Silver Spur Cafe, Mt. Vernon, OR

Lunch in Mt.Vernon at the Silver Spur Cafe.

French Dip for her:

Cheeseburger for me:

Bacon & eggs for Corrina:

On to Kimberly for fruit picking

Hampton, Oregon

Half way home...........signs says open. Hampton, Oregon. It seems like after being closed for a very long time, why not stop. The rattlesnake motif is gone and remodeled restaurant looking good.

Cherry pie and a soda. Nice. Next time bugers and fries.



64 miles to get home.

Bend, OR

Where better to enjoy Chinese food in Bend but Chans?

Hot & sour soup, nice.

#10 Ginger Cillantro Chicken - $5.95 

#3 Garlic Pork in black bean sauce - $5.95

Desert - Fortune cookies. What the heck does this fortune mean?

Listen, this place is packed for lunch, but why shouldn't it be. For $5.95 you could have had a Happy Meal.

Smokin Pit BBQ

Thursdays in Hines, is BBQ lunch day at the Smokin Pit behind B&B sporting goods. He uses Mtn Mahogany in the smoker.



Off the menu for mr & Deb, 1/2 chicken,slaw, and cowboy beans. Couple side squirts of BBQ and a handful of napkins. $7.50. Super yum and plenty for two.

Hungry Redneck Cafe

A sign along Interstate 84 in Idaho caught my eye, right before MP13, The Hungry Redneck Cafe next exit. What a find. Lunch stop on the way back from Caldwell.

Now the restaurant at 2:30 in the afternoon, had 2 truckers, a waitress and a cook.
The menu was interesting enough, but was it gonna be a bust, or true find. A 7 page menu provided alot of standard fare diner-cafe food, but a selection of a couple tasty burgers were ordered.

Our host/cook Traci brought out the food. Friendly enough. Her advise, next time order the Redneck Burger.(2-1/4 lb patties, ham, bacon, grilled onions, mushrooms, swiss & american cheese & an appointment with a cardiologist of your choice)

Mine: Butch Burger. Grilled Onions, Swiss cheese, two 1/4 patties, BBQ sauce. BINGO! Beer battered fries.

Check out the girth of that burger!



Albert: Bacon Cheese Burger, classic.

Rating:
Bathroom=clean
Atmosphere= redneck
Service=talkative & personable
Stuffed factor=Awesome fries, major 3 napkin burger mess
Satisfaction= Albert bought. SCORE!!

Sweet Home Chicago

I lived in Chicago as a teenager. Frequently, my folks would drag me to the nieghborhood pizza joint for some classic deep dish Chicago pizza pie.  Names like Pizzario Uno, Pizzario Duo, Lou Malnati, Ginos, Giordanos, Pizanos were classic Chicago hot spots for deep dish pizza.
Introducing Don Manskarelli's Chicago style pizza in Hines, Oregon!
My buddy Jeremy, borrowed me the pans and turned me on to the recipe, so sharing dinner was a no brainer. One for my family, one for his.

Deep Dish Pizza's from Manskarelli's before hitting the 425`oven

Post baking after 30 minutes, lovely, sniff here...........

 

My piece........so good, just like the Windy City...........

Sweet Home Chicago...

Yesterday was National Junk Food Day

The folks at BICC are happy to celebrate one awesome holiday, even one day late! One for all, and all for one! Junk food rules!

Highlight of the day

Fun filled trip to Vale/Ontario today.

In reverse eating order, 3) Chabelitas Taqueria, 2) No. 1 China Buffet, 3) Goodies Galore (Kolache)

The perfect food: add mustard and it has all the food groups, vegetables, bread, cheese, and pork fat!

Breakfast with Ethan and Emmrie

Casino plays a mean breakfast, and Ethan & Emmrie give it a thumbs up.



Pretty cheap,  not smoky, crowded, or expensive. Krummy ketshup though.

chicken parts

One of the funniest conversations of the day involved chicken. Now we mostly know that chickens have nuggets, gizzards, and breasts, but who would have ever dreamed that one might ask, "do chickens have thighs"? Hmmmm. A question worth pondering.