Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[CShaveRR]

Quentin, from what I remember, Steak-n-Shake originated in Illinois, which was, until the recent weather, west of you!

However, it tried Chicago once and didn't survive. This time it seems to be sticking.

[cherokee woman]

Yes, Mike, you can have corn bread with your pork roast. It's coming right up.

[Modelcar]

....I'm surprised of the Steak n Shake locations mentioned by all of you......And yes, CW...I like their bake beans too.....{in the little pot}...
I was really surprised of seeing the one way back in about '61 down in Orlando....At that time didn't see any along the way between here {Indiana}, and down there but suppose we have many of them around the mid west now and on out east..at least in Ohio and Pennsylvania....Joe, the one we stop at in Ohio...{just new in the last few years}, is over in Zanesville, Oh....just off to the north where I-70 goes through that town....
It looks like the snow and or ice part of this weather system is going north of us...Through Michigan and upper great lakes area. We're getting pretty good wind now and some light rain and it's still warm indicating the front is still west of us and they are talking about wind up to 35 mph late tonight and the front will go through about 2 am....
We're under a tornado watch now....but that happens often...but more so in the spring.

[switch7frg]

Narig01>>>I would guess some things are still simple. Sogo with the best of blessings from the Godess of the road Bet you haven't heard that before .-----
I didn't either, just made that one up. Have a safe trip out & back.>>>

Cannonball


CW:Thank you for the pork roast ,gravy &veggies ,the choc. cake was as good as ever.I am glad I am laying up till spring Shirl don't need me out there on that freezy skid stuff . Mutt reminded me a picture of a rig on it's side .We all don't need those. Hope all the page readers that have sinus problems are or gettin better.

[switch7frg]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg

Narig01>>>I would guess some things are still simple. Sogo with the best of blessings from the Godess of the road Bet you haven't heard that before .--[:)]---
I didn't either, just made that one up. Have a safe trip out & back.>>>

Cannonball


CW:Thank you for the pork roast ,gravy &veggies ,the choc. cake was as good as ever.I am glad I am laying up till spring Shirl don't need me out there on that freezy skid stuff . Mutt reminded me a picture of a rig on it's side .We all don't need those. Hope all the page readers that have sinus problems are or gettin better.

[:)]I I caught my cup before it hit the floor as a coal train vibrated by the Diner.

[mudchicken]

The midwest Carl's Jr's just aren't like what's in CA (headquartered in Anaheim, started as a hotdog stand at Central & Slauson [SP/ATSF Goodyear District] in LA, old Carl Karcher must be turning over in his grave by now)...ate at one in Ft. Collins today.

Steak & Shake is like eating burnt sawdust between the buns (VERY well done)

8 degrees outside [and falling] with 2 inches of dry powder on the ground from this morning. (Easy to push off the walks with a broom)....BIG change from Phoenix on Wednesday.

Our experience with Culvers was good food, terrible service in Iowa and Wisconsin. Time to put in a plug for Whataburger, Braum's, In&Out & Frisch's now? (and KUDO's to Mookie for not bringing up the gastronomic terror with the green & yellow signs that seems to have taken over NE)

[jeaton]

The new Culvers in Delavan has excellent service. The owner has several stores in the area and he works right in the thick of things during the up and running period. Also runs model trains on tracks that circle the perimeter of the dining area. The gauge used for garden railroads-whatever that's called.

Jay

[rvos1979]

Good late night all...

Wound up working for 3-1/2 hours today, then management decided to send everyone home before we all got stuck there. Drive in and out was nasty both ways, truck hasn't been out of 4WD since Wed night, probably won't get out until the weekend is over seeing as it will be too cold for the salt to do anything on the roads.

Culver's is good food, I've been trying to get away from fast food lately, trying to lose some weight. Most of the Hardees in this part of WI have dried up or are being taken over by Popeyes, which is decent for a chicken place, about par with KFC.

Gunite everyone...

Randy

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning, all! Well, the rain really hit here around ten last night.
Moved on east pretty quickly. Guess that wind really blew it on out: didn't
stay around here too long.

