What does the 7.5″ train in the above picture have to do with the amazing breakfast in the following photo, which I ate? (Er, the food, not the train.) House Special: Crab Soft Scramble — Soft-scrambled eggs with crab meat and cream cheese, served with fried red potatoes and biscuits Well, lemme tell you about […]
Category: Restaurant Chit-Chat
Photos of Great Local Restaurant Food
Where can you find cake like this in Monroe County? I shot this photo in the kitchen at the Frog Leg Inn in Erie yesterday evening. This is a single serving of an incredibly moist and rich six-layer chocolate cake. Catherine’s son Cedric is studying Culinary Arts at Monroe County Community College and also works […]
Review (sorta): Turkey Roost, Kawkawlin, Michigan
Turkey? A full-blown turkey dinner, with stuffing and potatoes, and cranberries … in July?? You bet your boondockers! Turkey anytime, and this particular plate is one I’ve been enjoying off-and-on my whole life! No, not … the same plate of turkey and stuff … my whole life … that would be … no, that’s not […]
Street Eats Gone Wild! Well… kinda sorta… not…
I have a beef about how street food vendors are treated on this continent. This entry is a long one, but by the end, I think you’ll understand. Yesterday the CBC reported that street vendors in the Ontario province can now expand beyond what’s usually found at the food carts. From the article: Health Minister […]
Review: Gander’s of Luna Pier Reopens
As I mentioned a few days ago, Gander’s Restaurant here in Luna Pier reopened this morning almost five months after a burglar-initiated fire. Mary, Caleb and I were there before 9 a.m. to enjoy breakfast as we remembered. Gander’s exterior, with a lot full of cars. The counter and waitress station, almost exactly as it […]
Workin’ Too Hard for Minimum Wage
Last night in all that rain I was on my way to pick up my three youngest kids for the weekend. It was a nasty evening. Heading up 23 toward Dundee I could hardly see enough to stay in the lane, barely moving over 55 mph on the freeway. As on a normal day, I’d […]