Eating while doing tractor things sort of ramble (was)RE: [AT]Speaking of Harbor Freight

[charlie hill]

Let's see Cecil.  It is 11:29 am here.  The skylight inn is 40 miles away.
I could probably make it just about the time the lunch rush dies down.  A
medium tray sure would be good!

I was in there  2 weeks ago.  I was passing by at 11 am and thought I would
get in before the rush. ....... WRONG.  The line was to the door.  Lots of
folks in front had big orders to go.  Must have taken all of 15 minutes to
get through the line.

Farmer I have eaten in some high brow places.  I don't do it often but I
have and will again.  Some are well worth the money both in terms of food
quality and atmosphere.  Some wouldn't be any good if they paid you to eat
there.
I think the worst ever in terms of food and service was a joint in Hilton
Head SC.  I won't even try to describe it except to say that the
wait..hhmmmm...person decided I was Orthodox Jewish because I have a beard
and made wholesale changes in my order to accomodate my kosher requirements
without bothering to consult with me.   She also assumed that the young lady
that was in our party was my wife and put her meal on my check.   It was a
business situation so I couldn't afford to make a scene.
Somethings you just have to take and get over.  grins.
The best resturant in Hilton Head SC is/was an outdoor joint where a guy
cooked barbque in old oil drums under a live oak tree.  The snobs that live
in that tourist trap forced him out of business.

Charlie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Eating while doing tractor things sort of ramble (was)RE:
[AT]Speaking of Harbor Freight


> Geez, Farmer, you must have woke up hungry this morning and
> thinking about food. ha ha ha ha   I agree with a lot of what you
> say. For instance, I am a fan of Golden Corral buffet meals and have
> been to the one in Columbia, SC many times. I like almost any buffet
> restaurant south of New York State. For some reason, we just don't
> seem to have good consistent buffet restaurants up here. When I say
> good, I'm not talking about a lot of food, I'm talking about the good
> stuff that they put in buffet meals further down south and west. Things
> like corn bread in both muffins and pone style, turnip greens and bacon,
> black eyed peas, those fried pieces of pork belly, pulled and chopped
> pork barbecue and so on. Geez, now I am so hungry I am going to have
> to go out and find something for lunch somewhere before I starve to
> death.
>
> As to the Angus Barn and the 42nd Street Oyster Bar in Raleigh,
> I never thought of them as expensive. Sure, the price is higher than
> at Burger King but you have to give them something for atmosphere. The
> Angus Barn has a helluva collection of antique pistols in the waiting
> room and and a nice Wild Turkey bar at the top of the stairs if someone
> comes in with a parched throat. You can eat out on the back porch and
> look out at the airplanes coming in for a landing at RDU as they come
> right over the restaurant. I like the 42nd Street Oyster Bar too because
> they open the oysters right there in front of you and anything steamed
> goes in giant steamers also in front of you. You can order oysters and
> clams by the bucket full and sit there at the bar and eat them - it is
> not a bar as we think of a bar, it is a bar like you would find in a
> restaurant to sit at instead of at a table or in a booth.  I like them
> both and it helped a lot that I had an unlimited expense account so I
> didn't have to worry about money but even so, I thought the value was
> there.
>
> I like the food in North Carolina. The last couple trips I made
> down there to pick up antique tractors were because of the barbecued
> pork Charlie Hill told me about.  Hell, I liked the barbecue meals so
> much I almost cut the price on the hauling just to go there.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
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