Breakfast this morning will be turkey bacon, oatmeal and toast. Will also
have some sausage, gravy & biscuits for those who want that for breakfast.

Guess I'll turn on the CDs this morning. Feel like listening to some good
train songs this morning. Ahhh, here's a good one: "City of New Orleans."

[JoeKoh]

morning
mother nature opened up her freezer after first break last night and the wind has been from the nw ever since.we also have some snow flurries to go with it .going to make some hot cocoa.better warm up the hammock mookie will be here soon.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

Freezing rain last night, but it's all gone now, replaced by "normal" rain with high winds behind it. Supposed to be windy all day, and colder, with a low in the single digits tonight. They're forecasting snow, but with this wind, it'll be in Canada before it hits the ground.

Arlo's sounding good this morning. Maybe we can follow that up with a song about another restaurant - Alice's... Sing along now - "You can get anything you want....."

[CShaveRR]

"...at Cherokee's Restaurant!"

We got a dusting of fine snow last night, just enough to make things a little slick on the roads. Skies cleared overnight, so I had some sun in my eyes on the way home. Now they're talking subzero lows for tonight. (Can't lay off from work; have to protect my holiday.)

Breakfast before bed today...zzzz

[Modelcar]

....Think we "lucked out" on all the potential weather that passed from west to east....No problem with the winds causing any damage around our area...{but did hear of some areas with gusts up to almost 70 mph.....}, here in Indiana. But not us. Not even very hard rain. Temp started to drop about 10 last night indicating the front was coming through....From 57 about 9:30 to 44 near midnight and then I heard no more of it...This morning it's 29 plus now...Just a very fine skiff of snow on the grass and that was it for overnight.
Bright but mostly cloudy this morning...with sunshine at times.
Rain even delayed racing at Daytona yesterday afternoon...Didn't finish up until they had the lights on roughly the 6 pm time bracket.....

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

"...at Cherokee's Restaurant!"

We got a dusting of fine snow last night, just enough to make things a little slick on the roads. Skies cleared overnight, so I had some sun in my eyes on the way home. Now they're talking subzero lows for tonight. (Can't lay off from work; have to protect my holiday.)

Breakfast before bed today...zzzz

"......Excepting............................."[:-,]

[cherokee woman]

Thanks guys, for the song. That was very nice of you!!

Lunch is the usual Friday fare: fried fish, fries, hushpuppies, mac & cheese,
and cole slaw.

As usual, we'll have the same for Friday night supper, except we'll be adding
fried shrimp to the menu.

Desserts tonight: chocolate pie, chocolate cake, and peach cobbler.

[CopCarSS]

Hi everybody,

Just thought I'd drop in quickly and say "howdy!" Still been keeping myself pretty busy. Will try to drop in over the weekend for a little longer. Hope you're all well!

TTFN!

[chad thomas]

Well thanks for letting us know your still alive.[8D]

[mudchicken]

It's kinda hard to be social when you're buried in the back of the Diner's freezer under the fruit salad! [:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Hi All

Now about the food . . . Steak N Shake is so so. They have several in Springfield, Missouri and surrounding area. There is one in North Little Rock, I went there a couple of times but one time went throught the drive through and after setting there for about 5 minutes left with no food. Service is NOT something that is normal around here. Actually at many places the looks you get when going through the drive through is like, "YOU are interrupting my phone call." Some of the places are worse than others. To make matters worse at many of the local fast food places now they are having to teach Engli***o the employees.

One of our forum's teens, Kevin in Colorado, works for Culver's. During one of our instant message chats I found out that Culver's is now in Branson, Missouri.

I have never been to a Brauns but now there is one in Springfield. I am not sure if we have any around here. I am not a fan of Popeyes either. I am usually a very "natural" cook. I use very little spice in anything I make. I like the natural taste of the food and hiding it under a ton of spice is not my way of cooking. Popeyes is way to spicy for me. I don't even like their mashed potatoes and gravy. [xx(] I don't like KFC's gravy either. I do like KFC's chicken. We do have a Hardees here but they are usually a little more expensive than Wendy's and I like Wendy's better anyway. I just don't like paying $7 for a burger, fries, and drink at Hardees, when I can get the same for 2 bucks less at Wendy's.

