Filed under: Places to Drink, Places to Eat, Travel | Tags: austin, breakfast, Mexican, on the road, restaurants, Texas
We pulled into Austin around 7:30, ready for dinner and drink. We followed people’s recommendations (no advance research) which led us to some good eats, a nice Texas Real Ale Coffee Porter, and a great bar, Lustre Pearl. Again, it was Sunday, so it was delightfully chill, the air was warm, and the whiskey was cheap. And I was able to say many many times, “we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
We followed more local recommendations for breakfast and coffee, starting with breakfast tacos (new to me) at Juan in a Million. Juan in a Million won the Best Handshake from a Restaurant Owner, and I’d agree. We were taken through a rowdy dining room back into what appeared to be an empty employee cafeteria, but people soon began to trickle in, and the atmosphere improved. I tried the egg and chorizo taco and a migas (scrambled eggs with tortilla mixed in) taco. Both were delicious.
Before hitting the road again, Coffee was necessary.
Filed under: Places to Eat, Travel | Tags: Oklahoma, on the road, restaurants, sandwiches
Signs like this one for Robertson’s HAM SANDWICHES on Hwy 35 in Oklahoma make me pull over immediately. Unfortunately, I often travel on Sundays, when the rest of the world takes a day of rest, apparently. Next time, Robertson, I will try your ham sandwiches.
Filed under: Places to Drink, Places to Eat | Tags: Kansas, on the road, Wichita
We had high hopes for our month in Wichita. I wouldn’t say that we were disappointed per se, but perhaps we shouldn’t have had such high hopes. Somehow I thought Wichita was a cool under-the-radar midwest city, and we would find a whole slew of haunts. We were pretty adventurous the first week, but I think things started to go downhill when we had an awful, terrible, no good blue cheese burger at Anchor bar. The seal of death was the inability to find a cup of coffee we couldn’t see through. While I certainly wouldn’t drive out of your way to Wichita, if you find yourself there, this is what I’d recommend. The only place with a drinkable cup of coffee is a franchise called The Daily Grind. Either it was superb coffee, or we were just really floundering out there. The Donut Whole is the place to wifi and sit for hours. If you’re going to get a donut, keep it simple (buttermilk, old fashioned) and bring your own coffee from The Daily Grind. Go to Monica’s Bundt Cake for all your bundt needs. And if you’re in town between the hours of 11am and 2pm, go to Old Mill Tasty Shop. You can get a great sandwich or green chilli and an ice cream soda, and you just may see Kirstie Alley!
I heard Connie’s and Freida’s are the place for Mexican, but never got to either. And good luck on the breakfast front. Let me know!
I can’t wait till cars are cool again because I love driving, riding, moving. We left Paonia and headed east through the mountains to Colorado Springs. I love driving in the west because the landscape changes so dramatically that my jaw is consistently dropped. Another favorite reason to move on? Roadside diners.
