Roadfood.com ReviewsRestaurant reviews from the most memorable local eateries along the highways and backroads of America.Simones Hot Dog Stand - Lewiston, ME- August 14, 2008 Wednesday is hot dog day at Simones, which means the price of a weenie drops from the usual ninety-five cents to seventy-five cents. In truth, every day is hot dog day at Simones, a small corner eatery that has been known to local frankfurter aficionados as the place to go for almost a hundred years. There are other things to eat at this happy lunch counter, including submarine sandwiches, bowls of mild meat-and-bean chili, and burgers; but the menu is headed by the category DOGS DOGS DOGS,...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=227 Waves of Grain - Cannon Beach, OR- August 14, 2008 Jason and Hillary Fargo, proprietors of Waves of Grain, a bakery at the south end of the spectacularly scenic Pacific coast community of Cannon Beach, were facing a dilemma when I visited in July, 2008. "Our flour mill does only twenty cups at a time," Hillary said. "We drove out east and brought back a truck full of wheat berries. We store them in our garage, but the bakery has grown and we need more than twenty cups at a time." The Fargos buy their wheat north of Pendleton from Hillary's...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5894 Paul's - Milford, CT- August 13, 2008 Paul's may not serve the very best hamburger on earth, but in its way, it is perfect. Not outrageously thick nor slider-thin, it is made from meat that the Moore family, who runs the place, grinds each morning, and every one is made to order on the grill, cooked through but still a little bit pink inside, oozing enough savory juice to flavor the bun. The bun, like the burger, isn't fancy, but it's an honest beauty baked that morning, too with a fluffy interior and surface ever so slightly...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5914 Rick & Ann's - Berkeley, CA- August 13, 2008 Rick and Ann's is way too popular. Expect to wait for a table any day; and on weekends, it's crazy. But once you have a seat, prepare for a meal of hearty, dignified fare that that seems just right here in the shadow of the grand old Claremont Hotel. It's not Bay-Area-snazzy, but you won't catch me complaining at the thought of fried chicken with macaroni and cheese and cornbread. Breakfast (or brunch) is the meal most people come to eat. The day I visited, the muffin choice was carrotsunshine.http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5912 Enstrom's - Denver, CO- August 12, 2008 Butter, sugar, almonds, milk chocolate, salt. Can't get much simpler than the ingredient list for Enstrom's milk chocolate almond toffee. Those are the same ingredients that went into the batches of toffee that Chet Enstrom made decades ago for those lucky enough to be on his gift list. In 1960, he and his wife started a business around that toffee recipe in Grand Junction, Colorado. Today, the business is run by Chet's daughter and grandchildren, and the toffee has become a legend. As far.http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5854 Bert's Burger Bowl - Santa Fe, NM- August 12, 2008 Berts celebrated a half-century of selling burgers in 2004; the t-shirts on the staff behind the counter boast, Since 1954: One Location Worldwide. To stay in business that long, Berts must be doing something right. And we can tell you what that thing is: the green chile cheeseburger. They claim to have invented it here, and whether or not thats true, they certainly do it with the assurance of pros. Berts cooks big, flat patties of beef on a grate over charcoal, from which flames lick up and...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=1379 Blue Crab Crabhouse - Jacksonville, FL- August 11, 2008 The (Maryland-style) Blue Crab Crabhouse in Jacksonville is a family-friendly restaurant. I have coming here for the blue crabs for several years. Cindy, an ex-school teacher, and her husband Tom run this crab house the right way. They take care of you. I order my half-dozen blue crabs or three jumbo crabs when they are in. The blue crab dinner comes with French fries, which I take a pass on. Instead, I get the parmesan potatoes without parmesan and the garlic toast without garlic. And a.http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5886 Circus Drive-In - Wall Township, NJ- August 11, 2008 On a recent stopat the Circus Drive-In, I had a craving for an old-fashioned hamburger with a side of their famous krinkle-cut fries and a thick chocolate shake. As always, I make it a point to arrive early, before the noon lunch crowds arrive. This time though, I chose to seat myself at a table instead of my usual spot at the well-kept lunch counter. Service was prompt, as it always is, and the high school girls manning the tables and counter, and drive-in (sans roller skates), were already.http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=5828 Ithaca Farmers Market - Ithaca, NY- August 11, 2008 If good food, and its expression of place, interests you (as surely it does if you're visiting Roadfood.com), the Ithaca Farmers Market should be on any itinerary that finds you near the town by the shores of Cayuga Lake. The Ithaca Farmers Market captures the essence of Ithaca better than any other place in town. Farmers, artisan food producers, students and professors, local residents who have nothing to do with the schools, and people who simply appreciate fresh and high-quality food all...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=3115 Frontier - Albuquerque, NM- August 9, 2008 I have a little bone to pick with the Sterns over their Frontier Restaurant review. They said that the best thing on the breakfast menu is the burrito. Not true. The best thing on the breakfast menu here is the huevos rancheros with cheese. Go up to the order counter and tell them you want huevos rancheros with cheese. They will ask, "Red or green" This is a standard query in NM, nothing unusual about that. And if you say red, they will give you red chile (oh, I forgot: it is assumed...http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=305 |