In article >, Chris Morton says...
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>In article >, Steve Wertz says...
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>>On 29 Dec 2003 17:45:47 -0800, Chris Morton >
>>wrote:
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>>>Yes, but almost every midwestern town has a greasy spoon like "The Spot" in
>>>Fulton, MO. They made a better burger than Hardees could ever imagine.
>>>Gasper's truck stop on Hwy54 was a lot better than Hardees too.
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>>Any decent midwestren town will have at least 6 24-hour Waffle Houses
>>(3 of them right across the street from another one).
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>Actually, I'm not sure that there are any Waffle Houses in NE Ohio. There are
>Denny's and Big Boys, although almost all of the Big Boys in the Cleveland area
>closed a few years ago. Most of the Long John Silvers closed around the same
>time. I always liked Captain D's better. Of course the closest Captain D is in
>Finley, OH.

It slipped my mind, but IHOP has now made it to NE Ohio. There's one on Detroit
Rd. in Lakewood. Decent food, certainly better than Denny's. Years ago, there
used to be an IHOP on Western Ave. in Chicago, between 95th and 87th. It's some
local fish shack now. Fish shacks seem to be a fad in Chicago now. You seem to
see one on every corner on the south side. When I was a kid it was rib joints.

Best restaurant pancakes I've ever had were at "Mammy's" in downtown Chicago,
near the Greyhound station. Don't know if they're still there or not.


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