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I realized I technically “posted” about this when we actually were in Florida, but I wanted to share some more snapshots of this roadside find! Forgive me Retro Roadmap Readers for I have sinned. Yes – when we first landed in Florida I ate at a fast food restaurant, not knowing that Maryland Fried Chicken [...]
Route 50. Winter Garden FL
“Hooray!” Retro Roadhusband says, “More Food!” as we made an easy exit off of 81 into New Market VA to go to the Southern Kitchen Restaurant. I said hooray for both the food and the great vintage signage, cantilevered glass windows and warm sunlight that bathed the place as the sun quickly set on a [...]
We drove from Austin, TX to Memphis, TN in record time, just so we could partake of the world famous fried chicken at Gus’s. If that isn’t a carrot (chicken leg) dangling in front of you to make you step on the gas I don’t know what is! We pulled up to the original Gus’s [...]
Though we were not dressed to fit in with the church crowd, we absolutely loved our Sunday dinner at Mary Mac’s Tea Room in Atlanta GA. Since 1945 folks in these parts have enjoyed the southern cooking and hospitality at this landmark restaurant. And so did we! (Their cool neon sign didn’t hurt their chances [...]
I totally dream about the fried chicken we got at Price’s Chicken Coop in Charlotte NC, and in fact am getting ravenous just looking at the photo of the food we had there (scroll to the end if you can’t wait for the big “reveal”!) So you, my dear Retro Roadmap Reader will be prepared [...]
Located smack dab between Pikes (Germantown and Ridge) in Collegeville PA, Speck’s Drive In has been serving up tasty food since 1964. There are signs on either Pike to guide you into their parking lot, and interestingly no signage on the building itself, which is reminiscent of a small Howard Johnsons, but with a red [...]
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