Rebecca LaClair
featuresJune 6
Reyes Restaurant wows with unique Honduran cuisineI had a rough start to researching this column this week. I drove 54miles round trip to discover that Google business hours for the chosen restaurant were incorrect, and even worse, I had asked friends to meet me there. While we stared blankly at the unlit "OPEN" s...
featuresMay 23
Popes, Kings and Fish Fridays at Farmer’s Corner Cafen Fridays at 4053 State Highway E in Oak Ridge, you can partake of an all-you-can-eat Fish Friday buffet at Farmer’s Corner Cafe. I visited to try said fish, which I will talk about in detail later, but as I walked in, I wondered how Fish Fridays came about. I thou...
featuresMay 9
Naruto-run your way to the Cheesecake Ninja with no regretsOn yet another dreary, rainy, wish-I-could-just-stay-in-bed morning, I found myself with a wee bit of time on my hands. It was time to travel to the Cheesecake Ninja and check out the food. I wish I could say that I Naruto-ran there with gusto, but I didn’t. I drov...
featuresApril 25
Victoria’s Creamery has ice cream worth leaving the house forI categorize soft-serve ice cream in my head as a treat, a sweet I can’t make at home that I must deliberately travel into the world to attain. Some folks may own an ice cream machine that creates a version of this cold sweet, but not me. Two weeks ago, I waxed poe...
featuresApril 11
Banana splits and fond memories made at Ice Cream CornerScattered across the country are tiny family-owned restaurants that took up the cast-off shell of the little Dairy Queens that those of us with a few years under our belts remember from childhood. Usually closed for the winter because of the lack of indoor seating,...
featuresMarch 28
Pilot House at the Airport: old friend, new faceSeveral years ago, my siblings and I threw an anniversary party for our parents. It was kind of a big deal, and we invited family from out of state, as well as friends and co-workers from the area. Since our family is awesome, a good number of them drove the twelve...
featuresMarch 14
Armstrong Outdoors fills need for huntin', fishin', and eatin'When the Fruitland Area Fire Protection District wanted to go to a 24-hour manned station, I remember getting a letter in the mail informing me that this fire station covered a large area full of about 9,000 people. The very first thought I had about this fact wasn...
featuresFebruary 29
Rock N' Roll Sushi is EXACTLY what the name declaresA good sushi roll has unique and distinct parts that are separated visually and physically. Through the magic of chewing, all of these separate flavors, colors, and textures come together in a human mouth to create something spectacular. Very much like a simple sus...LOAD MORE
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