....Tiny says Hi!
Sorry that I didn't make any plans in advance for this, but it was a spur of the moment decision. I had spent a couple of days near Binghamton NY visiting a work friend of mine who reitred a couple of years ago to a small farm in that area. It was nice, some beers and listening to old stupid rock and roll from the 50's and 60's, lots of reminiscing, and dinner at Sharkey's in Binghamton and lunch at Tony's Hots in Johnson City.
Anyway, I left Binghamton yesterday at about 3PM and the plan was to eat a quick early dinner in Scranton because I had to be home by 7PM, but somewhere heading south along I-81 I said to myself, "Hey, Why not the Ooh Ooh Bird?". MY GPS said it was about 1/2 hour out of the way so I cleared the late arrivval home with my wife via cell and off I went.
I'm glad I did. I got there around 5PM and was the only customer, although a few people came along while I was there. Since it was not busy I got to talking to Tiny the owner and dropped your name as the reason I knew about the place. I told him I was Ken from Roadfood, but I don't think he understood the Roadfood part, I think he decided I was in the window business. He gave me a 2nd beer on the house (Stegmaier of course, glad to see it on tap!) while I was waiting for the food because I was a friend of yours, so thanks! By the time the food was getting ready it was already close to 6PM so I asked for the food to go. I figured after two beers I'd need to stop in about 1/2 hour on the road (I was right) so I had myself a nice little picnic at a rest area.
I ordered the garlic wings and a chicken cheese steak. While the wings were real good, the chicken cheesesteak was outstanding! Just the right balance of everything-- meat, cheese, peppers, mushroom, and on a good roll. It was so good that I'm craving another one as I type this the next day --- I should have bought two!
So thanks for the tip on the Ooh Ooh Bird, I love old school local places and this was one of the best.
For the benefit of everyone else, here's your original writeup on this, thanks again:
http://www.roadfood.com/Restaurant/Reviews/6185/ooh-ooh-bird-cafe PS: On the way up I wanted to stop at Yankee lunch in Scranton, but appears to be closed, I went to Coney Island instead.