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Directly in the middle of the bridge is a place to eat. They have a super huge fish sandwich. I have enjoyed it many times.Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TNMr. Smith….are you speaking of the bridge/tunnel complex ending in Norfolk (north to south)? Thanks for the tip…I’m heading that way in November. Is there a name and is it well marked?
There is only one place to stop on the bridge. It is a combination gift shop, restaurant and a place to fish. Get their huge Halibut sandwich. I have bought it several times and it is very good.
It is about midway through the bridge.
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
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Originally posted by Sundancer7
Directly in the middle of the bridge is a place to eat. They have a super huge fish sandwich. I have enjoyed it many times.Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
Mr. Smith….are you speaking of the bridge/tunnel complex ending in Norfolk (north to south)? Thanks for the tip…I’m heading that way in November. Is there a name and is it well marked?
Before I started posting regularly on Roadfood, I took a fantasy roadfood trip to the midwest with son Sam and wife Trudy. We flew into Chicago and stayed at the O’Hare Hilton. Took the El into town and went to the Art Museum, the first world-class museum I ever visited. The impressionist masterpieces wowed Trudy and me, the gun and armour collection wowed Sam. We ate at Berghoff’s. I remember the excellent service and Sam’s love of the specially brewed namesake root beer. We also took a bus tour around Chicago to see the sites as neither Sam or Trudy had ever visited the city. The next day we rented a car where we went to Anne Sather’s for breakfast(ah , those cinnamon rollls). We saw the Firld museum(Sue the T-Rex and the Ghost in the Darkness taxidermied lions). Had lunch(rice pudding at Roddity’s in Greektown is killer) and drove to just south of Indianapolis(dinner at Mug N Bun in Speedway)
Day 2 consisted of the drive to Cincinnati(I wish I had known T.J. or Wallyum) with stops at Putz’s , the zoo and the ballpark. Next day ate at Waffle House and Dixie Chile, visited the museum complex at the old train station in Cincinnati and drove to Dayton.
Day 3 we ate at the roadfood approved Breakfast club and visited the Wright Brothers bike shop and the airplane museum. Drove up to Detroit and saw the Tigers play the Royals at Comerica Park. Iremember IROD hit a homer.
Day 4 we visited Amish country in Holmes County ,Ohio, visiting the cultural center, restaurants and country near Berlin, Ohio. Overnighted in C leveland.
Day 5 was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a ballgame at Jacobs field where Ben Brouusard helped the Indians beat the Royals witha walk-off
Day 6 was Pittsburgh. The Warhol museum and PNC park, the Jewish neighborhood. Primanti brothers sanwiches at the game along with Iron City beer.Rirates beat the Reds, Pirate player portraits on scoreboard done in Warhol style. Reunion of 79 world champions and Willie Stargell figurine giveaway night. Great walk along the river
DFay 7 , the incline railway, Carnegie Museum, Original Hot Dog, the surviving wall of Forbes Field complete with 457 foot sign and a visit to hoer plate located in the University library.
Day 8 and nine mostly unevenful. Visited a Steak and Shake and the Cicago museum of Science and Industry and then flew home.
I wish I had known some of the Roadfooders then that I know now.
You asked…
My fantasy trip is just to GO to cities and little places in Europe/ USA / THE WORLD and taste local and ethnic/regional food. No addresses needed* (*in my fantasy!) i would be able to just choose a great (& of course inexpensive ‘-} )restaurant/tavern/cafe/pub/deli/gathering place WHATEVA…. place every time and expereince a widerange of stuff ! Whooooooo! Wouldn’t it be great?
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Originally posted by Sundancer7
Directly in the middle of the bridge is a place to eat. They have a super huge fish sandwich. I have enjoyed it many times.Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
Too busy hanging on to the steering wheel to notice! We did eat a lot of crab and other seafood while inthe area.
I’m a simple person. I would like to return to Arlon, Belgium and eat pommes frites on the square resting on the Sherman tank w/ a large glass of beer. Later rabbit in the place that had a "Bugs Bunny" sign out front pushing lapine (rabbit) in sauce. Give them a days notice and you could get boar or venison.
Itinerary, starting from Cincinnati
–>Chillicothe, OH for a burger at Sumburger
–>Baltimore, Maryland for a Pit Beef Sandwich
–>Philadelphia, PA for another hoagie and roasted pork with rabe
–>Clifton, NJ for a Rutt’s Hutt dog
–>Brooklyn NY for a Pizza at DiFara
–>New Haven, CT for a Pizza at Pepe’s
–>Wiccasset, MA for a Lobster Roll at Red’s Eats
–>Binghampton, NY for a Spiedie
–>Syracuse, NY for BBQ at Dinosaur BBQ
–>Buffalo, NY for Beef on Weck at Schwabl’s
–>Old Forge, PA for Old Forge style Pizza
–>Hazelton, PA for Senape’s pitza
–>Pittsurgh, PA for a Slammer at Isaly’s
–>Home
Directly in the middle of the bridge is a place to eat. They have a super huge fish sandwich. I have enjoyed it many times.
