Road Food -- Bill and Barbara Windsor go Round America

Bill and Barbara Windsor's trip 'Round America covered 50 states and over 2,500 towns.
We'll report on each and every roadfood experience right here, and even provide a few photos as we go:

Day -- Date	Meal	City	State	Restaurant	Description

1 - April 1	Breakfast	Atlanta	GA
1 - April 1	Lunch	Madison	GA	The Madison Gift Mart & Cafe	Very good; Ginger was a fun waitress. Loved the 1/2 tea 1/2 lemonade.
1 - April 1	Dinner	Savannah	GA	Shrimp Factory	Great pie -- White Chocolate Coconut Cream Pie.
2 - April 2	Breakfast
2 - April 2	Lunch	Savannah	GA	Soda Pop Shoppe	Your basic dog,
2 - April 2	Dinner	Savannah	GA	Lady & Sons	Spectacular country cookin' meal and a singing waitress, too.
3 - April 3	Breakfast
3 - April 3	Lunch	Brunswick	GA	The Georgia Pig	Disappointing, and the world's nastiest rest rooms.
3 - April 3	Dinner	St. Augustine	FL	Subway	We were so bummed that we couldn't get a hotel room that we broke on of our Rules of the Road and ate at Subway!
4 - April 4	Breakfast
4 - April 4	Lunch	Daytona Beach	FL	Starlite Diner	Stereotypical diner waitresses.
4 - April 4	Dinner	Jensen Beach	FL	Villa Parma	Excellent Italian food and Chocolate Bomb Cake.
5 - April 5	Breakfast
5 - April 5	Lunch	Hobe Sound	FL	Harry and the Natives	Simply fantastic -- what a wacky, fun place...and the Key Lime Pie was the best!
5 - April 5	Dinner	Miami Beach	FL	Chinese	Tired...take-out.
6 - April 6	Breakfast
6 - April 6	Lunch	Miami Beach	FL	News Cafe	Great people watching.
6 - April 6	Dinner	Miami	FL	Chili's	Always good; couldn't find a local place near our hotel, and it was washing night.
7 - April 7	Breakfast
7 - April 7	Lunch	Key Largo	FL	Mrs. Mac's Kitchen	Great local spot, and excellent frozen Key Lime Pie.
7 - April 7	Dinner	Key West	FL
8 - April 8	Breakfast
8 - April 8	Lunch	Key West	FL	Blue Heaven	Really fun place and the Banana Heaven dessert was amazing!
8 - April 8	Dinner	Key West	FL	Billie's Bar & Restaurant	Good pizza.
9 - April 9	Breakfast
9 - April 9	Lunch	Key Largo	FL	Harriette's	Classic small-town cafe, and the Dolphin sandwich was fantastic.
9 - April 9	Dinner	Bonita Springs	FL	Mel's Diner	Best hot dog ever, and Rebecca was a great waitress.
10 - April 10	Breakfast
10 - April 10	Lunch	Sarasota	FL	Big Dogg's	Tiny little place where a tourist would never stop. Excellent Philly Cheese Steak.
10 - April 10	Dinner	Weeki Wachee	FL	Circle K	Fritos and Ginger Ale.
11 - April 11	Breakfast	Carrabelle	FL	Carrabelle Junction	Two relatively tough bagels. One should know better than to buy bagels in a tiny town.
11 - April 11	Lunch	Panama City	FL	The Treasure Ship	Fantastic, huge hamburger and great Cocha Mocha pie for dessert. Jessica nominated for Best Waitress!
11 - April 11	Dinner	Foley	AL	Lambert's Cafe	Fabulous place and incredible meal. Best so far!
12 - April 12	Breakfast	New Orleans	LA	Papa Joe's	The muffalletta sandwich was good. Our waiter had no personality.
12 - April 12	Lunch
12 - April 12	Dinner	New Orleans	LA	Fairmont Hotel	The pecan pie was very disappointing -- like you'd get at a grocery store.
13 - April 13	Breakfast	New Orleans	LA	Fairmont Hotel	I loved the beignets.
13 - April 13	Lunch	Morgan City	LA	The Donut Shop	Nothing special except Amber and her hair net.
13 - April 13	Dinner	Beaumont	TX	Rio Rita's	Excellent Mexican food.
14 - April 14	Breakfast	Houston	TX	Mary Lee's Donuts	Very good donuts. The owner thought I was there to make all his dreams come true by buying him out.
14 - April 14	Lunch	El Campo	TX	The Duson cafe	Wonderful Chocolate Pecan Pie. Elizabeth was an excellent waitress and tour guide.
14 - April 14	Dinner	Corpus Christi	TX	Roadhouse	Not great, but not bad.