Now on the weather front . . . Winter Storm Advisory for the next 3 days. Two to four inches of snow for Northwest Arkansas and up to one inch of ice for Central Arkansas. [:(!] [:(!] [:(!] It is suspose to start about mid-evening and more is expected on Saturday and Sunday. I hope they are very wrong about their forecast. I like Canada but they can certainly keep this cold front they are supplying us with, they can keep it. My trip to Missouri was planned about 3 weeks ago and now we have winter trying to make a comeback.

We have been over 70 the last two days but today's high will only be 40. [:(] This certainly has been a weird winter to say the least.

Tonight I am the sand man and I bet the locos will be taking on a lot of sand. [B)] I will have to dress warm.

Well time to go walk Duchess, grab another cup of coffee, and see what else I can do. [;)]

Everyone Take Care

[cherokee woman]

Jim, hope this weather doesn't affect your trip home to Missouri to see your
family. Hope the weather clears up for you.

Lunch is just about ready to be dished up.

[blhanel]

Heat... I need heat- can somebody help me take my gloves off? My fingers won't move...

Currently we have a grand total of five degrees on the thermometer here!

I hope that lunch is good and hot...

[Mookie]

Wow! I got shut in a puter closet again this morning! Didn't get out until just now!

(in human terms - network down)

Sir Chicken - You don't like Runza????? That's like saying you don't like Mom and Apple Pie! Where are your German/Cezch feathers! Cabbage, hamburger and onion all packed in a small, hollow loaf of bread. Yum!

Brian - we are at 3 degrees. Don't know what wind chill is - probably about 95 below! And it won't get any better for at least most of next week!

Wendy's cluck sandwich and chili - mmmm good stuff!

Meanwhile I will have some hot soup, a dollop of chocolate cake and a pillow in the hammock, please!

Mookie

[FThunder11]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR



Back to the food chain, or chain food. Yes, Culver's is good, and slowly spreading. California might get lucky 'way down the road. As the Techguy said, Carl's Jr. is Hardee's up in these parts.

Culvers is awesome and has been paying my paycheck for the last year and a half in colorado springs

[tree68]

A balmy 20 degrees and a touch of sun here. Never mind the winds at 40 gusting to 60...
Rough Water on the St Lawrence River at Clayton, NY. According to reports I've gotten, basements of waterfront property were flooded (they are normally above water level). As you can see from the picture (which hopefully will be available for a little while, anyhow) things were pretty rough...

It was 45 and pouring rain as I left for work this morning. Forecast low tonight is 6. I hope the wind settles down.

[CShaveRR]

Hmmm...I'll bet Alice didn't have a watch-Mutt! [;)] back at ya!

[Anonymous]

19 is the high out at the moment in our area.

[JoeKoh]

the sun came back out today but its brrrrrrrr cold still.I like wendys chili too good stuff.matts ready for some fish and fries.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Joe, tell Mat the fish and fries are ready: as well as the other items for supper.

We got up to 40 today. Had nice sunshine, little bit of breeze, while working
out in the backyard. Getting closer to getting things done. Just heard on the
local newscast weather report, that our low tonight will be in the low 20s. Not
supposed to reach 30 deg. tomorrow.

[Modelcar]

Tree.....Wow, that is rough looking water conditions on the big river.....Wind really blowing it wildly.....

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

Tree.....Wow, that is rough looking water conditions on the big river.....Wind really blowing it wildly.....

I wasn't up there, but I'm guessing that the strong wind blowing down the lake may have actually pushed the water toward the eastern end of the lake, raising the water level. With the size of the waves, I'm won't be surprised to hear of even more damage.

I see the custodian has been in - things are looking a little neater hearabouts...