Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[edblysard]

Kozzie,
Funny, but there are no Lone Star Steak Houses inTexas...
Lone Star, and the Texas Land and Cattle Company Steak Houses are offshoots
from a older restaurant chain, the Night Hawk.
At one time, there were two Night Hawk Restaurants, one in Austin,
the other in San Antonio, Texas.
Family owned and run, they were great places to eat, each with its own local flavor.
Sold in the mid 90 to a investor group, who formed several "Theme" restaurants, The Lone Star, Texas Land and Cattle, with a few others.
Do a little digging, and you will find they are all owned and run by the Texas Land and Cattle company Inc. in Dallas Texas.

They have their own distribution center and purchasing center, and ship most of their meats and produce from their distribution center to all of their restaurants from Seagoville, Texas(a little suburb of Dallas).
Some items in each chain are purchased locally, depending on what it is.

As for how authentic they are, well....
You would have a better taste of Texas eating at Dans parents Mexican food resturant here in Houston.
Or ask Mudchicken about Los Cucos, real homemade Tex Mex.

Ed

[CShaveRR]

Asparagus is good when it's tender and fresh (I know, you practically have to graze the stuff!).

However, despite my unsuccessful attempt to entice some of the hungry people here, I have to confess that I cannot eat it myself, either (does something to my system that no other food does...not good!).

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter

Triumph!!! After 3 days of waiting I finally caught the WSOR Spray train in town.[:D][:D] I got a couple of pics but they weren't great because I wasn't really ready for him and so We got down there late, when He was leaving the "Picture area" of town but I still got a few. I'll post pics in a few days if Nora will host them for me.

Oh and Mookie, I'm with you asparagus isn't all that great, needs sugar!

Noah

Noah - The chunk of Wisconsin Southern gobbled up from IC&E was not near you was it?
http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/51d7c65c6f78e79385256541007f0580/aa83ee363fcd2cd585256ec10054fd14?OpenDocument

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kozzie

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Gyros, Onion Rings, Baklava & an Arnold Palmer to drink.....

Will they ship Frisch's Big Boys to Denver? (Can find White Castle "sliders" in the frozen food case here on occasion).......Kozzie I think would be appalled with the "Outback" Steak Houses over here, although the Bloomin Onions are pretty good!

Mudchicken...[:0] I'm shocked [:0] that the steaks out west "up over" would be poor grade!
Some of the best steaks, ribs [:p] [:p] etc I've had here downunder is in a chain restaurant called "The Lone Star," and they sure do great steaks and ribs, [:p][:D] and the whole venue is set up in Texan style. (Of course, I would need Ed and you and drephpe to check it out for authenticity! [;)][;)][;)] heh heh - that almost goes without saying! [;)][;)])
Unless!...You have "lone Star" restaurants "up over"? [?] Then you can tell me anyway! [;)] [:D][:)][;)]

Dave
(Kozzie)

"Outback" is a national chain "up over" that thinks it's Australian ("No rules, Just Right"), but probably does NOT measure up! (The Aussie slang word for food might cause concern here.) There is a "Lone Star" chain up here, probably unrelated except for the name (The Aussie website looks soooooo similar!). Texas Road House in Ft. Collins, CO just shut down after 230 people got sick from food poisoning (bad honey butter, norovirus) on a recent Friday night.....

http://www.outbacksteakhouse.com/
http://www.lonestarsteakhouse.com/home.asp
http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20040622/news/695334.html

.....and now I know why I have 4 rows of asparagus going to seed in my backyard garden!


[dinner][dinner][dinner]

[Kozzie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Kozzie....Do you have "Texas Road House" restaurants there in "down under"...Here in the mid west they are pretty popular. Our unit here in Muncie sure does a good business. University is near by and they are the waiters and waitresses and customers too plus the town folk....Generally it requires a hand held buzzer to check one's place in line to get in...especially week ends and when the university is full in the fall, etc....

Sadly no, [:(] modelcar, [:(] not that I have seen, although Peter (M636C) might have a different experience down south. [;)] Sounds like a good place! [:p][:)][;)] [:p]

I think the closest to that where I am are the Lone Stare Restaurants[:p][:p]...oh [:0] just as well I have just had my breakfast! (It's Thursday morning now here downunder)mmmm....ribs and steaks [:p][:p][:D]

Dave [;)]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Darn! I rushed here as fast as I could and thought I had a chicken dinner on the menu, but he was here, laid the egg and was gone before I could get here![C=:-)]

Whoa! Wait a minute, HE LAID THE EGG[?][:D][:p]

I thought that was impossible.[:0]

[Modelcar]

...Kozzie....Do you have "Texas Road House" restaurants there in "down under"...Here in the mid west they are pretty popular. Our unit here in Muncie sure does a good business. University is near by and they are the waiters and waitresses and customers too plus the town folk....Generally it requires a hand held buzzer to check one's place in line to get in...especially week ends and when the university is full in the fall, etc....

