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Just got back from the park with Dexter, and I'm tired and hungry. As tends to happen when I'm in this state, I start thinking about different restaurants I got so used to having nearby in NoVA. We really need a wider variety of places to eat around here. Of the places I might beg to form a presence here:

• Chipotle - Fast Mexican food that's about a billion times tastier than Taco Bell. I wouldn't say I'd kill for a barbacoa (spicy shreeded pork) burrito, but I might be close.
• Super Pollo - I never met a spiced Peruvian-style chicken that I didn't like.
• Fuddruckers - Red Robin comes close as far as tasty burgers go, but Fuddruckers is still my fave. Salem is a bit too far to drive for a burger, though.
• Baja Fresh - Another fast Mexican place, again much tastier than Taco Bell and with a different variety of items than Chipotle.
• Boston Market - It's no Peruvian chicken, but their sandwiches are pretty darn tasty.
• Uno Chicago Grill - Probably the tastiest pizza I've ever had.
• Popeye's - I don't know what happened to KFC, but it's both smelled and tasted like garbage the last couple times I've been.

And, yes, I've already cast my votes on MyRetailRoanoke.com. Here's hoping that some of these places pay attention.