Restaurants

Now I really know times are changing. When I first heard that the Friendly’s restaurant that I’d been going to for about 38 years was closing, I was in shock. When I heard that a Moe’s Southwest Grill was coming in its place I wondered how that was going to work in that particular spot […]

I’ll say it up front, I live in the Liverpool area, so my favorite spots are relatively close to me… relatively that is. Gannon’s could possibly be really good but I’ve only ever been there once in my life and I had a milkshake because someone else paid for it, and it wasn’t the best […]

A friend of mine said he was taking me somewhere I’d never been before, and he wasn’t lying. We ended up at a place called Dee’s Diner in Mattydale at 1900-1914 Brewerton Rd, in a small plaza that’s just across the street from Strike ‘n Spare bowling alley if you need a landmark. At first […]

I can’t believe I’ve never written about Harrison Bakery before. This is my favorite bakery in the Syracuse area, located at 1306 West Genesee Street, an area of town that’s suffered some losses in business lately and has some long term road construction going on; at least I think it’s road construction, since an entire […]

I love playing poker and thus I’ve been to Turning Stone Casino in Oneida many, many times. When you play out there, if you put in for a Diamond Card, which is free, you earn points for every hour you play. You can use the same card for table games and slots to earn point […]