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
The nicest trip we ever took was from our town west of Chicago to visit friends who had moved to Virginia Beach. We took 2 weeks and just roamed visiting Charlottesville and seeing Monticello, Williamburg, Yorktown and Jamestown before crossing that scary Chesapeake Bay bridge. With our friends we spent time in Kitty Hawk and Nags Head and ate a lot of crab. I believe it was the King Neptune Festival that brought us to Virginia Beach at night to see fireworks over the ocean. On the way home we saw the Dismal Swamp NWR, the North Carolina college corridor and Biltmore in Asheville. All along the way we tried to eat in local places, visit little town historical societies and some neat old cemetaries. Too bad this was over 10 years ago and we haven’t been able to travel like that since.
I have driven the Pacific highway from San Diego to the end of Washington. Actually I have done it several times. It takes a while but is a blast with so many small towns and so many places to eat.
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
I’m sure we’ve covered this before, but we’ve also beaten dead horses before, so why not? I plan road trips on the internet and in my head to keep me sane. Maybe we can exchange itineraries to keep things exciting.
I’ll add more info to this one later…it’s the middle of the night, so names and addresses are fuzzy. You can get on the "bus" or "off the bus" wherever you like.
One of my favorite trips I take is up the West Coast. Start in LA with a nice apple pancake at Dinah’s, then take the 10 West until it turns into PCH. Take PCH north and stop at Neptune’s Net at the county line.
Or take the 101 and spend the day thrifting in Ventura. Have Mexican food and giant fresh watermelon juices at a little Mexican place you will pass by in the middle of the thrift stores on Main called Taqueria Vallarta. Have dinner at the haunted Landmark 78, home of the best steak in the world.
Go to karaoke at the Golden China restaurant off the freeway (can’t miss it). Don;t eat the food, just hang out in the bar.
Get drunk. Stay overnight. The next morning, there are a thousand great breakfast choices, as in any surfer town. I usually eat at the Cottage Cafe 2611 E. Thompson Blvd, Ventura Phone: (805) 643-1231
Just before Santa Barbara, stop off at the candy shop on Santa Claus lane for killer banana milkshakes.
It’s about 3-4 more hours til San Luis Obispo. You can stop along the way in Buellton at the Hitching Post or Anderson’s pea soup. From here I like to head into Solvang for pastries and trippiness. It’s a good place to buy candles. But their smorgasborgs leave much to be desired and I try to be safely back on the 101 by sundown. You can also see ostrich farms on the way out there. Some wine afficianados may choose to meander around this area a bit.
I suggest booking a room in the Madonna Inn. It is a trip. It is worth calling 5 months early to get the room with the stone waterfall. Do not settle for a scary gypsy room or a room where everything is red. I doubt you will sleep. They have gigantic pastries for breakfast, then drive around town til you smell the Tri-tip cooking.
Any of these roadside places will be good. I just rely on my brother to feed me, but I can ask him for restaurant names. You can also hop over to Pismo beach for some fried seafood and a pretty good pool hall. I don’t know anyone who actually ever goes to Hearst castle. It’s good to be in this town for 4th of July. It’s like a crazy all-out war zone. Dogs, cars, fires, and drinking are all legal on the beach. There are 2 official fireworks displays, then random people shoot off their own contraband skyrockets by the millions. Craziness.
Anyways, as we bid farewell to SLO, you can take a side trip to Monterey to see the aquarium and cannery row. The 17-mile drive is really nice too. No particular restaurant is memorable for me here.
Instead we head straight up the coast to San Francisco. Stop in Cambria at the Main Street Grill. Hop over to Oakland for killer BBQ, then back over the bridge for a fancy dinner in Chinatown and an evening drowning in blue drinks at Li Po’s or Red’s Place. This city is a foodie’s dream, and full of museums and sea lions. Stay a few days.
Then as we leave San Francisco, we have the choice of heading inland. Neither choice is the best. By the coast you have the Trees of Mystery and roadside attractions, but dull diners and some locals who do not seem so friendly. Of course, I did get my pic with the world’s biggest hammer. Or you could head over to Sacramento for Biba’s, Fat City, and salt water taffy. This place looks promising oputside Eureka:
http://www.humboldtdining.com/cookhouse/
At this point you will have to decide if you want to go to Crater Lake,21,232099,0,10294,24.205.61.158
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