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Asparagus????? [X-)] Mookie won't go in same room with asparagus. One of the few things she won't touch!

That's something I won't touch either. I love brocolli,brusell sprouts &cauliflower. My dad, always called it asspergrass.

[Kozzie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Gyros, Onion Rings, Baklava & an Arnold Palmer to drink.....

Will they ship Frisch's Big Boys to Denver? (Can find White Castle "sliders" in the frozen food case here on occasion).......Kozzie I think would be appalled with the "Outback" Steak Houses over here, although the Bloomin Onions are pretty good!

Mudchicken...[:0] I'm shocked [:0] that the steaks out west "up over" would be poor grade!
Some of the best steaks, ribs [:p] [:p] etc I've had here downunder is in a chain restaurant called "The Lone Star," and they sure do great steaks and ribs, [:p][:D] and the whole venue is set up in Texan style. (Of course, I would need Ed and you and drephpe to check it out for authenticity! [;)][;)][;)] heh heh - that almost goes without saying! [;)][;)])
Unless!...You have "lone Star" restaurants "up over"? [?] Then you can tell me anyway! [;)] [:D][:)][;)]

Dave
(Kozzie)

[Kozzie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

OK - Miffed Mookie is a little happier today - going to watch trains for 3 days over long weekend. Off Sat, Sun and Mon - will have withdrawals with no forum, but will hopefully find lots of questions.

Let's see - Wed - let's have oooo - Blueberry pancakes/waffles.

Worked in a restaurant that made patty melts - (for Dave Down Under) - they are burger patty, swiss cheese, onion and grilled altogether on rye bread. (they grill the burger first to get it done)

They are good, but have a tendency to be just a tad dry - so if you dip it in blueberry syrup - it makes a great sandwich. Just a little - don't overdo!

Don't want syrup in your whiskers...

[dinner]

Hey Mookie! (Dratted time zone differences mean I'm late in replying! [:(][:0][:(!] )

[;)][:)] That sounds like an interesting combo! For me, that's a classic example of the "up over" style of mixing savoury with sweet - and I admit - it does work in some combos...and I guess...a matter of what you're used to too.....[;)]

Mookie and Noah - you are right [;)] - leave the asparagus [}:)][xx(] well alone ick![:(][:(]

Kozzie Dave

[Noah Hofrichter]

Triumph!!! After 3 days of waiting I finally caught the WSOR Spray train in town.[:D][:D] I got a couple of pics but they weren't great because I wasn't really ready for him and so We got down there late, when He was leaving the "Picture area" of town but I still got a few. I'll post pics in a few days if Nora will host them for me.

Oh and Mookie, I'm with you asparagus isn't all that great, needs sugar!

Noah

[Mookie]

Asparagus????? [X-)] Mookie won't go in same room with asparagus. One of the few things she won't touch!

[CShaveRR]

MC

A co-worker gave me the secret of why White Castle "sliders" are so cheap. "I'm not buying them," he says, "I just rent 'em for a couple of hours."

There used to be a Big Boy chain in the Chicago area (Topps was the name, I think), but they're long gone. We can still get good stuff at Elias Brothers' Big Boys in Michigan. But in the western half of the state, we prefer Russ'...a home-grown place that began life as a Holland hamburger joint and is now a nice family restaurant chain.

And while you're ordering stuff for delivery, Chicago's number-one hot dog and Italian beef place--Portillo's--will ship. My younger daughter and I swear by these restaurants, and her fiance picked the local Portillo's (with a room that can be reserved) as the site for the rehearsal dinner next year.

As for you, Sister Mook, keep those blueberry pancakes and blueberry syrup in mind for August, too. We have some vacation time in August, and we're headed to prime blueberry country in western Michigan. We are going further north, too, where the orchards abound. I suspect that cherry season will be past, but apples, peaches, pears, plums, apricots, etc., ought to be nice about then. The area around the family cottage is also prime asparagus country, and it's much better when it's fresh (I think the season for that will be past, though).

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

[I'd be afraid, VERY afraid, of what they call mexican food back there!!!! Amigos and Taco John's is bad enough in Nebraska....The further north & east you go, the funkier it gets....
[C=:-)][C=:-)][C=:-)]

Not much for Mexican here in the north country - Taco Bell, Fresnos (more of a "southwestern" flavor than Mexican).

