Subj : Texas Roadhouse [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jul 26 2025 14:45:53
Hi Dave,
RH> I've seen the signs for that approaching, then in, Amarillo. The place
RH> is just off of I-40, and no, we've never stopped there. Only times
DD> There used to be billboards up and down Route 66. And since Route 66
DD> has its beginning in Chicago and terminus in Santa Monica I saw
DD> several near my town since we were astraddle of Route 66.
RH> Sounds like the Buc-ee's or South of the Border signs. When Steve's
RH> parents lived in Florida, we made a number of trips there. SotB signs
RH> all up and down I-95!
DD> Never met a Buc-ee's in person. I was off the road before they became
DD> a "thing". But, when I was trailer-trucking I used to see the SOTB eye
We've stopped at Buc-ee's a couple of times, once just to check them out
and get gas, 2nd time to get something for the truck, a bbq sandwich and
gas. Wawa is invading eastern NC now but they're not nearly as big as
Buc-ee's, one of which is planned for Mebane, about 90 minutes west of
here.
DD> pollution all over the highways in the East/Southeast. I stopped there
DD> just once and learned that it started as a semi-boolegging beer store
DD> serving the "dry" countied just across the state line in NC. From a
DD> garage size (18 x 36) building known as South of the Border Beer
DD> Depot. Business boomed. A few years later a 10-seat grill was added
DD> and the business was re-named South of the Border Drive-In. And, like
DD> Topsy, "it jus' growed".
DD> I can't remember what I expected to see when I stopped but I was not
DD> ready for what I got.
We've stopped there as a rest stop several times, once to try their
Mexican restaurant (meh). Most often tho, we just go right past it to
the state welcome center just up (or down, depends on which way you're
going) the road a few miles.
DD> 8<----- CLIP ----->8
DD> Just Guiness stout. They do offer one of the better bowls of chilli in
DD> Springfield.
RH> You should know. Steve has ordered the TR chili a few times and has
RH> said it's "ok but not as good as yours".
DD> Dublin Pub's chilli is not to everyone's taste. Joe Rupnik got the
DD> recipe when he bought Vic's Pizza. It's one of the last places you can
DD> get a bowl of good old, greasy, Springfield tavern chilli. All of it
DD> based on that served at a legendary place called "Lawson's" where I
DD> never ate as it was gone before I was permitted to eat in a tavern.
DD> But, the chilli lives on.
In probably a lot of memories also.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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