15 - April 15	Breakfast
15 - April 15	Lunch	Riviera	TX	The Barn Door	Fabulous barbecue in a true local small town cafe.
15 - April 15	Dinner
16 - April 16	Breakfast	Pharr	TX	The Great Donut	Excellent Mexican donuts. No idea what they were except good.
16 - April 16	Lunch	Hidalgo	TX	Rosita's Cafe	Excellent Mexican food. Different. Best Mexican food so far.
16 - April 16	Dinner
17 - April 17	Breakfast
17 - April 17	Lunch
17 - April 17	Dinner	Del Rio	TX	Don Marcelinos	Excellent Mexican food.
18 - April 18	Breakfast
18 - April 18	Lunch	Sanderson	TX	Gas Stateion	Goodarts Peanut Patty.
18 - April 18	Dinner	Terlingua	TX	Starlight Theater	Good chili with Desert Nachos for dessert. Yvette was one of my favorite waitresses so far.
19 - April 19	Breakfast
19 - April 19	Lunch	Marfa	TX	Thunderbird Restaurant	Very good sandwich. Rose was a wonderful waitress and a superb undercover surveillance assistant.
19 - April 19	Dinner	Carlsbad	NM	Casa de Cortez	Excellent Mexican food. Would be the nominee for the Best but I didn't like their salsa enough.
20 - April 20	Breakfast
20 - April 20	Lunch	Roswell	NM	Crash Down Diner	Very tasty Alien Pancakes.
20 - April 20	Dinner	Pietown	NM	Pie-O-Neer cafe	Very good Peach Pie and equally good Apple Walnut Raisin Pie.
21 - April 21	Breakfast	Lordsburg	NM	Taco Loco	Wonderful Breakfast Burrito. I really liked Phyllis.
21 - April 21	Lunch	Bisbee	AZ	Dot's Diner	Fantastic Rhubarb Pie. Mary was a very good waitress.
21 - April 21	Dinner
22 - April 22	Breakfast
22 - April 22	Lunch	Tucson	AZ	Der Weinerschnitzel	Great hot dogs. Fond memories of late night college relief from the munchies.
22 - April 22	Dinner
23 - April 23	Breakfast
23 - April 23	Lunch	Tucson	AZ	Cafe Poca Cosa	Very good Mexican food -- huge servings -- just a little fancier Mexican food than I prefer.
23 - April 23	Dinner	Tucson	AZ	Little Anthony's Diner	Mud Pie was okay, but the servers were great.
24 - April 24	Breakfast	Tucson	AZ	Donut Wheel	Extremely good donuts.
24 - April 24	Lunch	Dateland	AZ	Dateland Restaurant	Date Shake was extremely good. Date Pie was so-so.
24 - April 24	Dinner	San Diego	CA	In-N-Out Burger	Exceptional food. Exceptional service.
25 - April 25	Breakfast
25 - April 25	Lunch	Coronado	CA	Island Pasta	We prefer Domino's Pizza.
25 - April 25	Dinner	San Diego	CA	In-N-Out Burger	Exceptional food. Exceptional service.
26 - April 26	Breakfast	Leucadia	CA	Leucadia Donut Shop	Okay. Not special, but okay.
26 - April 26	Lunch
26 - April 26	Dinner	Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	Arturo's	Outstanding Mexican food and great company!
27 - April 27	Breakfast
27 - April 27	Lunch	Long Beach	CA	Hof's Hot	The Cheddar Burger is awesome, and the Banana Cream Pie was huge and delicious!
27 - April 27	Dinner	Los Angeles	CA	Randy' Donut Shop	Surprisingly good donuts; we thought the world's largest donut sign may be all they had to offer.
28 - April 28	Breakfast	Santa Monica	CA	DK's Donuts	Extremely good donuts.
28 - April 28	Lunch	Hollywood	CA	Skooby's	Best hot dogs, even better fries, and best lemonade ever.
28 - April 28	Dinner	Hollywood	CA	Skooby's	Best hot dogs, even better fries, and best lemonade ever.
29 - April 29	Breakfast
29 - April 29	Lunch	Devore	CA	Peek's Cafe	The only disappointing meal we've had. Not bad - just plain cafeteria-like food.
29 - April 29	Dinner	Needles	CA	Royal Garden	The Chinese food was very good, and Winnie and Gwenny were even better.
30 - April 30	Breakfast
30 - April 30	Lunch	Oatman	AZ	Olive Oatman Restaurant & Saloon	Our Navajo Nachos were huge and good. Interesting entertainment.
30 - April 30	Dinner
31 - May 1	Breakfast
31 - May 1	Lunch
31 - May 1	Dinner	Williams	AZ	Pine Tree Restaurant	Wonderful homestyle dinner followed by four delicious pieces of pie!
