for my better half in local shops. It seems like this tradition doe not have strong roots here.

Oh, that was torture to read.

It is not possible to get American food in restaurants here, even a simple burger or BLT is outside the grasp of Swiss connoisseurs.

It's because of those Swiss cows. It's too bad those cows were bred for milking, not burgering.

We have this whole sensibility of an outdoor grilled burger out in the frontiers. The taste of flame licked patties. I agree that this is lost on the Swiss.

There is NO Valentine's Day tradition here. The Valentine's Day thing only was brought round here by the florists for business reasons, but is perceived by most people as something strange and "outlandish"

I personally detest bottles of whatever of more than one liter. One liter is alright but more is not. The stuff starts to smell like cat's **** if you have it around for a while.

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Many pubs like the Shamrock or the St. Joseph have BLT. Burgers are NOT regarded as something for "connoisseurs" but as "sub-class nourishment" !

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