Eat, Drink, Eat
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Day 21: June 26, 2021 Eat, Drink, Eat Comment via blog |
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On Friday, I eliminated certain regret by backtracking, and eliminated
early evening panic by booking a motel for the night very early in the
day. I picked Spokane, WA, as a reasonable target, and it worked out fine.
However, by the time I got there, other considerations had appeared. I had
been exchanging emails with a friend who lives in Washington, and he made
me aware of the heat wave that had started but was going to get much
worse. He suggested that, if I had a place to stay with good air
conditioning, I might want to hunker down and delay entering Seattle until
the worst of it was over. That made sense so I arranged for three more
nights where I was staying. I ended up moving on after just two nights but
on this day I did laundry and left the motel twice. The first was for
breakfast at Frank's.
Unlike the many diners that look like railroad cars but aren't, Frank's Diner really did start life on the rail. It was converted to a diner in 1931 after serving as the personal car of the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad for twenty some years. My meal was delicious (and huge), the service excellent, and the whole experience just really cool. |
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My second outing was for dinner but I left the motel without a restaurant
in mind. I did have a brewery in mind (the closest of several in Spokane)
and figured I would pick a dining location while sipping. The brewery
that geography chose was Lumberbeard Brewing. They make an excellent stout
which was extra excellent with nitro.
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I did pick my dinner location while sipping -- and looking out the window.
I could see Dick's Hamburgers right across the street and it
looked like my kind of place. They've been serving 'burgers since 1965.
It's the sort of place where you order at the counter then take your food
to a table, your car, or home. Although a lot of customers were opting for
car or home, enough remained to fill the few shaded seats. The sun
drenched table and mid-90s temperature complemented the meal perfectly.
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