32 - May 2	Breakfast
32 - May 2	Lunch	Jerome	AZ	Jerome Grill	Very good Mexican food for lunch.
32 - May 2	Dinner	Sedona	AZ	Black Cow Cafe	Banana Split was good.
33 - May 3	Breakfast
33 - May 3	Lunch	Winslow	AZ	La Posada Hotel	Good lunch, special place.
33 - May 3	Dinner	Gallup	NM	Ranch Kitchen	Very good barbecue dinner.
34 - May 4	Breakfast
34 - May 4	Lunch	Albuquerque	NM	La Placita	Excellent Mexican food.
34 - May 4	Dinner	Santa Fe	NM	Eldorado Hotel	Club Sandwich was quite good, but room service was horrible.
35 - May 5	Breakfast
35 - May 5	Lunch	Santa Fe	NM	Plaza Restaurant	Meal was excellent, but the Caramel Apple Pecan Pie was about the best pie we've ever eaten.
35 - May 5	Dinner	Albuquerque	NM	Candlewood Hotel Vending Area	Microwaved Lean Cuisine's.
36 - May 6	Breakfast
36 - May 6	Lunch	Santa Rosa	NM	Joseph's Restaurant	Excellent Mexican food.
36 - May 6	Dinner
37 - May 7	Breakfast
37 - May 7	Lunch	Amarillo	TX	Big Texan Steak Ranch	Delicious barbeque, and Lesley is a top nominee for Best Waiter.
37 - May 7	Dinner	Lubbock	TX	Flatlanders	The food was so-so, but we loved being with the Shanklins.
38 - May 8	Breakfast	Lubbock	TX	Berlinda's Kitchen	Wonderful home-cooked breakfast.
38 - May 8	Lunch	Floydada	TX	Dixie Dog	Delicious, hot, fresh Corny Dogs.
38 - May 8	Dinner	Canute	OK	Ali's Snow Cone Stand	Excellent snow cone. Nice people!
39 - May 9	Breakfast
39 - May 9	Lunch	Clinton	OK	Jiggs Smoke House	Triple Pig Sickle Sandwich is my nominee for Best Sandwich.
39 - May 9	Dinner	Stroud	OK	Rock Cafe	Fabulous Peach Cobbler. Neat people. Great old place.
40 - May 10	Breakfast	Tulsa	OK	Clicks Steakhouse via George Robertson	Wonderful Toll House Pie
40 - May 10	Lunch	Claremore	OK	Hammett House	Good sandwich and very good Lemon Pecan Pie. Extremely nice folks.
40 - May 10	Dinner
41 - May 11	Breakfast
41 - May 11	Lunch	St. Robert	MO	Sonic	I got desperate on Mother's Day, but unlike other franchise chains, Sonic is always good.
41 - May 11	Dinner	Chesterfield	MO	Wild Horse Grill	Nicest (aka Uptown) meal yet, and it was wonderful to be with family and friends. And Uncle Ward paid!!!
42 - May 12	Breakfast
42 - May 12	Lunch	St. Louis	MO	Ted Drewes Frozen Custard	Caramel Concrete is really tasty. Always fun to eat at an "institution."
42 - May 12	Dinner	Cape Girardeau	MO	Dexter Bar-B-Que	My barbecue sandwich was outstanding -- cole slaw on the bun with the brisket and sauce.
43 - May 13	Breakfast
43 - May 13	Lunch
43 - May 13	Dinner	Memphis	TN	Blues City Cafe	The ribs were the best I can remember eating anywhere, and the Apple Dumpling dessert was incredible. The staff treated me like a VIP.
44 - May 14	Breakfast
44 - May 14	Lunch	Memphis	TN	Cottage Restaurant	Fudge Pie and Nana Puddin were very good, but the ladies who work there made it truly special.
44 - May 14	Dinner	Nashville	TN	Jack's Barbeque	Best barbeque overall so far. Recommended by policemen.
45 - May 15	Breakfast
45 - May 15	Lunch
45 - May 15	Dinner	Atlanta	GA	Bozzie Jane's Kitchen
57 - May 27	Breakfast
57 - May 27	Lunch	Atlanta	GA	Bozzie Jane's Kitchen
57 - May 27	Dinner
58 - May 28	Breakfast
58 - May 28	Lunch	Sevierville	TN	Applewood Grill
58 - May 28	Dinner
59 - May 29	Breakfast
59 - May 29	Lunch	Lexington	KY	Rogers Restaurant
59 - May 29	Dinner	Shelbyville	KY	Mark's Feed Store
60 - May 30	Breakfast	Louisville	KY	Lynn's Paradise Cafe	An absolute hoot, and the breakfast was exceptional. Great lamps.
60 - May 30	Lunch
60 - May 30	Dinner	Indianapolis	IN	Union Jack	Great deep dish pizza -- as I remembered it from 16 years ago.