But I had Mexican in Greensboro, NC at a "Mi Pueblo." Pretty darned good, and our waiter's English was definitely improving.

Haven't made it to Colorado, yet, but will likely do so at some point. I'll be looking for you.

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Darn! I rushed here as fast as I could and thought I had a chicken dinner on the menu, but he was here, laid the egg and was gone before I could get here![C=:-)]

Mrs. Mookie,

Walt and I are both laughing so much, we are in tears!! BTW, come by the house;
I have fried chicken for tonight.

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Why is it that whenever I read this thread I end up going for a snack?

Macguy,

Could it be that you come to our "diner/coffee shop" for good food and good
"talking" with your railroad friends[?][:p][:D]

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Will they ship Frisch's Big Boys to Denver?

MC - you sound like my sister. She loves Friehofers "Corn Toasties." Can't get 'em in Denver (she lives in Aurora). Every now and then I freeze some up and mail them to her.[dinner]

She sends me back one of my favorite flavors of Kool-Aid ("Mandarina Tangerina") in return... Can't get it here.

I'd be afraid, VERY afraid, of what they call mexican food back there!!!! Amigos and Taco John's is bad enough in Nebraska....The further north & east you go, the funkier it gets....

Saudi Aurora huh? Come say Hi! when you're out to visit....We've got Roger Grenville running around here right now and besides the fact that we talk funny and drive on the wrong side of the road, he's got to be wondering if we are all insane!

[C=:-)][C=:-)][C=:-)]

[Mookie]

Darn! I rushed here as fast as I could and thought I had a chicken dinner on the menu, but he was here, laid the egg and was gone before I could get here![C=:-)]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Will they ship Frisch's Big Boys to Denver?

MC - you sound like my sister. She loves Friehofers "Corn Toasties." Can't get 'em in Denver (she lives in Aurora). Every now and then I freeze some up and mail them to her.[dinner]

She sends me back one of my favorite flavors of Kool-Aid ("Mandarina Tangerina") in return... Can't get it here.

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

Hey, did anybody check the sites I posted? I wasn't sure if any of y'all liked that sort of railroading thing. I hope you enjoyed them.

[8]TrainFreak409[8]

Very interesting. Very strange. Very clever.

[mudchicken]

Gyros, Onion Rings, Baklava & an Arnold Palmer to drink.....

Will they ship Frisch's Big Boys to Denver? (Can find White Castle "sliders" in the frozen food case here on occasion).......Kozzie I think would be appalled with the "Outback" Steak Houses over here, although the Bloomin Onions are pretty good!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Why is it that whenever I read this thread I end up going for a snack?

You're hungry[?]

[locomutt]

OOOOOOH! [:0]

Skunked Milk?[:0]

[Mookie]

When the old engineer was a kid - he put a skunk in the milk pail on his grandpa's farm. Couldn't figure out why everyone was so upset with him....he was quite pleased with his find! [#oops]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

There once was a man from the city
Who met what he thought was a kitty
He gave it a pat,
And said, "Nice little cat!"
And then buried his clothes out of pity.

Carl,

THAT ONE STINKS![:D]

[TrainFreak409]

Hey, did anybody check the sites I posted? I wasn't sure if any of y'all liked that sort of railroading thing. I hope you enjoyed them.

[8]TrainFreak409[8]

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

There once was a man from the city
Who met what he thought was a kitty
He gave it a pat,
And said, "Nice little cat!"
And then buried his clothes out of pity.

That's good, but I think even a cityboy will know the difference between a cat and a skunk.

[8]TrainFreak409[8]

[CShaveRR]

There once was a man from the city
Who met what he thought was a kitty
He gave it a pat,
And said, "Nice little cat!"
And then buried his clothes out of pity.

[JoeKoh]

have to work with Matt the doorman.he let a little doggie that got loose from its owners in the house.no messes to clean up and thank godness it wasnit a polecat!
stay safe
Joe

[Mookie]

OK - Miffed Mookie is a little happier today - going to watch trains for 3 days over long weekend. Off Sat, Sun and Mon - will have withdrawals with no forum, but will hopefully find lots of questions.

Let's see - Wed - let's have oooo - Blueberry pancakes/waffles.

Worked in a restaurant that made patty melts - (for Dave Down Under) - they are burger patty, swiss cheese, onion and grilled altogether on rye bread. (they grill the burger first to get it done)

They are good, but have a tendency to be just a tad dry - so if you dip it in blueberry syrup - it makes a great sandwich. Just a little - don't overdo!

Don't want syrup in your whiskers...

[dinner]