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denise
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RoadTrip Food
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May 18 00:16 UTC 1996 |
Ok, summer's just around the corner [or already here for the college
students out for the summer break]. With the summer months the prime
time for travelling... I'm taking a somewhat different slant in this
item, different from the traditional 'summer vacation' item.
What I'd like for people to share are--where are some of your favorite
food stops while you've been out on some of your road trips? What was
so special about this [these] place[s]? And if you know it, please
include the location of this places as well as the name. If you don't
remember exactly where the place was, maybe at least the city or general
area/part of the state it was/is in?
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denise
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response 1 of 140:
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May 18 00:18 UTC 1996 |
[
This is item 82 in agora, 54 in travel, and 123 in cooking.]
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garya
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response 2 of 140:
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May 18 03:57 UTC 1996 |
Any Cracker Barrel rest. will do you! :)
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matthew
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response 3 of 140:
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May 18 04:38 UTC 1996 |
Youngs Jersey Dairy, just outside Yellow Springs Ohio. It was a poopular place
to visit while I was student at Antioch. It brings back memories when ever
I'm in Southern (?) Ohio. (Yellow Springs is about 20 minutes South of
Springfield and 30 minutes West of Dayton).
It started life as a dairy farm. At some point they started selling home made
ice cream and the like, then opened up a small restaurant. Now it's a good
sized restaurant, and they have a petting zoo.
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tsty
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response 4 of 140:
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May 18 06:11 UTC 1996 |
Just about any old time truck stop. You get your $$$ worth when you
order food - and it's substantial stuff, too.
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arabella
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response 5 of 140:
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May 18 10:10 UTC 1996 |
I'm a fan of Perkins' Pancake Houses. We don't have any around here
(none in Michigan that I'm aware of), so I like to stop at them in
Rural Pennsylvania on trips to the East Coast. There's one in
Dubois (pronounced Doo Boys) PA that I've been to a couple of
times. It's right off Route 80. (By the way, if you pronounce the
town's name as Dyu Bwa in front of a native, he/she will laugh at you.)
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robh
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May 18 11:32 UTC 1996 |
This item has been linked from Cooking 123/Travel 54/Agora 82
to Intro 30. At the Ok: prompt, type one of these:
"join agora" for discussion of general topics
"join travel" for discussion of places and things to see
"join cooking" for discussion of restaurants and other
food thingies
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remmers
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response 7 of 140:
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May 18 12:10 UTC 1996 |
I like all the great espresso houses around the base of
Mt. Ranier.
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omni
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response 8 of 140:
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May 18 17:46 UTC 1996 |
This particular restaurant is not a chain...
I cannot say enough about The New York Spaghetti Company in Cleveland.
They are located on Euclid, near 22nd, just down the block from Jacobs Field.
The sauce (which can be smelled from blocks around) is heavenly, The homemade
spaghetti is cooked to perfection, and priced moderatly. (I ate a complete
meal for $5).
Cleveland has a long reputation for being the Italian food capitol of the
planet.
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tsty
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May 18 20:07 UTC 1996 |
Actually, if you like Chinese and happen to ind yourself in the
southwestern corner of Wyoming ... there is the best Chinese restaurant
i have ever found right there! Literally, ppl line up outside for much
of the day.
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raven
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May 18 20:11 UTC 1996 |
re # 3 Right on about Young's I always used to stop there when
I visited my friends who used to go to Antioch.
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birdlady
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May 18 20:34 UTC 1996 |
Tony's in Birch Run (right off the exit) is still a favorite of mine. They
serve you HUGE quantities of food for decent prices. Then, they dump a large
handful (or two) of hard candy in your purse, bag, hands, etc.
I also love Cracker Barrel, but the hour wait is kind of depressing. The food
it worth it, though.
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popcorn
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response 12 of 140:
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May 19 05:11 UTC 1996 |
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ajax
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response 13 of 140:
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May 19 06:03 UTC 1996 |
I second both that Moosewood's a good restaurant, and that Valerie
hisses whenever she passes a Cracker Barrel...or even a billboard for
Cracker Barrel! Moosewood is a vegetarian restaurant run as a
collective of people who rotate jobs. Most people seem to know them
by the cookbooks that have been published based on their recipes.
