Ria's Bluebird

Today is the last day of the conference that I came to town for, so after attending a last session this morning, my husband and I headed over to Cabbagetown for brunch at Ria's Bluebird before visiting  Oakland Cemetery. (We have weird ideas of "fun," I suppose.)

I ordered a "fat stack" of buttermilk pancakes (three pancakes).

Also: a homemade sausage patty and skillet potatoes.

Jim's Family Restaurant

Since Jim's Family Restaurant is perhaps a quarter mile from our church, my husband and I decided to make a stop there for lunch after the service today.

I had the chicken fried steak, eggs over easy, and
homestyle potatoes.

I opted for the biscuit with gravy in lieu of toast or pancakes.

My husband tried the steak fajita omelet.

He also opted for the pancakes.

Galaxy of Hatch Diner

Before heading out for our day of exploring Bryce Canyon National Park, my husband and I had breakfast at Galaxy of Hatch Diner. I had the breakfast sandwich with sausage, an egg, and American cheese, and the ubiquitous hash browns that I don't touch if I can help it.

One Man Band Diner

On our way down to Bryce Canyon today, my husband and I stopped off at One Man Band Diner for lunch. It was an interesting place; one picked up a tableside red telephone to place one's order, after which one would be summoned when the order was ready.

Breakfast is served all day; my husband ordered the Hobo's
Dream: hash browns covered with diced ham, onions, bell
peppers, mushrooms, and cheddar, and served with eggs,
toast, and jelly.

I had Hank's Country Breakfast: country-fried steak, two
eggs, and hash browns.

My lunch also came with a buttermilk biscuit and country gravy.

King Tut & Dinosaur Café

Not being sure whether we'd find lunch after we set off for today's adventures, my husband and I sought brunch at the nearby King Tut & Dinosaur Café, a local greasy spoon that had good, unhealthy food (and a lot of typos on the menu).

I had the biscuit and country gravy supreme, which came with
two eggs and two sausage links, as well as green chiles.

My husband ordered the dinosaur omelet, which came with
a lot of different types of meat inside.

Also, his breakfast came with pancakes.

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Black Bear Diner

A teacher friend and I decided a few weeks back to get together for lunch today. Originally we'd planned on getting lunch closer to her own home, but she planned to work at school for awhile, so she picked me up and we headed to Black Bear Diner. It had a lot of burgers and southern food options, but I stuck with a chicken Caesar salad and a side of fries (healthy, no?)

Junior's

My husband and I decided that since we were planning on visiting my parents, who live in eastern Pennsylvania,  over Christmas anyway, we should take advantage of their proximity to New York City (two-and-a-half hours by bus) to see NYC at Christmastime. We hopped a bus early(ish) Thursday morning, and headed into New York for the day.

Well, clearly we had to eat anyway - you guys, there's a lot of walking - so the first thing we did after arriving at the Port Authority Bus Station was to hop the subway and head down to Brooklyn to Junior's, of Junior's Cheesecake fame.

Before we even ordered, dishes of pickles, cole slaw, and
beets and onions were placed before us. I'm not a big fan

of slaw or beets, but I did dig the pickles.

My husband and I both ordered cups of matzoh ball soup.

I ordered a sandwich I came nowhere close to finishing:
a brisket melt with melted mozzarella, onions, and fries.

Junior's is famous for their cheesecake, so of course
I got the chocolate pudding. Was it good? Very!
Did I come close to finishing it? Nyet!

My husband, reasonable fellow that he is,
got the cheesecake.

Coronado Cafe

My husband has meetings all day today (well, until mid-afternoon), so I was once again on my own. A girl's still gotta eat, so I meandered downstairs to the Coronado Cafe for breakfast. The food was pretty good, but the service was not; I wondered if they were short staffed. (My placemat and silverware didn't come until after my food arrived - and only because I asked for it. My water refill didn't come until after I was done with breakfast, and my iced tea never arrived at all, except on the bill, which I had them remove. I didn't get an apology for that. Small potatoes, but...)

Because I spent so much time in New York, I'm a bagel snob. This didn't stop me from ordering the bagel platter:

 I also ordered a side of sausage, because...sausage!

The Deli King

It was our last day in Massachusetts, and we had a plane to catch this evening, but after Mass, my parents, my husband, and I met up with my father-in-law, my husband's cousin and his wife and baby, and the wife's father, at the Deli King Restaurant for lunch. It was cafeteria style, and the guys who cooked were organized, and fast.

Although Greek food was plentiful (lots of things with feta, spinach, gyro meat, etc.), I went for the lox and bagel, because there are no good bagels out here in Utah. It still wasn't quite as good as a New York bagel (nothing is), but it was a much closer approximation.

And because I was famished, I also had two eggs, over easy, and sausage, which came with potatoes, which were pretty good, but which I largely ignored.