228430 Tue Nov 22 10:19:31 -0800 2005 12 18 Manhattan 0 1213625 America the restaurant on 18th st went out of business, they had the best Navajo Fry Bread Sandwich. Does anybody know where else I can find this now that America is gone. Tue Nov 22 10:19:31 -0800 2005 0 Joe 1 1213627 not exactly what you are looking for, but the fry bread and chipotle butter at Blue Smoke is yum! Tue Nov 22 10:33:09 -0800 2005 1213625 0 dkstar1 2 1213762 I never had it, but Cheesecake Factory had a navajo frybread sammie on their menu the last time I went. For the record, while obviously a chain, their food is pretty decent:} Tue Nov 22 19:26:28 -0800 2005 1213627 0 nicole friedman 2 1213984 I have to second this! It's not really like the Navajo fry bread you're thinking of though. More like a fried dough (but airier). Almost doughnut-like. If you order it at Blue Smoke you can also request the pepper jam on the side. They used to serve it with the butter AND the jam. Now it's just the butter. Either way it's addictive. Fri Nov 25 10:12:02 -0800 2005 1213627 0 Erica 1 1213663 Wow, you took me back! I loved that sandwich, the fry bread was out of this world. Can't say Ameican was the best in the city, but it did have some interesting choices and I always had a great time eating there. Sadly, I have no ideas where to get anything similar :-( Laurie Tue Nov 22 12:19:01 -0800 2005 1213625 0 sivyaleah 1 1213854 Cheesecake Factory has a grilled chicken with avocado-like sandwich on fry bread. Chuck the chicken and eat the bread! Wed Nov 23 14:56:49 -0800 2005 1213625 0 JoBOO 2 1213981 I was thinking the same thing! While I despise chains I had gone there one day while shopping with my mother. I really liked that bread and haven't seen it anywhere else since. Fri Nov 25 10:08:58 -0800 2005 1213854 0 Erica 1 1216042 Im navajo, my mom makes sublime frybread. Try it with powder sugar 4 the topping. Mm. Wed Dec 07 01:14:22 -0800 2005 1213625 0 Russ 2 1216045 Hey, Russ, if you know any good places (open to the public) to eat on any reservations anywhere around the country, PLEASE share with us (on the appropriate message board for the region). I'd be super interested, and I know lots of others would be, too. ciao Wed Dec 07 01:53:09 -0800 2005 1216042 0 Jim Leff 3 1216051 I don't know if this applies in NYC, but in the San Francisco area, the best place to get fry bread is at pow wows. Check the local college campuses for gatherings, there seems to be kind of a circuit with one every month or two. Or try Hungarian langos. (g) Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/260176#1375233 Wed Dec 07 04:52:03 -0800 2005 1216045 0 Melanie Wong 3 1216090 FYI. A while back I wrote a report on a Navajo flea market in Shiprock, NM where several vendors sold great frybread. I think it's on this site under reports. Wed Dec 07 10:18:44 -0800 2005 1216045 0 Barry Strugatz 4 1216095 yep, see link Link: http://www.chowhound.com/writing/barry/navajo.html Wed Dec 07 10:25:50 -0800 2005 1216090 0 Jim Leff 3 1216117 We spent several days on the Navajo reservation last summer. There are numerous fry bread vendors at every tourist stop (4 Corners, Mon. Valley, etc.); we also had better than decent fry bread "tacos" at Goulding's Lodge (on the res in Mon. Valley) and the Holiday Inn/Garcia Trading Post in Chinle (Canyon de Chelley). Gouldings also served a fry bread with a good green chile pork stew. Wed Dec 07 11:20:02 -0800 2005 1216045 0 Striver