Name that Roadfood Restaurant!!

A closed sign next to a Pie Happy Hour sign.  Kind of makes you want to cry, huh?

Dude....I about did.  Fortunately, there was a nearby hippo that made me happy.

The Travelin Man

Now that's a TTM photo we ALL should recognize....... 

But wait how do we narrow it down to the hundreds of places he has been travelinmanned at.  ;-)

I have even had the unpleasure of being travelinmanned with TTM.  Molly's made a decent backup.

The Travelin Man


Dude....I about did.  Fortunately, there was a nearby hippo that made me happy.

Yeah, hippos have that effect on me, too!  Especially that one.

Dawn, I 99% sure where it is, but I'm waiting for you:-)

  My " Brain cloud " is really acting up today! guess it's time to throw in the moist towelette....please don't kick me off RF!! I really like it here!!   Take it away Karen!   ps.  I do know that I've seen that tablecloth, but can't find WHERE!!!

  Ye gadz, I'm EXAUSTED!  after MANY hours of drooling over food pictures and absolutely no help from anyone I have come up with- drumroll,please...The Texan cafe in Hutto Rhode Island!  whew, I really need a nap.

Yes....and no. 

The Texan Cafe is correct.  It is in Hutto.  But, it is in Texas, not Rhode Island.

Hutto is the Home of the Hippos!

  you silly! I was just trying to rile a Rhode Islander....

AHI MPLS


  you silly! I was just trying to rile a Rhode Islander....

Is that like holding out a hunk of lutefisk?

Ok boys and girls

Here is another one and TTM no fair answering

We are not talking paces lounge/restaurant either its the mauve colored one in the middle

  Oooo!  that one is " right next door! "  Edgar's in Elk point So. Dakota?  shoulda blurred the mortar & pestle too!!

I don't know why I was banned from answering that one.  I almost thought it was another place when you specifically called me out - but, Elk Point, SD is wayyyyy off my radar!

Continuing with my theme from yesterday....



Obviously, my kind of place....one that is open (almost) 24 hours!  Not even I can screw this up!

La Teresita, Tampa FL. The paper machine gave it away.

Yeah...I purposely left that clue in there.  The pink stucco might have still given it away - but, I didn't want this one to go on too long. 

I think I have another one - with you in mind - to go next....



(This one may or may not be listed on the web site - I forget - but, it has definitely been in print.)

This one is tougher than it appears at first glance.

My first thought was Pike Place, but I don't remember wooden sidewalks. Hmmm, this is going to be challenging.

Not Pike Place, but Ivar's? 

Not Ivar's.  You are in the right realm, geographically.

The only place I can recall that is that color, (which Ivar's in not, duh...) is Norma's Oceanside Diner in Seaside, Oregon. I'm at a loss.

TTM

I actually meant to disclude BB not you, sorry :-(

  Um, maybe 3 crabs in Seattle? it's in 3 of my books...but can't find a picture.

You guys are oh-so-close!  Would a picture of my meal at said restaurant help?  Maybe if we don't have a winner by the time I leave my office for the - get this - WEEKEND!!! - I will post an accompanying photo.   Or, worse, I could remove the one-day waiting period on buffetbuster!

  How 'bout Dan & Louis' ???

Oh Good Gosh, The light bulb over my head just went on. Ray's Boathouse! I can't believe I didn't get that right away. I was making it harder than I should have. It would have helped if I would have looked at my own Ballard photos....

Ray's Boathouse is, of course, correct.  I was sitting here wondering how you DIDN'T get that one.  I had a couple of different Ray's photos (me sitting outside on the back against the water, the food, etc.), but this one seemed to be a good one.

As promised, the food that I ate (you'll never believe it)....

Drumroll....









Yes, folks.  I had a salad.  A tasty one, at that.  It had smoked salmon and smoked scallops.  The shrimp were very flavorful.  It was a good salad.

Yay,Karen!! clapclapclap!  TTM, are you sure that wasn't a Sea Monkey salad? they are so cute and TINY!!!

Nahhh...they taste like chicken.  This stuff definitely tasted like salmon, scallops and shrimp.

Don't get me wrong, it's VERY pretty and I'll bet it was delish. Guess I'm just used to the JUMBO shrimp native to Minnesota!