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My favorite Roadside Cafes, BBQ Pits, Diners, Holes-In-Walls, Greasy Spoons,
and Down
Home Cooking.
Forever a work in progress. There will always be another
great joint just around the bend.
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What's
New:
I'm on a circular road trip - from
Philadelphia to Nashville to Detroit to Buffalo. Then
along Route 6 across Pennsylvania to Scranton and then back
to Philadelphia. So far I've added
Wright's Dairy-Rite in Virginia and
Breeding's Restaurant and
Lefty's Bar-B-Q in Tennessee.
Big Bubba Bucks Belly Bustin BBQ Bliss and
Bacon Creek Cafe in Kentucky.
Blue Ash Chili,
KJ's Cafe and
Schmucker's in Ohio.
Culver's,
Louie's Corned Beef and Ham and the
Saturday Eastern Market
in Michigan. Detroit's Feuding Coney Island stands,
American
Coney Island and
Lafayette Coney Island.
Kate's Kitchen in Flat Rock MI. Schwabl's,
Ted's Hot Dogs,
Anderson's Frozen Custard and the
Original Pancake House in the Buffalo area.
Fezz's Diner off Route 6 in Northern PA. Home now
and gave
Frog Burger and
500° a try.
A couple of Philadelphia Gastro Pubs -
Village Whiskey and
Adsum. An afternoon in Kennett Square PA at
La Pena and
La Michoacana. |
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See
Holly eat a lobster roll. See Holly eat a cheesesteak. Live on tape on PBS. Check your local PBS station to
learn when it's on next. Click the image to the left to
go to the
Sandwiches
That You Will Like
Web Site.
See the Lobster Roll and New Orleans Segments on
YouTube. |
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This
VendrTV episode with Dan Delaney, shot at George's
Sandwiches both explains and validates the highly regarded
Five Grease Stain rating system. |
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See Holly
talk with his mouth full thanks to Nicole Brewer and CBS3 TV
Click Here |
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"Holly Moore is a hungry Jack Kerouac"
...
Andy Meehan, Minor Gourmandry
HollyEats.Com
is for everyone who:
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Prefers
chowing down to dining.
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Proudly
wears a
grease splattered shirt as the badge of honor it is.
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Makes
it a point to consume one's minimum daily requirement of
nitrates.
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Is at
least a bit leery of sparkling clean restaurants, suspicious that
their focus is on scouring, not cooking.
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Is more impressed with a restaurant parking lot packed with pickup
trucks and Chevy's than one boasting Jaguars and Cadillacs.
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Passes
by the familiar, bland comfort of the Red Lobsters, Olive Gardens
and Golden Arches that have taken over suburbia, insisting on driving a few minutes or hours further -
knowing that somewhere down the road is a barbecue pit, a truck
stop, a diner, a drive-in, a greasy spoon that may become the highlight of the journey.
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The
Grease Stain Rating System |
Our
Patron Saint - Calvin
Trillin |
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 Anyone who has seen my shirt after I've
ravaged a cheesesteak hoagie understands the grease stain rating system.
Grease stains don't
necessarily mean greasy food, though that certainly works in a place's
favor. Rather, the greater the splatter fallout on my shirt, the more I
relished my meal.
Restaurants
are awarded 3 to 5 grease stains ranging from
"great" to
"outstanding." Those meriting
a mere one or two grease stains will
just have to fry harder
to earn their place on
HollyEats.
New Rule: Restaurants
are welcome to boast about
their HollyEats rating.
But have the grits to
include your Grease Stain
count and not just quote
"Outstanding."
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If
it wasn't for Calvin Trillin's American Fried which I read back in the late
'60's,
I'd still believe that the only great restaurants were those flaunting silver service, designer clad
servers, and
Escoffier inspired haute cuisine.
Author of the Tummy Trilogy
American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings.
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