I like buffets. I especially like them when they support a cause I am partial to, like veterans. Buffets for me are not (necessarily) about the quantity, but rather the adventure, and finding surprises on occasion, like this morning in Genoa, Illinois. The Vet’s Home there has several events per week open to the public,… Continue reading Genoa, IL – Vet’s Home Breakfast Buffet
Category: Breakfast
Home Cookin’ – Klement’s Cocktail Sausages
The Klement Sausage Company is one of Milwaukee’s old time favorites, as well as one of my personal picks, when I am in an area where they distribute their great meat products. I like most everything they make, and when I lived in distance parts of the country, I’d reguraly order “care packages” from them.… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Klement’s Cocktail Sausages
Huntley, IL – Sammy’s Restaurant and Bar
Hard to believe I would find myself in this little burg twice in a lifetime, let alone twice in a month. But here I am, it’s Father’s Day, I deserve a nice breakfast out in the traditional Father’s Day tradition! Sammy’s Restaurant and Bar is open for all meal services, and offers pretty standard “diner”… Continue reading Huntley, IL – Sammy’s Restaurant and Bar
Barbies Primo Burgers Review, Mojave, CA
(From our travel archives) Saw a billboard for this place, and as it was the right time of day, pulled into Mojave (pop. 3763) to give it a try. Mojave is an interesting place. Middle of nowhere, far north end of Edwards Air Force Base, and home to one of America’s parking lots for misfit… Continue reading Barbies Primo Burgers Review, Mojave, CA
Billy Goat Tavern Review, Chicago IL
Billy Goat Tavern Review Chances are, unless you worked in downtown Chicago, you would have never heard of this place if it weren’t for John Belushi and Saturday Night Live, who immortalized the Billy Goat in their famous “Cheezeboogah, cheezeboogah” (video) sketch decades ago. Yes, the Billy Goat really exists, and is a Chicago legend.… Continue reading Billy Goat Tavern Review, Chicago IL
Countryside, IL – Country Cup Diner
Give me a home, where the….oh, wait. Give me a diner, on Route 66, and I’ll be one happy camper. In a distant suburb of Chicago, the town of Countryside, is the Highway 66 exit route from the Loop, and on it, inside a bowling alley, with little signage to let you know it’s there,… Continue reading Countryside, IL – Country Cup Diner
NC – BBQ Center Lexington
North Carolina sez they invented barbecue, and who am I to argue? Leave that for Texans, Memphisites, Kansas City folks. The state is dotted with barbecue joints of all manners and sizes, ages and menus, but you’ll find a concentration of 20+ outlets around Lexington, KY, and that’s where I started my tour. The “Lexington… Continue reading NC – BBQ Center Lexington
Usinger’s Meats – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I wrote a bit about Usinger’s the other day. Here’s the rest of the story, as I prepare to dig into their natural casing “Old World Recipe” wieners. Pretty straightforward ingredients with these pups, beef and pork, water, spices, sugar, salt, paprika, and a couple of the sodiums as a preservative, in a natural lamb… Continue reading Usinger’s Meats – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
White Castle
Sliders, gut bombs, no matter what you call them, the small square burgers cooked on a bed of onions, are a distinctly American tradition. The White Castle chain was one of the first fast food establishments, started in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas. Americans were reticent to eat ground beef at the time, due to the… Continue reading White Castle
El Paso, TX – IHOP
You gotta love it when a date’s idea of a big nite is going to IHOP. Well, at least I do. Pretty tired of high-maintenance relationships, on any level. Add to the glamour of IHOP that your date brings a “two-fer” coupon, and you’re sitting pretty. She went with the chicken Caesar, wondering if the… Continue reading El Paso, TX – IHOP