Heard a little Beef-a-Roo talk during transition
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rockford, I weep for thee |
I was in town last night for the drum corps show (go Phantom Regiment! Turandot!) and great gravy there's even more vacant retail space than there was when I was there a year ago. I wasn't even in the really bad parts! I just took Riverside Blvd from the tollway to Main, and that's mostly just, like, Loves Park, I think! The whole way down there were empty husks of big-box. I noticed their grocery chain, Hilander, is no longer. "There can be only one...store!" Well, apparently there can't even be that many. I hope we didn't lose Logli, too. Between Logli, Magna, and Hilander, Rockford had the weirdest grocery store names. Even the mighty engine of Rock River Valley commerce that is Beef-A-Roo seems to be feeling the heat. It looks like they've cut their menu back a bit, and their large malts don't seem large as they used to be. Now, instead of absurdly and dangerously big, they're just absurdly big. Poor town. I wish it could be more than what it is. It has an odd charm about it. |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rockford, I weep for thee |
Belvidere is perking up with the Chrysler plant adding shifts. But Rockford is in pretty bad shape. I took the kids to Magic Waters a few weeks back, and that place was empty on a hot Saturday afternoon. It is a park district facility. |
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| Author: | spmack [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:23 pm ] |
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Unless you work at Chrysler, or Sundstrand, there is no reason to go live in Rockford. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rockford, I weep for thee |
Heard a little Beef-a-Roo talk during transition
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:06 pm ] |
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I stopped at a The Waffle House near Beer a Roo for breakfast after camping with the scouts at Rock Cut. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:17 pm ] |
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camps, you ever see a Waffle House in Rockford or is the old man imagining things again? |
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| Author: | K Effective [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:19 pm ] |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:27 pm ] |
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Ain't no Waffle Houses in Rockford. Maybe a nice Swedish pancake house. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:32 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: Ain't no Waffle Houses in Rockford. Maybe a nice Swedish pancake house. The Stockholm Inn makes the best Swedish pancakes in the world, I'm convinced of this. It definitely goes on the list of "+" for Rockford. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:56 pm ] |
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Better than Ann Sather? |
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:21 pm ] |
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Stockholm Inn makes you buy the friggin' lingonberries on the side. Good food but that's a real tightwad owner. Surprised they're not charging for water. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:41 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: Better than Ann Sather? Not even close. Anne Sather is over-clap,clap-rated. Only masochists choose to eat lingonberries. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:43 pm ] |
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Well geez, you don't put that many on. Really what you try to go for is just a little bit of the juice and a few berries. But you can't have Swedish pancakes without lingonberries. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:50 pm ] |
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Fealz is correct, the lingonberries are extra, I looked it up. But he's kinda wrong in his conclusion: Tre Kronor: Two pancakes with lingonberries - $5.25 Ann Sather: Two pancakes with lingonberries - $7.95 Stockholm Inn: 2 pancakes with side of lingonberries - $5.35 Besides like I said, only weirdos choose to eat lingonberries. I'd rather get the 2 pancakes ala carte and only pay $3.85. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:52 pm ] |
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The lingonberries cost 40% of what the pancakes themselves cost? What do they do, ship each serving over from Sweden? |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:58 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: The lingonberries cost 40% of what the pancakes themselves cost? What do they do, ship each serving over from Sweden? They cost so much because the chef has to hand pick them out of another person's vomit. That's how they get that oh-so-unique taste. |
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| Author: | spmack [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:33 pm ] |
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spanky wrote: camps, you ever see a Waffle House in Rockford or is the old man imagining things again? No Waffle House in Rockford. Our fine dining was Ryan's Buffet on E. State. |
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| Author: | Mr. Reason [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:01 pm ] |
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Is there even a Waffle house north of the Ohio river? |
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| Author: | crosscheck [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:10 pm ] |
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Mr. Reason wrote: Is there even a Waffle house north of the Ohio river? If there is then it's a fucking shame, that place needs to be wiped off the face of the earth. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:13 pm ] |
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In Evansville, Indiana, there is what appears to be a Waffle House, but the H O U S E in the trademark sign actually reads "S T E A K." It is a, or perhaps the, Waffle Steak. |
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| Author: | Mr. Reason [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:17 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: In Evansville, Indiana, there is what appears to be a Waffle House, but the H O U S E in the trademark sign actually reads "S T E A K." It is a, or perhaps the, Waffle Steak. Evansville may be north of the Ohio, but it doesn't want to be. |
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| Author: | Redneckmommy [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:41 pm ] |
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Many a Waffle House are in that state one has to go through in order to get to Kentucky.... (i'd mention the states name but it gives me the heebeejeebee's). |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:45 pm ] |
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Pancakes |
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| Author: | Mr. Reason [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:46 pm ] |
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Flapjacks |
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| Author: | Redneckmommy [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:48 pm ] |
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CSSSCD....that's how I like 'em |
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| Author: | Kirkwood [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:16 pm ] |
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Mr. Reason wrote: Is there even a Waffle house north of the Ohio river? There is a Waffle House in "downtown" Bloomington, IN. Busy with drunkards at night then cops & townies in the morning. |
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| Author: | Redneckmommy [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:21 pm ] |
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I wonder if I can ever find Finn and Jake at a Waffle House? |
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:58 pm ] |
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Only Waffle Houses in Illinois are in Glen Carbon and Collinsville. Ate at the Collinsville one recently. I paid $11 the other day at Stockholm for pancakes, berries, sausage and coffee. Seemed too much for the little I had. There was a place a little northeast offering World Famous Swedish Pancakes. Will try it next time when by Rockford. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:10 pm ] |
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I bought all my xerox machines from Glen Carbon. |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:30 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: I was in town last night for the drum corps show (go Phantom Regiment! Turandot!) and great gravy there's even more vacant retail space than there was when I was there a year ago. I wasn't even in the really bad parts! I just took Riverside Blvd from the tollway to Main, and that's mostly just, like, Loves Park, I think! The whole way down there were empty husks of big-box. I noticed their grocery chain, Hilander, is no longer. "There can be only one...store!" Well, apparently there can't even be that many. I hope we didn't lose Logli, too. Between Logli, Magna, and Hilander, Rockford had the weirdest grocery store names. Even the mighty engine of Rock River Valley commerce that is Beef-A-Roo seems to be feeling the heat. It looks like they've cut their menu back a bit, and their large malts don't seem large as they used to be. Now, instead of absurdly and dangerously big, they're just absurdly big. Poor town. I wish it could be more than what it is. It has an odd charm about it. Curious, Mrs. Scorehead & I were in Rockford for the show too. I marched in Madison back in the day. You? |
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