A serving of Scallops in Lobster Sauce. Click the image for a larger version. Scallops are grilled and arranged on a pillow of homemade spaetzle (german noodle) and finished with a creamy lobster sauce! Garnished with sliced pickled vegetables to give that hint of tartness the Germans are famous for. Chef John captures the finer […]
Category: Restaurant Chit-Chat
Fifth Anniversary at the Frog Leg Inn
For various reasons we always celebrate our anniversary with dinner at the Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan. Yesterday our fifth anniversary was no exception. However, exceptions were made in that the Inn had started an updated menu on Tuesday so we were able to try a couple new additions to the resaturant’s offerings … Baked […]
Breakfasts at Rivalrys Bar in Erie, Michigan
An excellent breakfast at a bar? Who’d of thunk it? Yeah, that’s a big pile of schmutz. But it’s a good pile of schmutz. Out of all the breakfast burritos I’ve eaten in probably 40 years, this one is one of the best if not the best one of the bunch. This thing is absolutely […]
Waterside Dining at Boatwerks, Holland, Michigan
Every once in a while I’ll get an email out-of-the blue from Patty Lanoue Stearns. Patty is one of the more well-known food writers here in the state of Michigan, having written quite a few books on Michigan foods and authoring an even larger number of articles on the subject. One of Patty’s current gigs is […]
An Odd Way to Make New Friends, and Jeanne’s Café, Grand Haven, Michigan
The Smoked Salmon Omelet with cream cheese, capers and dill at Jeanne’s Café in Grand Haven, Michigan I didn’t eat this omelet. Neither did Mary. Oddly enough, some biker we met at a rest area ate this particular Smoked Salmon Omelet. Already, you’re definitely getting the wrong image of the guy. Believe you me, we had […]
Sea Gull Pier Restaurant, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia
Update, September 29, 2014 – Here is a link to the current restaurant that’s at One Island on the bridge: www.virginia-originals.com Update, June 6, 2009 – This post … well, it’s garnered a bit of attention since I posted it about a week ago. I don’t really know how people are finding it, but they’re […]
The Cavalier, Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Friday the gent I was working with in Lynchburg, Virginia, had heard about the hot dogs I’d had at the Texas Inn the previous evening. I’d told him they weren’t all they were cracked up to be. He felt I needed to have something better. He gave me a couple suggestions, including the possibility […]
The Texas Inn, Lynchburg, Virginia
Best hot dogs in the world, eh?? When I got to a hotel in Lynchburg, Virginia this past Wednesday it was well past 8:30 p.m. I’d been on the road for almost ten hours straight. At one point the GPS got me seriously lost in the hills east of New Haven, West Virginia, and I’d […]
The Oink Joint, Birch Run: On The Beaten Path
There’s a newer copy of this post over here. If you’re going to leave a comment, please feel free to comment on that version to prevent confusion. Thanks! This past Wednesday after we made final arrangements for our mom at Flint Memorial Park, my sister Barb headed north on Dort Highway out of Clio, Michigan, […]
A Dinner Date with Mary at Ciao! in Sylvania, Ohio
The beautiful Canneloni at Ciao! Ristorante in Sylvania, Ohio. Not an appetizer … I just wanted to show you dessert first. One of the issues I have in putting this blog together is that seemingly, the better the restaurant, the worse the lighting is. None of the overhead lights actually lit our table at all. […]