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I'm disapointed. Spoodles was one of my fav options for dining at WDW, it's food was as just about as good as the 'top end' WDW places (Ca Grill Flying Fish) for a lower price and it wasn't that crowded.

Also it was already a Mediterranean place with a lot of Greek influences (at least when i ate there last WDW seems to be dumbing down menus and this may have hit Spoodles) so I'm not sure if Cora will really have an impact or if it's just a name chef being brought in to prop up an existing restaurant that may not be performing as well as Disney would like (and to give it a better name and probably an excuse to raise prices at it but given the proximity to the flying fish i doubt the prices will go up too much).

if you are interested in going to the Mitsuwa Marketplace (I don't think Trader Joe's and whole foods is worth the trip) there is a shuttle bus that goes there from the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Yeah it may seem strange to take the path into NYC and then take the shuttle to edgewater but it'll do in a pinch.

I live right by Tonnele ave and Newark ave so i know that area really well.

That block on Newark av is great for Indian food (the Thai place isn't bad either) and groceries. A block north of JFK has a good Filipino market and a few Filipino restaurants around it (and a bakery). Bolo curry never has a crowd (and i suspect won't be open very long) but it's good (i get delivery from there all the time).

on 1&9 before Tonnele circle there is a Chinese/Korean market called the 555 Asian market with really good fish and a good hot food bar. 1 & 9 also has the White Manna diner which is supposedly famous for it's burgers.

As for Grocery shopping i usually go to path mark or shoprite for 'normal' things and hit the various ethnic places for 'other things' there is also the Twin City supermarket on Sip ave that isn't bad and has a lot of south American ingredients.

anyone else think it's a bit unfair that Richard Blais is competing? he's already a pretty well known chef even before he was on Iron Chef America.

their is a fillipino dish called Dinuguan which is a spicy pigs blood stew that really skives me out (even if the one time i actually mustered up the strength to taste it it wasn't bad i just can't get over the pigs blood in the dish)