NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:19:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu pgh.food:12573 mary wrote: > What diners did you hit on your New England trip? I don't have details on the food for all of these. I have my notes on tape and I haven't gotten around to transcribing them yet. I've had a few health problems since I've been back and just don't have the energy. But here's what I can tell you off the top of my head. Also included are non-diners. Wellsboro, PA - Wellsboro Diner (L) Syracuse, NY - Doc's Little Gem Diner (D) (fried chicken and mashed potatoes and cole slaw - chicken okay, potatoes bad/lumpy, cole slaw okay - service very friendly, at the expense, however, of efficiency) Rome, NY - Paramount Diner (L) (excellent hot roast pork sandwich) Sabael, NY - Adirondack BBQ Smokehouse at the Snowy Mountain Inn (D) (exquisite smoke-roasted duck - the whole dinner with salad, potato, veggie was only $15 and I got a *whole* half a duck!!!!) Port Henry, NY - Miss Port Henry Diner (B) Burlington, VT - Parkway Diner (L) Killington, VT - VT Sheep and Wool Festival (L) (best lamb I've ever eaten - the food vendor was Greek and they had gigantic lamb kebabs grilled over an open fire and served on a hotdog bun - it actually would have made 2 very over-stuffed hotdog buns - there was a *ton* of meat - with lettuce, tomato, and tzatziki sauce - it was $7+ but worth every penny - the lamb was succulent, juicy, charred black on the outside, medium on the inside - just the way I like my meat!) Burlington, VT - Oasis Diner (L) Lincoln, NH - Sunny Day Diner (B) Farmington, ME - Farmington Diner (L) (very bad food! - fried chicken, apparently "breaded" with a very fine corn meal which ended up looking like a coating of plaster, whole thing was totally flavorless; Greek-style zucchini in a tomato sauce, world's oldest zucchini, tough and woody, blecch, made them exchange it for cole slaw which was pretty good.) Bar Harbor, ME - Maine Street Restaurant (D) (had my lobstah roll here with fries and coleslaw and even tried a Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale even though I'm not fond of ales - I'm a lager-lover - but I was really curious - not bad at all for an ale - the food was excellent) Searsport, ME - Irving Truck Stop Restaurant (B) (bad decision-making on my part - what the hell was I thinking? - well, it's a long story why I stopped here - anyway - the world's worst blueberry pancakes served with the world's worst syrup - several rungs below Log Cabin syrup) Rowley, MA - Agawam Diner (D) Waltham, MA - Wilson's Diner (B) Somerville, MA - Rosebud Diner (L) Waltham, MA - Bombay Mahal Restaurant (D) (tried a lamb dish I've never heard of before in an Indian restaurant - Lamb Xacuti - my friend recommended it - it was good but not something I would order again - there are other Indian lamb dishes I like better - excellent samosas here but could have used more peas - the pastry was perfect and perfectly cooked - great naan, too) Waterbury, CT - Silver Diner (B) The rest of the time in VT we ate in (breakfast and dinner) or ate cheese (various Cabot cheddars, naturally, crackers, and fruit for a picnic lunch on the road. Kate
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