We're on another mostly camping trip (I've posted on Shopping and Cooking for what we're making ourselves), but there have been a couple restaurant meals so far.
Clocktower Cafe, Springfield IL
A rainy morning, we decided to get breakfast before our Dana-Thomas house tour. Great service, tasty food, but to much money to do this sort of thing daily.
Pere Marquette State Park Lodge, IL
Same day, raining again. Really good catfish and pork chop. Reasonable prices. Fried chicken is supposed to be very good.
IHOP, Jonesboro AR
Another rainy morning (2+ inches!), we couldn't find the cafe that was highly rated by Google, settled for what we saw next. Pretty dull food, indifferent service, awful and loud pop music, charged for milk for the coffee. Even with Senior pricing, cost as much as Clocktower with less food
Taco Mama, Hot Springs AR
Supposedly one of the best restaurants in town, was good but nothing that'd get noticed in Chicago. Service was a little spare. I liked the fish taco, and shredded beef burrito with queso and salsa roja. Sue's sope was good but tamale was dry.
Unless there's bad weather, we're likely to cook for ourselves until we hit Santa Fe.
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JoelF on June 11th, 2025, 6:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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