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Ever since someone at work mentioned that this is Derby Weekend all I could think of was this delicious sandwich. But to call it a sandwich doesn’t do it justice. I mean, just look at that: That’s the mouthwatering, completely decadent and totally worth it “Hot Brown” from the historic Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville [...]
So I bet you thought I’d be posting about someplace authentically Irish in time for St. Pat’s day? Never expect the expected from Mod Betty! I decided this was the perfect time to throw a culinary curveball and share our visit to the Hofbrau Haus in Abbottstown PA. Retro Roadhusband and I have driven by here [...]
It was a dark and stormy night…suddenly…Retro Roadhusband said he was hungry as we were driving through Reading, PA in the pouring rain. Hoping that the lights would be on at Jimmie Kramer’s Peanut Bar Restaurant, we made an easy exit off of 422, onto Penn Street, and stepped back in time. (Stinky photo, I [...]
“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 [...]
While we had planned plenty of stops planned for our Retro Roadweekend away, we hadn’t planned on seeing the bright neon signs of the Amherst Diner in Winchester, VA. But as soon as we did we knew where we were eating breakfast the next morning! Not a diner in the strict “built off-site in a [...]
It isn’t really “outsourcing” is it, if you ask your husband to stop for a bite to eat on his way to a gig because you know that Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD is totally RetroRoadmap -worthy? Since he got himself “one of the most amazing crabcakes of his life” I think he [...]
One of my most enjoyable regional reads online is the “definitive Rhode Island road trip” website Quahog.org. You’d be amazed that such a small state (thats not really an island) has so many unusual places, distinctive cuisines (we won’t get into the chowder wars)- and heck even had 2 beverages that have duked it out [...]
Once you see my photo of the renowned Hot Brown Sandwich at the historic Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY you will know why we HAD to stop here for lunch en route to Cincinnati. Does the word NOM come to mind? nom!
Located just off Interstate 45 in Houston, TX it’s been a landmark since 1967.
It was a happy coincidence that the Mayflower cafe – oldest restaurant in the capital of Missisippi (Since 1935) was just 2 blocks from our hotel, so we hoofed it over there on a bright sunny morning and had an early lunch of some tasty seafood in this vintage restaurant.
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