I liked a restaurant called Z's in Cleveland...it was in a very
upscale shopping mall. Minimalist decor, nicely partitioned to
provide a pleasant atmosphee, and really wonderful food. Guess
I would call it "modern American" cuisine (including a mish-mash
of foreign dishes). As an Ann Arbor comparison, it's kind of like
Sweet Lorraines, but with much better (and more consistent) food,
service, and atmosphere. Cleveland seemed like just an all-around
good restaurant town.
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void
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May 19 07:41 UTC 1996 |
in maricopa, california, is a little restaurant that has great food. i
can't remember the name of the restaurant, but it's the only one there aside
from the dairy queen. and speaking of dairy queen, i think they have just
about the best burgers of any chain.
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scott
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May 19 12:54 UTC 1996 |
Once again, I'll throw up El Azteco in Lansing. Good Mexican food, really
a bit different and unique. El Az has a restaurant in Lansing and one in E.
Lansing. The one in E. Lansing isn't may favorite anymore, since it moved
out of the dark basement and lost some of its charm. El Az is a restaurant
that MSU grads in other cities never quite find a replacement for.
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mcpoz
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response 16 of 140:
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May 19 13:08 UTC 1996 |
bad choice of words :)
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beeswing
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May 19 17:39 UTC 1996 |
I also do not support Cracker Barrell. I don't know what states they are in,
but... stay the hell away from Applebee's (or as I call it, Applesleaze).
I have gotten sick from their food and so have my friends (at different
restaurants... there is about 4 Applesleaze's in Memphis alone). If you must
eat there, their salads are ok.
O'Charley's restaurants are good. Salads are yummy there, and it's relatively
inexpensive. Some truck stops are ok too, there is one in Lima, Colorado (not
far from the Kansas state line) that is huge and seemed friendly... open 24
hrs of course. I have come to find that most truckers are good people to talk
to, particularly the ones who have been trucking for 20 years.
Check for the "Happiness is a crock of beans" sign on the Colo/Kansas state
line too. cracked me th hell up!
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kerouac
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May 19 19:35 UTC 1996 |
Stephanie Stuckey, an old friend of mine from college, would have a good
perspective on this subject. Stephanie's grandfather founded and her family
runs the Stuckey's restaurant chain. If you've driven along the highways
up and down the east coast, you probably have been to a Stuckey's at one
time in your life. They are known for pecan logs, claxton fruitcakes and
roadhouse food. However, its based in Georgia, so they may not even have
a Stuckey's in michigan.
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bruin
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May 19 20:19 UTC 1996 |
RE #18 Kerouac, I remember seeing a Stuckey's on Jackson Road in the
Dexter-Chelsea area of Washtenaw County, just west of Ann Arbor.
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scott
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May 19 21:08 UTC 1996 |
Stuckey's seems to have died out in Michigan. At Grexstock last year, there
was an abandoned Stuckey's right at the freeway exit. On a recent trip to
St. Louis, I did see one. It contained a Subway!
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beeswing
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response 21 of 140:
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May 19 21:44 UTC 1996 |
There is a Stuckey's TN...
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danr
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May 19 22:07 UTC 1996 |
One of the benefits of being a member of the Ann Arbor bicycle touring
society, and going on a lot of Sunday rides, is that you get to eat at a bunch
of restaurants in small towns around here.
One of my favorites is the Grapevine in Dundee. Another good place is Don's
in Tecumseh.
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ajax
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response 23 of 140:
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May 19 23:30 UTC 1996 |
I think there's a Stuckey's in or near Holland, Michigan.
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beeswing
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response 24 of 140:
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May 20 03:19 UTC 1996 |
I have never eaten at a Stuckey's, and would likely not want to if they carry
those Claxton Fruit Cakes. My dad would get like a case of them for Christmas
from people, and I swear they could double for doorstops! They were like
bricks! We always threw them out... we'd feel bad about wasting food, but we
couldn't even give them away.
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