61 - May 31	Breakfast
61 - May 31	Lunch	Greenup	IL	Stockyards Restaurant	Wonderful Rib-Eye Sandwich and good pie, too. Great waitress = Jenny
61 - May 31	Dinner	Highland	IL	Blue Springs Cafe	SIX pieces of pie. This place does foot high pie!
62 - June 1	Breakfast
62 - June 1	Lunch
62 - June 1	Dinner	Ottumwa	IA	Mr. Quick Hamburgers	Worst service I've ever experienced in a restaurant.
63 - June 2	Breakfast	Oskaloosa	IA	Wes' Family Restaurant	Great cafe; wonderful staff; and mighty good pie.
63 - June 2	Lunch	Winterset	IA	Northside Cafe	Worst pie of the trip. Hamburger was good, but the service was very blah.
63 - June 2	Dinner	Lincoln	NE	Misty's Restaurant	Fabulous steak and exceptional service from waitress Toni.
64 - June 3	Breakfast
64 - June 3	Lunch	Minden	NE	Southfork Drive Inn	Poor meal. Not a personality in the place.
64 - June 3	Dinner
65 - June 4	Breakfast
65 - June 4	Lunch	Great Bend	KS	Granny's Kitchen	Great cafe; wonderful staff; and mighty good pie.
65 - June 4	Dinner	Garden City	KS	Comfort Inn	Free soup -- not bad at all.
66 - June 5	Breakfast
66 - June 5	Lunch	Pueblo	CO	Sonic	I was in a hurry, so I hit a chain (against the Rules of the Road). Sonic is almost always good, but not today. Antacid time.
66 - June 5	Dinner
67 - June 6	Breakfast
67 - June 6	Lunch
67 - June 6	Dinner	Salt Lake City	UT	Candlewood Suites	Long day of driving, so I had a bowl of Campbell's Soup about 1 am.
68 - June 7	Breakfast
68 - June 7	Lunch	Salt Lake City	UT	Hires Big H	Great drive-in car hop service. Fantastic hamburger and the fries were second to only Skooby's in Hollywood. A winner!
68 - June 7	Dinner
69 - June 8	Breakfast
69 - June 8	Lunch	Las Vegas	NV	Harley Davidson Cafe	Very good meal, but our waitress Amanda was the best part.
69 - June 8	Dinner
70 - June 9	Breakfast
70 - June 9	Lunch	Las Vegas	NV	In-N-Out Burger	Always good.
70 - June 9	Dinner	Las Vegas	NV	Marriott Suites	Sandwich was good. Cobbler was poor.
71 - June 10	Breakfast
71 - June 10	Lunch
71 - June 10	Dinner	Monrovia	CA	Rudy's Mexican Food	Excellent California-style Mexican food. Fired ice cream wasn't very good though. Rudy was great.
72 - June 11	Breakfast
72 - June 11	Lunch
72 - June 11	Dinner	Santa Barbara	CA	Rudy's Cafe	Not bad, just not great.
73 - June 12	Breakfast	Solvang	CA	Olsen's Danish Bakery	Excellent pastries!
73 - June 12	Lunch	San Luis Obispo	CA	Linn's Bakery & Eatery	Best lunch and the Olallieberry Pie ranks as one of the best of the trip. Owner Patty was delightful.
73 - June 12	Dinner
74 - June 13	Breakfast
74 - June 13	Lunch	Sausalito	CA	Sausalito Gourmet Deli	Great sandwiches, and the Carrot cake was also mighty good. Really nice people own and operate.
74 - June 13	Dinner	Greenbrae	CA	Ryan's House	Wonderful gourmet meal prepared by Ryan's Personal Chef.
75 - June 14	Breakfast
75 - June 14	Lunch	El Cerrito	CA	Circus Chimera	Great circus nachos, popcorn, and peanuts.
75 - June 14	Dinner	San Rafael	CA	Celia's Mexican Food	Excellent. Ryan's favorite spot.
76 - June 15	Breakfast	San Francisco	CA	Krispy Kreme	Not hot, but excellent donuts.
76 - June 15	Lunch
76 - June 15	Dinner	Carmel	CA	Hog's Breath Inn	Very good -- one of the best cheeseburgers anywhere served on a unique bun.
77 - June 16	Breakfast
77 - June 16	Lunch
77 - June 16	Dinner	Greenbrae	CA	Ryan's House	Wonderful gourmet meal prepared by Ryan's Personal Chef.
77 - June 16	Breakfast
77 - June 16	Lunch
77 - June 16	Dinner	Greenbrae	CA	Ryan's House	Wonderful gourmet meal prepared by Ryan's Personal Chef.

The remainder of the trip will be documented in late August when the trip comes to an end.

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