This middle part of the trip report will be entirely devoted to our two days in southern Wisconsin. They started off with lunch Wednesday at the state’s oldest Chinese restaurant – and one of the oldest in the U.S. – the Cozy Inn of Janesville, Wisconsin. Regular readers of this blog know that one ofContinue reading “2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part Two)”
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2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part One)
This blog was begun in 2021 so that I’d have public cyber space on which to recreate and save the trip reports that were permanently lost when the roadfood.com message board on which I posted them went defunct. It fairly quickly morphed into something else, but those reports are still available here along with aContinue reading “2025 Midwest Roadfood Trip (Part One)”
New York State and Connecticut: Part One
It was fantastic to be back on the road this past week when my wife and I ventured up to New York State and Connecticut to see old friends and visit a couple historically significant tourist attractions. This turned out to be an unusual trip in that we didn’t eat any noteworthy food until itsContinue reading “New York State and Connecticut: Part One”
Schlepping to The Borscht Belt for Pastrami and Corned Beef
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Jewish deli. That’s at least partially because I’ve been allowing my craving for it to build in anticipation of the arrival of a new delicatessen in suburban Bucks County. The Borscht Belt was situated in Stockton, New Jersey, for a couple years, but moved south – intoContinue reading “Schlepping to The Borscht Belt for Pastrami and Corned Beef”
My First Go at Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Although biscuits with sausage gravy has been a popular breakfast staple in large swaths of the United States for virtually as long as the country has existed, it wasn’t particularly big where I grew up. In fact, I must have been at least well into my thirties before trying it for the first time andContinue reading “My First Go at Biscuits with Sausage Gravy”
Lunch at One of the Country’s Oldest Inns
Sunday was a near-perfect day. So it was a stroke of good luck that my wife and I had plans to meet with old friends for lunch at an ideal spot to take advantage of the beautiful weather. Just a week after visiting Loretta’s Cafe in Bristol, PA, where I tried one of the PhillyContinue reading “Lunch at One of the Country’s Oldest Inns”
Revisiting a Favorite for another Steak and Pie
A select few of the many places I’ve visited for cheesesteaks since starting this blog in 2021 have excelled at both steaks and pizza. One was Joey’s Pizza of Thorndale, PA, which served one of the steaks I placed among the honorable mentions on my Top 10 list last year. But that was overshadowed byContinue reading “Revisiting a Favorite for another Steak and Pie”
The Straw Man of the Ukraine War
One of the unfortunate consequences of the highly politicized and fractured nature of current American public discourse is the extent to which many serious issues are framed in black and white terms. In most cases, looking at the shades of gray between the two extreme positions would be more productive. I bring this up nowContinue reading “The Straw Man of the Ukraine War”
Our Long Weekend in Virginia: Part 3
By our vacationing standards, it felt like Sunday had already been a busy and productive day by the time we returned to our hotel following our visit to the Civil War museum and brunch at Perly’s. But we still had another tourist stop and meal on the itinerary before packing it in for the eveningContinue reading “Our Long Weekend in Virginia: Part 3”
Our Long Weekend in Virginia: Part 2
I’ve mentioned in a post or two that I have a particular fondness for old drug stores that are still filling prescriptions and also have a soda fountain and/or lunch counter. They are probably a rarity in every region of the country at this point, but the Southeast seems to have a few more leftContinue reading “Our Long Weekend in Virginia: Part 2”
BZ Maestro Eats 