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Skriven 2014-10-04 20:33:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 17689 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> Or, ask for a packet of grits and a (small) pitcher of boiling water,
 RH> make your own. Instant may not be the greatest grits, but better than
 RH> no grits, with some meals.

 NB> Nah... I'd probably not even be in an establishment where that would

Probably so, especially up north. (G)

 NB> be necessary...  or, likely, find a different side, or different
 NB> meal... :)

I've got to watch the carbs so it would be an either or choice for me.
Either the grits or the toast or the potatoes, not all 3, and probably
not even 2. In that case, the instant grits are an easy sacrifice.

 NB>  NB>> It is, indeed.  :)  This month might be Taste of Japan... Fu's
 NB> new  NB>> place...  :)   Or maybe this southern place...  we'll figure
 NB> it out  NB>> by then...  ;)

 RH> You've got a bit of time yet. (G)

 NB> Yup... a couple of weeks, anyway...  :)

It'll be here before you know it.


 NB>  RH>> We've seen places like that. Then there are others that when
 NB> they  RH>> open, you wonder how long they will last--and they surprise
 NB> you with  RH>> their longevity. Others you see going for years, and
 NB> then all of a  RH>> sudden close, for no apparant reason.
 NB>  NB>> The latter is often because the owners decide it's too much for
 NB> them  NB>> as they get a lot older and the kids didn't get into the
 NB> business to  NB>> take it over.  If there isn't someone reliable to
 NB> take it over, it's  NB>> likely to just quietly close..

 RH> And nobody misses them until they realise the place is gone.

 NB> That kinda happened to us with Yang's...  we thought it would always
 NB> be there, and then, when I was stuck at home with my broken ankle, I
 NB> tried sending Richard out to get me some dumpling soup and miso soup
 NB> to help
 NB> me heal, and we found out that they'd closed the restaurant forever...

Big time bummer, then. We tried to go to a German place in Durham a few
weeks ago after an appointment in Chapel Hill. Got there and it looked
like it had been closed up for a good while. Settled for a Bob Evans; it
beat McD's.


 RH> We're wondering how much longer the schnitzel place in M'ville will
 RH> keep going. Last year we saw the For Sale sign; it still hadn't
 RH> sold as of this past July.

 NB> Eventually, if there isn't a buyer, it probably will end up just
 NB> quietly closing...

And a lot of people will be unhappy; there aren't too many places to go
in M'ville for a good meal.


 RH> I think it was one of the original establishments when the Binnekill
 RH> Square was built, following a fire in 1976 that took out a number of
 RH> buildings in the downtown area.

 NB> It's had a good life, but it still will be sad when/if it closes...

Have to hope somebody buys it and is able to get the present owner's
recipies.

 NB> some  RH>> years back. That was good too.
 NB>  NB>> That it was.  I think we may have had more than from Tandoor,
 NB>  NB>> though... and this was only lunch!  ;)

 RH> That was a lot of food!

 NB> Indeed.  :)

 NB>  NB>> Deb took me to another new place this week... a fairly recently
 NB>  NB>> opened Lebanese restaurant, called Sultan... I had the beef
 NB>  NB>> shawarma which was excellent, and she had the vegetarian combo
 NB>  NB>> platter, which she shared tastes of with me.  We both had hot
 NB>  NB>> Lebanese tea with the meal...  It all was very good... and I'm
 NB>  NB>> thinking of people to take there so that they can experience it
 NB>  NB>> too...  ;)

 RH> Sounds like one we would enjoy, keep it in mind for whenever we get
 RH> up that way.

 NB> Will do (or at least try to...)..  :)

Can't say when that will be, but one of these days............

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Ruth
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